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Addo's Elephants: Back from the Brink
directed by Nic van Oudtshoorn, fl. 2011; produced by Nic van Oudtshoorn, fl. 2011 (London, England: TVF International, 2011), 51 mins
From the depths of the African bush comes a heartwarming tale of survival and a scientific journey. . . the story of a huge herd of elephants condemned to death by a government decree. Today there are more than 350 elephants in South Africa's Addo Elephant National Park - descendants of the handful that not only s...
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directed by Nic van Oudtshoorn, fl. 2011; produced by Nic van Oudtshoorn, fl. 2011 (London, England: TVF International, 2011), 51 mins
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From the depths of the African bush comes a heartwarming tale of survival and a scientific journey. . . the story of a huge herd of elephants condemned to death by a government decree. Today there are more than 350 elephants in South Africa's Addo Elephant National Park - descendants of the handful that not only survived the massacre of 1918 but also the guns of the ivory-traders. Filmed on location for four years, Addo's Elephants is an endearin...
From the depths of the African bush comes a heartwarming tale of survival and a scientific journey. . . the story of a huge herd of elephants condemned to death by a government decree. Today there are more than 350 elephants in South Africa's Addo Elephant National Park - descendants of the handful that not only survived the massacre of 1918 but also the guns of the ivory-traders. Filmed on location for four years, Addo's Elephants is an endearing and dramatic documentary exploring the evolution and growth of this inbred elephant society- a unique society providing scientists with an unprecedented genetic research laboratory!
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Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nic van Oudtshoorn, fl. 2011, Stuart Scowcroft
Author / Creator
Nic van Oudtshoorn, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
TVF International
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Scowcroft
Topic / Theme
Wildlife conservation, Elephants, Science
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of TVF International.
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Aerosol dispersion
produced by Science Photo Library (London, England: Science Photo Library, 2010), 1 min
Global aerosol distribution, FIM-Chem data. The FIM-Chem model was created following the success of the original FIM Model (Finite Volume Icosahedral Model). The FIM-Chem is the FIM model with chemistry and aerosol modules added. Aerosols are one of the biggest uncertainties in climate models due to their varied e...
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produced by Science Photo Library (London, England: Science Photo Library, 2010), 1 min
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Global aerosol distribution, FIM-Chem data. The FIM-Chem model was created following the success of the original FIM Model (Finite Volume Icosahedral Model). The FIM-Chem is the FIM model with chemistry and aerosol modules added. Aerosols are one of the biggest uncertainties in climate models due to their varied effects on radiation and cloud physics. The FIM-Chem allows researchers to forecast and study the behaviour of aerosols in the atmospher...
Global aerosol distribution, FIM-Chem data. The FIM-Chem model was created following the success of the original FIM Model (Finite Volume Icosahedral Model). The FIM-Chem is the FIM model with chemistry and aerosol modules added. Aerosols are one of the biggest uncertainties in climate models due to their varied effects on radiation and cloud physics. The FIM-Chem allows researchers to forecast and study the behaviour of aerosols in the atmosphere, leading to the potential for better Earth system modelling for climate prediction. In this sequence, the FIM-Chem model is used to trace the presence of three aerosols from August 27, 2009 through September 7, 2009. Green shading is dust, red shading is black carbon aerosols and blue is organic carbon aerosols. When there are multiple aerosols present in one location, the color for the aerosols is combined. The two types of carbon often occur together, though in different proportions. Areas of anthropogenic emissions tend to have a redder color while areas of burning, such as wildfires, tend to have a more purplish-pink color because the ratio of organic carbons to black carbons varies for the two emissions sources. Wildfires have a high ratio of organic carbon to black carbon. During the time period of this dataset there were wildfires in California, Alaska and British Columbia and biomass burning in Sub-Equatorial Africa and the Amazon region. The white shading is from the presence of all three aerosols. This can be seen in southern Europe where the anthropogenic emissions from Europe are mixing with the dry, dusty air from the Sahara.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Science Photo Library
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Science Photo Library
Topic / Theme
Ecology, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Science Photo Library
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Africa
produced by National Geographic (District of Columbia: National Geographic, 2013), 5 mins
Describes the diversity of the African continent from its many countries, religions, ethnic groups, and animal species, to its range of geographic features including savannas, deserts, mountains and large cities. Also discusses the modernization of the continent and some of the problems that many Africans still fa...
