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The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts: Ecology, Technology, and Society—All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Item# 47362
© 2011
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-451-4
“The balance of nature” is a widely held belief that ecosystems function cooperatively rather than hierarchically, gradually adjusting for change—a concept that was co-opted by early computer scientis...
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Scientists Under Attack: When Corporate Interests Control Research
Item# 50569
© 2009
88 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-477-5
According to some estimates, 95 percent of scientists conducting research in the field of genetic engineering are funded by agribusiness or related industries. What happens when researchers decide to...
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CarboOcean: Why the Sea Can't Protect Us Against Climate Change
Item# 49281
© 2009
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-576-8
Here’s the good news: if we stop our carbon emissions now, the Earth’s oceans can still render them harmless through absorption. The bad news? It will take 100,000 years. That and other stark realitie...
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Breaking the Wall of “Two Cultures”: Science and Humanities After Climate Change
Item# 49387
© 2009
14 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-448-8
It is now more than 50 years since the British novelist and scientist C. P. Snow first described a chasm between literary intellectuals and scientists, instigating decades of debate on the existence o...
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The Future Makers: Pioneering Sustainable Energy
Item# 41923
© 2009
46 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-902-2
While its fossil fuel exports are sizeable, Australia is also becoming a gigantic laboratory for developing renewable energy systems. This program examines the work of engineering trailblazers who hav...
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Environmental Applications: Electronics and Climate Studies
Item# 44529
© 2008
20 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-032-5
Although the encroachment of technology into the natural world is always a legitimate concern, it is also worth examining the many ways in which electronic systems help improve environmental research...
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Portrait of a Coast: 21st Century—The Survival of America's Shores
Item# 40575
© 2008
25 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-248-1
Over two decades ago, the original version of this program depicted the effects of wind, waves, and tides on the coastline of southeastern Massachusetts. Revised and updated for the 21st century, this...
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How Science Works: Chasing the Wind
Item# 44659
© 2007
15 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-150-6
Is global warming human-driven? Can its effects be accurately measured? What are its long-term consequences? According to Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, a renowned British space scientist, the only way to...
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Careers in the Earth Sciences
Item# 36000
© 2007
27 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-5955-7
Flying into the eye of a storm, camping at the base of an active volcano, traveling backwards in time-students might think these adventures happen only in action movies. This video shows that they als...
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Exploring Qualitative Methods
Item# 36202
© 2005
46 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-5437-8
A dream may be the most difficult human experience to quantify-but dreaming is an excellent topic for building qualitative research skills. This program illustrates experiments, designed and conducted...
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