Planet earth. Volume 2 / produced by WQED/Pittsburgh in association with the National Academy of Science.
Discusses earth's unavoidable climate changes and how other planets perdict earth's future.
| Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Language: | English |
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Woodland Hill, CA :
Ardustry Home Entertainment,
[2004]
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- The climate puzzle: Is a new Ice Age inevitable or will life on earth disappear in a colossal flood? Examine milestones in climate science that reveal a half million year history of Earth's weather. Join scientists as they comb the continents in search of the forces generating our climate. Gaze into a computerized crystal ball that shows the weather of the distant past...and the far-off future. Learn about the ominous role of termites in the global warming trend. Combining amazing new facts with riveting views of climate phenomena, the answers to the climate puzzle present a fascinating look at the workings of our world.
- Tales from other worlds: Will a death star's orbit around our sun mark the end of life on earth? Provides us the crucial clues about Planet Earth's history and future. Visit the great failed star Jupiter, probe the ragging valcano of lo, and peer through acid rain clouds to see the full surface of Venus for the very first time. Join the search for the death star Nemesis, whose previous visit around the sun may have killed the dinosaurs. Brimming with vibrant images, incredible visual effects and rarely seen footage from space, these tales from other worlds lay bare the past and point to the future.