The Greenhouse effect
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The Greenhouse effect
BBC Enterprises, 1988 , Rentacolor, [19--]
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温室効果
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Distributed in Australia by BBC Education and Training
Colour recording system: PAL
Credits: Writer/producer, Peter Ceresole; editor, Robin Brightwell; camera, Phil Gries ... [et al.]; a BBC TV production in association with Scandinature Films, Television Trust for the Environment for UNEP, WGBH, Boston
Cast: Paul Vaughan
Summary: Burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This colourless, odourless, naturally occurring gas turns the atmosphere into a giant greenhouse, trapping more of the sun's heat and raising the temperature each year. So far, estimates suggest the temperature has risen by half a degree centigrade, but by the year 2050 it could be up by three or four degrees. Many things will change in a chain reaction: sea level; crop growth; rainfall. There appears to be no simple solutions because the greenhouse effect is caused by by one of the most basic of human activities - the generation of power