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650 million years in 94 minutes
A History Channel production on climate is worthwhile |
JMG |
01 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A coworker lent me an amazing piece of work called A Global Warning? It does an excellent job illustrating the chaotic nature of terrestrial climate and explaining the theories behind some of the most dramatic climate transitions. It's not a perfect movie, but if you won't read With Speed and Violence, it's probably the best thing there is. It gets into both ocean clathrates (methane hydrate crystals) and the melting permafrost (more methane). Best of all, not a single d ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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The Day After Tomorrow Never Dies
Film plot rings true as NOAA runs up against White House |
Amanda Griscom |
03 Jun 2004 |
Muckraker |
| The brewing storm. Image: NOAA. Even after grapefruit-sized hail and monster tornadoes assault major cities in the Northern Hemisphere in the film The Day After Tomorrow, Jack Hall, a paleoclimatologist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, still can't get the ballooning crisis of global warming through the thick skull of the vice president. "I thin ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, green living, movies, Muckraker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, politics (all these topics) |
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