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Extreme Weather: Coastal Flooding (2016)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00

Through the use of two case studies: the Dawlish Railway Collapse and the East Coast Tidal Surge, this resource looks at the impacts of the 2013/2014 winter storms. The extreme weather conditions that led to...

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Ferriby Boats on the Tides of Time, The (1994 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., £11.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Looks at the Bronze Age Ferriby boats, one of Britain’s most significant maritime discoveries, preserved for thousands of years beneath the mud of the banks of the River Humber. Using documentary film of...

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Coping With Complexity: Ocean Buoys

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

151

NoS ID

325630

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: This issue looks at a few new ways of managing the increasingly complex problems of modern life. Computer simulations, for instance, show how to cope with the complexity of planning a modern...

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Blue Planet, The Series (2001)

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 400 minutes), £29.99

A comprehensive study of the natural history of the oceans, revealing life and behaviour that has never before been filmed and in some cases has only recently become known to scientists.

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Saltmen of Tibet, The (1998)

Subject

Anthropology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 109 minutes), $29.99

Shot under extreme conditions, this film documents the ancient traditions and day-to-day rituals of a Tibetan nomadic community. Filmmaker Ulrike Koch reveals a realm untainted by the tides of foreign...

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S330 Videocassette 1 (1995 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Geology

Distribution

AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF COURSE MATERIALS, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

Eight bands for interactive study. 1: Laboratory demonstrations simulate processes occurring within the ocean. 2: Data compiled from long-term infra-red measurements (AVHRR) of surface ocean temperatures...

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Blind Spots: Sea-Bed TV

Date released

1981

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

265

NoS ID

326058

Story no

1 / 3

COI synopsis: The ability to see, marvellous as it is, sometimes doesn’t go far enough. A farmer can’t see beneath his land, or a fireman through dense smoke, or a sailor beneath his boat. This programme...

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Between the Tides (2003)

Subject

Archaeology; FE

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 24 minutes), copying cost

In 1997 the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland joined forces with a team of marine archaeologists from the University of Ulster to undertake a five-year study of the archaeology of...

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Changing Shape of the North Sea, The (1996 Video)

Director

John Pethick

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Considers the moving patterns of a changing coastline and sea floor topography as currents and waves continually shift sediment from one place and deposit it elsewhere. Shows scientists deplying seabed...

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Tides of War (1991 Video)

aka: Tide of War

Director

Michael McKinnon

Producer

Michael McKinnon; Malcolm Penny

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £12.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the ecological disaster in the Arabian Gulf resulting from the oil spills and burning oil wells of the conflict in the area that began in August 1990. Follows the progress of the oil slicks along...

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