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Ice
Title
Ice / BBC.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [2016]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2016
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (50 min., 8 sec)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally released by BBC, 2016.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 18, 2017.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Dr. Helen Czerski examines two of the coldest natural phenomena on Earth: icebergs and avalanches. Avalanches claim hundreds of lives every year. Now scientists are learning how something as tiny, fragile and delicate as a snowflake can transform into something as deadly as an avalanche. Changes in snow can give it the quality of concrete when someone is buried underneath it, and CT scanners are helping scientists understand the changes in the structure of snow which can trigger an avalanche. Icebergs pose a serious hazard to shipping—and as the planet warms up, the number of icebergs calving from the world's glaciers has been increasing steadily. It has never been more important to study the birth and lifecycle of an iceberg, and new technologies are unveiling exactly what happens at the edge of glaciers where icebergs are born and what role increasing ocean temperatures are playing in this process. Satellite images are showing how icebergs can create hotspots for life in the polar seas and how creatures which thrive in polar temperatures are adapting to our changing planet. The result of this flood of new images is pushing the boundaries of what was previously understood—and with better understanding scientists are more able to make sense of these amazing but often destructive forces of nature.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Dangerous Earth
System details note
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 - 12, Academic/AP
Contents
Dangerous Earth: Ice (2:20); Avalanche (6:01); Studying Avalanche Danger (5:33); Avalanche Experiment (1:47); Everest Avalanche (4:20); Imaging Avalanches (4:14); Icebergs (5:25); Concern for Shipping Lanes (5:45); Blue Icebergs (2:41); Penguins on the Ice (3:44); Glacial Calving (4:57); Climate Change (2:11); Credits: Dangerous Earth: Ice (0:34);
Videorecording number
141303 Infobase
[141142]s Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Infobase, film distributor.
BBC (Firm)
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