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What's Up With the Weather?
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Program Overview
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NOVA investigates the complex scientific, ethical, and political
issues surrounding possible human-induced global warming caused by
the burning of fossil fuels.
The program:
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explains the natural greenhouse effect of Earth's atmosphere and
its role in creating a habitable environment.
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describes the link between burning fossil fuels and an increase
in atmospheric carbon dioxide, the most important greenhouse
gas.
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examines the variety of methods by which scientists are
attempting to reconstruct Earth's climate history and predict
its future.
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compares existing and potential human-induced change with known
natural causes of climate change.
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presents a wide range of outcomes from increasing atmospheric
carbon dioxide.
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quantifies the relationship between current and projected energy
use and carbon emissions.
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describes the growing global problem of fossil fuel use as
developing nations become industrialized.
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relates the difficulties surrounding recent international
efforts to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions.
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outlines the economic and political challenges associated with
non-fossil energy sources and other possible solutions, such as
carbon sequestration and improvements in energy.
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