Learning on ScreenWarming Warning
- Synopsis
- The carbon dioxide content of the earth’s atmosphere acts like the glass in a greenhouse. Burned at the present rate, the resulting emission of carbon dioxide will have warmed the earth’s atmosphere by about 20 degrees C by the mid-21st century. Scientists predict that the increase in carbon dioxide, due to the pollution caused by burning fossil fuels and the use of aerosols will cause a ‘greenhouse’ effect warming the atmosphere and radically altering the weather. Part of the Antarctic ice sheet could melt and sea levels rise by as much as 20 feet.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.
- Year of production
- 1981
- Availability
- Sale
- Uses
- Postgraduate students and experienced forecasters.*
- Subjects
- Environmental science
- Keywords
- atmosphere; climate; climate change; meteorology
Credits
- Producer
- Richard Broad
- Contributor
- Howard Bradburn; Isobel Hinshelwood
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Thames Television International
- Notes
- See: Yorkshire International Thomson Multimedia
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