Glaciers and ice caps: the melting
The change from a solid state - snow and ice - to a liquid state - water - makes the Arctic sensitive to climate change. The shrinking of glaciers and ice caps and the melting of permafrost introduces many dangerous positive feedback loops that can...
Global warming : science and solutions: the science of global warming
We cannot predict the consequences of global warming without clearly understanding “how” and “why” global warming is occurring. This program takes you through the complexities and science of our atmosphere, the numerous biogeochemical cycles...
Baked Alaska
"The weather really changed", says Eleanor Sam, plucking feathers from a goose. "When we were children we wore thick fur. We don't wear clothes like that any more..."
Temperatures in Alaska are rising ten times faster than in the rest of the world. ...
Antarctic Edge: 70° South
A thrilling journey to one of the world's most perilous environments, Antarctic Edge: 70° South follows a team of scientists as they explore the West Antarctic Peninsula.
In the wake of devastating climate events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurrican...
Glaciers
Glaciers are the most powerful geologic force on the planet. They can dominate an entire continent and reshape a continent's surface features in the blink of a geologic eye. All the spectacular mountain peaks that inspire us have been shaped by gla...
Protecting earth's atmosphere
This Science Screen Report explains the importance of the gas layers surrounding our planet and the consequences of changing them. Detailing how the atmosphere and the Sun's radiation create the greenhouse effect, the program outlines ways that huma...
The impact of global warming
Earth's temperature is on the rise - and so are incidents of severe weather and heat-related health problems. This program travels the world to observe how global warming, accelerated and exacerbated by air pollution, is affecting society. Coastal e...
Global warming : the rising storm: predictions for a warmer planet
With the 21st century still in its formative years, the world's leading climate, atmospheric and weather scientists take a hard look at the consequences of climate change. Using sophisticated computer models and real time data, they reveal their pre...
Global warming : science and solutions: solutions
This program looks at new solutions that can change our energy sources away from fossil fuels. In ten years we can be free of our dependence on fossil fuels and at the same time reverse global warming. All of the solutions are dependant on the choic...
Measuring the Earth's Temperature
Starting with temperature records collected over 100 years ago, Measuring the Earth's Temperature takes the viewer from the earliest weather stations and balloon launches, to a network of super weather stations constructed in the 21st century. Highl...