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  1. Disappearing of Tuvalu, The: Trouble in Paradise (2006)

    Director
    Christopher Horner
    Subject
    Anthropology; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 75 or 50 minutes), $195.00 (long version) $175.00 (short version)

    A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth’s first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global...

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  2. Heat is on, The (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Discovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica in 1984 dramatically changed scientific, public and political opinion because it showed that society was causing significant changes to the atmosphere. The shock...

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  3. Thatcher on ozone layer (1990)

    Genre
    Speech

    Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher addresses an international conference in London, calling on the rest of the world to act in the fight to save the ozone layer and announcing Britain will contribute 9...

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  4. Thames Barrier explained (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with project director John Grice about the function of the Thames Barrier. Low pressures in the North Sea, melting polar ice caps and the settlement of London has increased flooding risks in the...

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  5. Meltdown: In the Shadow of Nepal’s Lost Glaciers (2007)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography

    In 1986 a small glacial lake in the Khumbu region of Nepal burst its banks washing away a hydro-electric power station, many bridges and many lives. This was just a taste of what is to come. There are much...

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  6. Commonwealth report on climate change (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    John Allen reports on reaction by Shridath Ramphal, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, to a report on the effects of world climate change. The report comes a month before the Commonwealth leaders’...

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  7. Anti-Global Warming Advertisements (2006)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Media studies; Politics & government

    Two thirty-second television advertisments produced by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in the USA which speak out against calls by environmental groups and some policicians for reduced energy use to...

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  8. General Election - Green Party manifesto launch (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    George Matheson interviews Green Party spokesman, Dr Richard Lawson during the build-up to the 1992 UK General Election. The interview coincides with the launch of the Green manifesto with a promise to save...

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  9. World outlook (1990)

    Genre
    Advertisement; Discussion; Interview; News bulletin; Special; Speech

    Sue Ingle(?) presents World Outlook, on the latest advances and topical issues in science and the environment. Looks at global warming; phytoplankton; environmental issues in South Africa; new strain of HIV...

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  10. Truth About Climate Change, The (2008)

    aka: Are Changing Planet Earth?/ Can we Save Planet Earth?

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £15.99

    A two-part television documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough who explores just how far climate change is altering our planet, from drought-stricken rainforest to declining polar bears, from flooded...

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