Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: January 17, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CPHAAG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,532 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Pbs Release Date: 05/19/2009

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64 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Convincing images and scientific comments, March 8, 2007

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Noemi Kopp-Tanaka "earth citizen" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Warming: The Signs and the Science (DVD)

I am a K-12 school librarian and am launching an awareness project about the environment, with global warming as a key topic. I needed a documentary about global warming for secondary level students.
I had proposed that all teachers watch "An inconvenient Truth" for their own information, and was confronted with one typical negative reaction: "Al Gore has an agenda, this is politics in school and I will not admit that. I want scientific, objective information". Although I do not agree with this reaction at all, I thought that I might as well look for something else, since I think that "An Inconvenient Truth" is not the ideal first step to raise awareness among the younger students. And there I ordered the PBS "Global Warming" documentary. Alanis Morissette is a very articulate speaker, clear and convincing. The construction and contents of the film, with very interesting interviews with diverse scientists give an excellent overview of the issue.
This DVD and "An inconvenient Truth are important eye-openers for us all!

40 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Global Warming:The Signs and the Science, November 10, 2006

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Karen Orrell (McAllen, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Warming: The Signs and the Science (DVD)

Complete overview of the challenges facing our planet! Wonderful complement to our ecology class. Karen Orrell

6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The scientific community vs. the fossil fuel industry's PR, February 15, 2009

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Preston C. Enright (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Warming: The Signs and the Science (DVD)

As I write this review, Australia is experiencing a massive, lethal fire which is raging on the fuel of its worst drought in a century. Here in Colorado, we've had a couple winter wildfires, one of which forced the evacuation of former FEMA director, Michael Brown. The majority of the scientific community, around 80 percent, feels global warming is taking place and human (fossil fuel industry) activity is the cause. This film takes us on a global tour of the dynamics, disasters, and possible responses to a changing climate. If only the voices in this film had the sort of platform as those who seek to muddle the issue. Hour after hour on right-wing talk radio stations a parade of oil funded "skeptics" argue in ways that Exxon and Peabody coal must appreciate. While I hope the skeptics are right, and we shouldn't be worried (an argument that has shifted to "there's nothing we can do about it", which is more fossil fuel business propaganda); the responsible thing to do would be to take precautions regarding what the CIA considers an international security threat. For example, former CIA director James Woolsey talks about climate change threats in the documentary A Crude Awakening - The Oil Crash.
Additionally, a Wikipedia entry on "Scientific Opinion on Climate Change" reveals how many scientific organizations (not just Al Gore) argue that we are creating a catastrophe. These organizations include the IPCC, the InterAcademy Council, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the European Science Foundation, the National Research Council, the American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians (the film features a segment on the spread of diseases from climate change), the American Society for Microbiology, the American Geophysical Union, and many others. Sadly, the money and media influence of Big Oil and Big Coal and the endless deception of people like Sean Hannity are perverting what should be a serious discussion Everything's Cool.

I would highly recommend this DVD, it's a well-crafted and very informative film. Other media tools I'd recommend are:
The 11th Hour
E - The Environmental Magazine
Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled a Climate Crisis--And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World