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  1. 11th Hour, The (2008)

    Director
    Leila Conners Petersen; Nadia Conners
    Producer
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £15.99

    Leonardo DiCaprio presents this thought-provoking documentary about the fragile state of our planet’s ecosystems and the dangers we face. We’ve all seen the devastating effects of natural disasters like...

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  2. Arctic Meltdown: Rising Seas (2007)

    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science

    A look at the early impact of global warming on two fragile ecosystems and cultures at opposite sides of the Globe. According to the world’s scientists, sea level rise is ‘arguably one of the world’s...

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  3. 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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  4. James Lovelock on Climate Change (2007)

    Subject
    Environmental science

    Video recording of an interview with James Lovelock about his views on climate change just before the release of the report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the...

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  5. Great Global Warming Swindle (2007)

    Director
    Martin Durkin
    Subject
    Environmental science; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 158 minutes), £9.99

    A feature-length documentary made for Channel 4 which counters the argument put forward in Al Gore’s AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. It maintains that man-made CO2 emissions have very little discernable effect on...

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  6. Five Ways to Save the World (2007)

    Producer
    Jonathan Baker
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

    This BBC programme looks at the dangers of climate change and the ways in which scientists are attempting to combat it. Their plans to save the environment include shielding the earth from the sun with extra...

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  7. Sustainable Development: Why Should we Care? (2006)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £125.00

    Examines the environmental dangers threatening the planet but looks forward in hope rather than despair. Begins by looking at the effects of the industrial revolution and goes on to discuss the impact of...

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  8. Inconvenient Truth, An (2006)

    Director
    Davis Guggenheim
    Subject
    Environmental science; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

    Davis Guggenheim’s film is based on one of a series of lectures given by former presidential candidate Al Gore to make people aware of the the dangers of global warming. It breaks up Gore’s delivery by...

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  9. Climate Change (Global Warming and Oxone Depletion) (2006)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Environmental science; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 42 minutes), £25.00

    Recorded in 2006. Sherwood Rowland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of Ozone. In this interview...

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  10. 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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