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Science In The Service Of Art: Jellied Stone

Date released

1980

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

253

NoS ID

326027

Story no

1 / 3

COI synopsis: The elements are literally eating away our cultural heritage. All the beauty and artistry of ancient craftsmen will disappear if we don’t stop the rot. Today’s programme looks at some of...

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Acid Rain: Manchester’s Destructive Legacy (1986 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 46 min.

The term ‘acid rain’ originated in Manchester in the 1850s. The history of damage to buildings and vegetation is discussed and the contemporary effects of acid rain on the ecology of the region examined....

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Robert Taylor on Greenpeace protests in Europe and UK (1984)

Genre

Interview

Robert Taylor, the co-ordinator of international acid rain protests, is interviewed about Greenpeace protesters’ actions in Europe. He criticises the UK for being the dirty neighbour of Europe, and for...

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Acid Rain (1984 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min.

Surveys the mounting damage occurring throughout the world by acid precipitation to lakes, forests and buildings. Discusses acid rain’s effect on human health. Illustrates some efforts of science, industry...

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Acid Politics (1994 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min.

Acid rain was perhaps the most notorious pollutant of the 1980s. This programme looks back on the acid rain debate of that period and examines the roles played by government, by scientists and by...

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Acid Rain 1 (1996 Video)

aka: Sulphur and Acid Rain

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Examiines how international political wrangling has generated a wide range of scientific studies into the effect of acid rain on land and water. Also described some of the solutions that have been attempted;...

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Acid Rain: Requiem or Recovery (1982 Video)

Director

Seaton Findlay

Producer

Jim Turpie

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min.

Origins of acid rain from combustion of fossil fuels. Emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides result in the formation of sulphuric acid and nitric acid in rain and snow. Consequent effects on...

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Acid Rain: Who Cares? (1983 Film)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A Swedish view of the adverse effects of acid rain told through the framework of a conversation between a Swedish boy and his English penfriend, serving to highlight the fact that much of Sweden’s acid...

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Nightline (1989)

Genre

Interview; Phone-in

David Bellamy takes part in a phone-in on Robbie Vincent’s Nightline programme, on LBC Crown FM, answering questions on fish-farming in New Zealand, acid rain and other environmental issues.

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Killing Rain, A (1982 Video)

Producer

Jeremy Taylor

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

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

Examines the problem of acid rain concentrating particularly on Sweden. Looks at sources of pollutants, how fish and tree deaths occur and at ways of halting the rain. Discusses the political arguments and...

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