Columbia, SC...Global Warming: The Signs and The Science, a one-hour documentary exploring what is arguably the most significant environmental phenomenon of the last 10,000 years, repeats Sundays, Nov. 6, at 11 p.m., and Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. on ETV, as well as Friday, Nov. 11, at 9 p.m. (Click here for a two-minute clip of the program)
International recording artist Alanis Morissette hosts and narrates this cautionary and empowering look at the forces of climate change filmed in the US, Asia and South America. A co-production of ETV and Stonehaven Productions, and underwritten by Toyota with additional funding provided by Swiss Re, this compelling and accessible program brings the reality of climate change to life and offers viewers inspiring examples of people making a difference in their own communities.
The program features numerous science experts, who review a growing body of evidence of the grave consequences of a changing climate, and explores how individuals, communities and organizations across America are creating new approaches to safeguard future generations.It also looks at evidence that human activities are provoking an unprecedented era of atmospheric warming and climatic events : more drought, wildfires and flooding, polar melting, more powerful storms and more variable weather. Tropical diseases are moving north, childhood respiratory illnesses are skyrocketing, and in the last three decades more than 30 diseases new to science have emerged. Global Warming: The Signs and the Science takes viewers across America to meet people from every walk of life: Nebraska farmers, Colorado cattle ranchers, small-town doctors, Louisiana oilmen, Maryland school kids, New Hampshire townsfolk, Detroit inner-city teenagers, New York City bike couriers, and Florida policemen. Their words and stories uncover both the reality of climate change and their responses to its various manifestations.
As people across the USA and around the world start to face their vulnerability to a changing climate, many have decided to do something. They are determined to be part of a solution, and have launched all kinds of initiatives aimed at reducing the impacts of climate change. Is it possible to avert disaster? Can a paradigm of progress built on fossil fuels be altered significantly in time? Will changing the way things are done mean economic ruin, or new opportunities? These are some of the questions the show poses.
ETV Vice President of National Programming Polly Kosko, who also serves as co-executive producer of the program, expressed a belief that “PBS is the right venue for this important and enlightening program because it presents both the challenges we face and a variety of positive things people can do to make a difference.”
ETV also gives students from across the state a chance to voice their opinions and concerns about global warming on Open Lines, a live program that airs Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. Students from around the state are invited to join the discussion by calling 1-800-763-ETV1.
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