Research Guides: Climate Research: Videos

Streaming Videos

Altering the Sky to Reduce Climate Change
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Atmospheric scientists are looking for ways to lessen the effects of global warming.
Climate Chaos in the South : the Victims' Story
Climate Chaos in the South is not about the science or reasons behind climate change but about the devastating impact that it is already having on many who live in the southern hemisphere.
Deep Green Solutions to Stop Global Warming Now
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Travel to 9 countries with Matt Briggs to uncover the best ideas, cutting-edge technologies and restorative solutions to help curb climate change.
Global Warming Is Not a Crisis: A Debate
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Climate change is big news these days, from melting mountain glaciers to warming seas. But is the buildup of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere leading to a crisis?
Greenland Goes Green : Ice Sheet Melted in Four Days
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On July 8, 2012, NASA satellite imagery showed about 40 percent of Greenland's top ice layer intact. By July 12, only four days later, 97 percent of the ice had melted. NewsHour correspondent Margaret Warner asks NASA's Thomas Wagner for scientific explanation of the massive thaw.
Moyers & Company : Ending the Silence on Climate Change
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In this edition of Moyers & Company, scientist Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, joins Bill to describe his efforts to do what even Hurricane Sandy couldn’t: galvanize communities over what’s arguably the greatest single threat facing humankind.
One-Degree Factor - National Geographic
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Drawing astonishing connections between forces thousands of miles apart, this program shows how life on earth is being pushed to extremes by a one-degree rise in average temperature. Viewers learn how many scientists believe these disparate phenomena are directly linked to global climate change
Thin Ice : The Inside Story of Climate Science
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Scientists from a wide range of disciplines and locations talk about their work, hopes and fears with candor and directness, as the global community of researchers races to understand our planet's changing climate and provides a compelling case for rising CO2 as the main cause.
Wind of Change
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Powerful document on how climate change is affecting a small farming family in Kenya.
Years of Living Dangerously (series)
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This globetrotting series about the human impacts of climate change.

Videos in the Library

An Inconvenient Truth : a Global Warning
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Call Number: Media: DVD 2152
A look at Al Gore's campaign to expose the myths and misconceptions of global warming, and to create public awareness on the subject.
Meltdown : a Global Warming Journey
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Call Number: Media: DVD 2205
Studies points of view contributing to the global warming debate; untangles political & scientific concerns. Also available from Films on Demand.
Six Degrees Could Change the World
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Call Number: Media: DVD 2950
Explores what each rising degree could mean for the future of humanity and our planet. Also available from Films on Demand.

Is Climate Change Just A Lot Of Hot Air?

Climate Change: Lines of Evidence

This video from the National Resource Council explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes.

Climate Change: Lines of Evidence (playlist). The full-length video is broken into seven distinct chapters for easier viewing.

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