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produced by National Geographic (District of Columbia: National Geographic, 2013), 5 mins
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Describes the diversity of the African continent from its many countries, religions, ethnic groups, and animal species, to its range of geographic features including savannas, deserts, mountains and large cities. Also discusses the modernization of the continent and some of the problems that many Africans still face, including illiteracy, poverty, and HIV infection.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
National Geographic
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
National Geographic
Topic / Theme
African ethnic groups, Africans, Area Studies, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by National Geographic
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Ahmed And The Return Of The Arab Phoenix
directed by Giuseppe Bucciarelli, fl. 2004; produced by Giuseppe Bucciarelli, fl. 2004 (Mill Valley, CA: Green Planet Films), 23 mins
Shot around the Palmyra oasis, Syria. Despite its bad reputation in the international press, the Syrian government is very much involved in the effort of protecting its natural heritage. This is the story of a handful of visionary men who are fighting in the desert to protect what is left of the biodiversity of Al...
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directed by Giuseppe Bucciarelli, fl. 2004; produced by Giuseppe Bucciarelli, fl. 2004 (Mill Valley, CA: Green Planet Films), 23 mins
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Shot around the Palmyra oasis, Syria. Despite its bad reputation in the international press, the Syrian government is very much involved in the effort of protecting its natural heritage. This is the story of a handful of visionary men who are fighting in the desert to protect what is left of the biodiversity of Al Badia. Their efforts will be rewarded by the discovery of the last Middle Eastern breeding colony of the Bald Ibis in the wild, one of...
Shot around the Palmyra oasis, Syria. Despite its bad reputation in the international press, the Syrian government is very much involved in the effort of protecting its natural heritage. This is the story of a handful of visionary men who are fighting in the desert to protect what is left of the biodiversity of Al Badia. Their efforts will be rewarded by the discovery of the last Middle Eastern breeding colony of the Bald Ibis in the wild, one of the rarest migratory birds and a symbol of wisdom for the Bedouins of the desert.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Giuseppe Bucciarelli, fl. 2004
Author / Creator
Giuseppe Bucciarelli, fl. 2004
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Topic / Theme
Animal ecology, Conservation of natural resources, Biodiversity, Deserts, Ibises
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Green Planet Films
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Air pollution layer, timelapse
produced by Science Photo Library (London, England: Science Photo Library, 2014), 26 secs
Timelapse footage of strong winds blowing clouds above and air pollution below. The pollution forms a visible layer above the ground. The source of this pollution is the city of Denver, Colorado, USA. The strong northerly winds associated with a cold front are blowing the pollution back to its source. Filmed in Co...
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produced by Science Photo Library (London, England: Science Photo Library, 2014), 26 secs
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Timelapse footage of strong winds blowing clouds above and air pollution below. The pollution forms a visible layer above the ground. The source of this pollution is the city of Denver, Colorado, USA. The strong northerly winds associated with a cold front are blowing the pollution back to its source. Filmed in Colorado, USA, in winter.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Science Photo Library
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Science Photo Library
Topic / Theme
Ecology, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Science Photo Library
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Amazing Animals, Season 1, Episode 29, The Day the Earth Changed, Part 1
produced by Big Media, in Amazing Animals, Season 1, Episode 29 (New York, NY: Big Media, 2010), 24 mins
A magic journey through the animal kingdom. Unique footage capturing magic moments in the lives of the animals. This series explores behaviour traits, habits and lifestyles.
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produced by Big Media, in Amazing Animals, Season 1, Episode 29 (New York, NY: Big Media, 2010), 24 mins
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A magic journey through the animal kingdom. Unique footage capturing magic moments in the lives of the animals. This series explores behaviour traits, habits and lifestyles.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Big Media
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Big Media
Series
Amazing Animals
Topic / Theme
Earth sciences, Nature
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010. Used by permission of Big Media.
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Amazing Animals, Season 1, Episode 30, The Day the Earth Changed, Part 2
produced by Big Media, in Amazing Animals, Season 1, Episode 30 (New York, NY: Big Media, 2010), 25 mins
A magic journey through the animal kingdom. Unique footage capturing magic moments in the lives of the animals. This series explores behaviour traits, habits and lifestyles.
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produced by Big Media, in Amazing Animals, Season 1, Episode 30 (New York, NY: Big Media, 2010), 25 mins
Description
A magic journey through the animal kingdom. Unique footage capturing magic moments in the lives of the animals. This series explores behaviour traits, habits and lifestyles.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Big Media
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Big Media
Series
Amazing Animals
Topic / Theme
Earth sciences, Nature
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010. Used by permission of Big Media.
