A Dangerous Future
In episode eight of the series "Years of Living Dangerously", Matt Damon takes viewers on an investigation into the impact of extreme heat on human health and mortality. With a focus on startling new research from leading scientists and researchers, Damon uncovers the ways in which climate...
| Other Authors: | Infobase,, Years of Living Dangerously, |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y.:
Infobase,
[2014], c2014.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (58 min., 12 sec.) : sound, color. |
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Years of Living Dangerously.
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| Summary: |
In episode eight of the series "Years of Living Dangerously", Matt Damon takes viewers on an investigation into the impact of extreme heat on human health and mortality. With a focus on startling new research from leading scientists and researchers, Damon uncovers the ways in which climate change and rising temperatures are becoming a public health emergency locally, nationally and globally. Michael C. Hall journeys to the low-lying deltaic country of Bangladesh where rising seas are expected to submerge 17% of the nation. Hall explores the prediction that by 2050, the migration of upwards of 150 million people worldwide will be the single most worrisome impact of our climate-changed future. Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman concludes his investigation of three Middle Eastern nations-Syria, Egypt, and now Yemen-to witness how climate change can be a stressor that can take a volatile political situation and push it over the edge. |
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Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Encoded with permission by Infobase on December 12, 2014. Insulated from Global Warming (1:32) -- Heat Waves & Global Warming (2:27) -- Environmental Challenge in Sana'a (2:16) -- Series Intro & Credits: A Dangerous Future: Years of Living Dangerously (1:46) -- Bangladesh (2:11) -- Geography of Bangladesh (3:49) -- Magnet for Heat (1:54) -- Effect on Pregnant Women (3:15) -- Immediate Water Crisis (3:48) -- Economic Factors of Growth (2:53) -- Migrant Life in Bangladesh (1:59) -- Emergency Room Records (3:54) -- Missing Evidence (2:39) -- Ancient Spring in Mount Taber (5:03) -- Garment Factory Disaster (3:45) -- Football Player Death (2:30) -- Heat Wave Deaths (3:25) -- Fight for Survival (2:13) -- Rana Plaza (1:59) -- Climate Migrant (2:39) -- Heat Takes Lives (0:53) -- Credits: A Dangerous Future: Years of Living Dangerously (1:07) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. In episode eight of the series "Years of Living Dangerously", Matt Damon takes viewers on an investigation into the impact of extreme heat on human health and mortality. With a focus on startling new research from leading scientists and researchers, Damon uncovers the ways in which climate change and rising temperatures are becoming a public health emergency locally, nationally and globally. Michael C. Hall journeys to the low-lying deltaic country of Bangladesh where rising seas are expected to submerge 17% of the nation. Hall explores the prediction that by 2050, the migration of upwards of 150 million people worldwide will be the single most worrisome impact of our climate-changed future. Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman concludes his investigation of three Middle Eastern nations-Syria, Egypt, and now Yemen-to witness how climate change can be a stressor that can take a volatile political situation and push it over the edge. 5 & up. Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. Closed-captioned. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (58 min., 12 sec.) : sound, color. |
| Format: |
Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: |
5 & up. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |