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Human Planet (2011)

Subject

Anthropology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £34.99 (DVD) £39.99 (Blu-ray)

This eight-part series from the BBC Natural History Unit takes a closer look at the ever-changing relationship between mankind and nature. Includes: ‘Oceans’, ‘Deserts’, ‘Arctic’, ‘Jungles’,...

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Climate Change: Nature’s Revenge (1992 Video)

Director

Damien Rea

Producer

Damien Rea

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

Examines the environmental costs, in terms of climate change, of the vicious North-South cycle of developing country debt and unsustainable development. Six billion tonnes of carbon dioxide are deposited...

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Origin of Life, The (1995 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £25.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A Royal Institution Discourse by Professor John Maynard Smith about heredity and DNA, the essential features of life. Heredity is the property that like begets like, DNA stores and transmits genetic...

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Deaf Whale, Dead Whale (1994 Video)

Producer

Martin Freeth

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The US Navy has released secret recordings of whales’ undersea sounds - a by-product of the Cold War hunt for Soviet submarines. The recordings reveal the acoustic abilities that whales and dolphins rely...

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Global Sea Levels (1989)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99

To measure mean sea level, the effects of tides and weather must be accurately known and the effects of land movements and ice cover can dominate local measurements. Uncertainties about future rates of rise...

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Finding Life Beyond Earth (2011)

aka: Finding Life Beyond Earth: Moons and Beyond

Director

Oliver Twinch

Subject

Earth Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £9.99

Do other life forms exist outside of our atmosphere? Modern telescopes and unmanned space missions have revealed a wide range of dynamic environments: atmospheres thick with organic molecules, active...

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Earth Science Videodisk (1994 Video)

Subject

Geography; Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videodisc. NTSC standard only. For UK use requires dual-standard player and monitor., £240.25 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Consists of over 3500 photographs, diagrams, animations and videos selected and catalogued by the American Geological Institute to support standard [US] earth sciences texts and lecture subjects in physical...

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Deep Sea (2002)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Free streamed access on Vega website Online, 35 min.

The panel, chaired by Colin Blakemore and consisting of Chris German, Kate Humble, Tony Rice, and Jacqui McGlade discuss the latest developments in oceanography and what discoveries they may lead to. We are...

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Red Sea, The: An Embryonic Ocean Basin (1990 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Sea floor spreading and the theory of plate tectonics is now widely accepted, buy why continental plates split as they do to form new ocean basins is still unknown. Most early evidence of splitting in the...

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Colour: The Spectrum of Science (2016)

Director

Alex Hemingway

Producer

Alex Hemingway

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3x50 minutes), £585

Documentary series presented by Helen Czerski. Just 15 colours tell the entire story of Earth, life and scientific discovery. The series explains how each of these colours occurs, unlocking the mysteries of...

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