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Amazon: The Logging Wars
produced by TV Choice (London, England - Bromley: TV Choice, 2008), 25 mins
It's been called the lungs of the earth. But the Amazon is also a lawless jungle, where criminals and profiteers plunder the forest for its riches. Communities are battling to stop loggers stripping the rainforest of its ancient timber, but many people depend on revenue from the illegal trade. The result is that s...
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produced by TV Choice (London, England - Bromley: TV Choice, 2008), 25 mins
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It's been called the lungs of the earth. But the Amazon is also a lawless jungle, where criminals and profiteers plunder the forest for its riches. Communities are battling to stop loggers stripping the rainforest of its ancient timber, but many people depend on revenue from the illegal trade. The result is that some towns are in civil conflict, with neighbours clashing over the exploitation of their unique environment, one of the largest remaini...
It's been called the lungs of the earth. But the Amazon is also a lawless jungle, where criminals and profiteers plunder the forest for its riches. Communities are battling to stop loggers stripping the rainforest of its ancient timber, but many people depend on revenue from the illegal trade. The result is that some towns are in civil conflict, with neighbours clashing over the exploitation of their unique environment, one of the largest remaining wilderness areas on Earth. The state of Para alone exports billions of dollars in illegal hardwood. It seems that everywhere people are cutting down trees without permission. Commercial loggers send armies with chainsaws to cut timber for export, almost always illegally. The Amazon River is the heart of the illegal logging trade. The logs are simply loaded on a boat and exported to countries like the United States, Europe and Australia. Once the valuable timber has been removed, the land is given over to cattle ranchers and soy farmers. All over the Amazon people are being run off their land in growing numbers. Growing numbers of profiteers - ranchers, farmers, and land grabbers - are seizing whole areas of the Amazon at gunpoint from their inhabitants. People don't want to leave their homes but with no one enforcing the law they're afraid and there's no one here to protect them. But when the law is enforced, this causes other problems. The federal environmental authorities shut the logging town of Uruara down because 80% of the timber trade here is illegal. Everyone, from the foresters to shopkeepers, and even the men driving horse carts, have found themselves without jobs. Says a spokesman for the authorities: "When we go to bed at night it really is hard to know that breadwinners won't get any wages the next day and sometimes their families will go hungry. But that is our job, unfortunately. We have to do it."
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
TV Choice
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
TV Choice
Topic / Theme
Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers, Social Responsibility, Brazilians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 by TV Choice, Ltd.
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American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1, The Swamp
directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2019), 1 hour 54 mins
The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida penins...
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directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2019), 1 hour 54 mins
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The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida peninsula. In the 19th century, however, most Americans believed swamps were filled with diseases and noxious reptiles and saw them as obstac...
The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida peninsula. In the 19th century, however, most Americans believed swamps were filled with diseases and noxious reptiles and saw them as obstacles to the nation's progress. The idea of draining the Everglades became the goal of many entrepreneurs, politicians and salesmen who saw great potential in turning the massive wetland into a profitable enterprise. Altering the landscape of the Everglades unleashed a torrent of unintended consequences, from catastrophic floods to brutal droughts. Told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, from hucksters to politicians to unlikely activists, The Swamp explores the repeated efforts to transform what was seen as a vast and useless wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, ultimately leading to a passionate campaign to preserve America's greatest wetland.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999, Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse, WGBH Educational Foundation, Tim Hopper, fl. 1987
Author / Creator
Randall MacLowry, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Tim Hopper, fl. 1987
Topic / Theme
Climate and the Environment, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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Animal Tracks, Animal Tracks, Episode 12
produced by Elisa Thomson, fl. 2011 and Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Astro Media Pty Ltd, in Animal Tracks (New York, NY: Big Media, 2011), 25 mins
From cute and cuddly, to spiky and slimy, Animal Tracks looks at how animals and humans co-exist on our fragile planet. Trek to the depths of the jungle to see what's being done to save our most endangered species. Discover the many ways animals are contributing to advances in medical technology.
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produced by Elisa Thomson, fl. 2011 and Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Astro Media Pty Ltd, in Animal Tracks (New York, NY: Big Media, 2011), 25 mins
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From cute and cuddly, to spiky and slimy, Animal Tracks looks at how animals and humans co-exist on our fragile planet. Trek to the depths of the jungle to see what's being done to save our most endangered species. Discover the many ways animals are contributing to advances in medical technology.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Elisa Thomson, fl. 2011, Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Astro Media Pty Ltd, Mark Irvine, fl. 2009-2011
Date Published / Released
2012-01, 2011-01
Publisher
Big Media
Series
Animal Tracks
Speaker / Narrator
Mark Irvine, fl. 2009-2011
Topic / Theme
Animals, Wildlife conservation
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by Big Media
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