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An Uncertain Future
Title
An Uncertain Future / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, [2009]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2012.
Copyright Notice Date
©2009
Physical Description
1streaming video file (45 min.) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 10, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
There are two different Arctics. One is the storybook land of snow and polar bears, while the other has become a breeding ground of petroleum plants and pipelines. Can the two coexist? What fate awaits the natural Arctic if the technological one expands without restraint? This program explores those questions as it follows research taking place on Bylot Island, home to a portion of Sirmilik National Park, in Canada's Nunavut Territory. Here, scientists have come every summer for the past 20 years to measure the impact of climate change on snowy owls, lemmings, snow geese, and Arctic foxes. Here, they have discovered that even tiny, hardy plants are being affected, causing a cascade of changes through the ecosystem.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Arctic Meltdown
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
6 and up.
Contents
Animals Struggle in Changing World (2:22)
700,000 Acre Study Area (2:41)
Wetlands Drying Out (2:06)
Impact of Warmer Climates on Interdependent Species (3:00)
Study Provides Precious Data on Web of Life (3:47)
4000 Oil Spills in Ten Year Period (3:03)
Industry Scars Arctic Landscape (3:29)
Battle Over McKenzie Gas Pipeline (1:55)
Huge Potential for Gas Production (1:52)
Need Assurance of Environment Protection (2:50)
Demands Rejected (2:09)
Considering Alternatives to Pipelilnes (2:54)
Worse than Worst Case Scenarios Predicted (2:23)
Melting Glaciers and Rising Seas (2:03)
Effects of Rising Seas on Coastal Communities (1:56)
Canadian Military in the Far North (1:42)
Opening New Ocean to the Climate System (1:47)
Credits: An Uncertain Future: Arctic Meltdown (0:36)
Videorecording number
48983s Infobase
48851 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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