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A Convenient Truth - Full version
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The World is Hot Enough
Duration: 13 mins 49 seconds
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A Convenient Truth - Full version
Duration: 15 mins 33 seconds
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Convenient truth introduction Highlights the major global impacts of our changing climate. Duration: 46 seconds
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Blueprint and climate change tree Full sequence: we asked our engineers and scientists to develop a machine that soaks up carbon from the atmosphere, a device thatwould lock up CO2 for potentially quite a long time. It would haveto be environmentally friendly, efficient, reliable, easy and cheap to produce. This is what they came up with. Duration: 31 seconds Graphic1 - Tree, coloured with labels (Jpg 1024x570)
Graphic2 - Tree, blue with labels (Jpg 1024x570)
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Carbon Sequestration Animation showing process of carbon sequestration of trees through their lifecycle. Duration: 53 seconds
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The whole carbon cycle Showing the six main global reservoirs of carbon. The boxed numbers are the sizes of the reservoirs in 1012 kg. Duration: 10 seconds |
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Carbon stored in forest ecosystems Compared to remaining oil reserves and the atmosphere itself. Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Asessment, 2000 Duration: 30 seconds |
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Decline in the world's forest cover over 8,000 years. Shows 50% cover 8,000 years ago reducing to 30% today. Since 1850 deforestation has released 120,000,000 tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. Source: Houghton Duration: 19 seconds Graphic1 - 8000 years ago (Jpg 1024x570) Graphic2 - Today (Jpg 1024x570) Graphic3 - Carbon released (Jpg 1024x570)
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Forest decline and recovery in Britain Map starting at from 6000BC and ending at present. Duration: 26 seconds Source: various |
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Reforestation in Europe Reforesting Europe over 15 years equals amount of forest loss globally every year. Source: FAO State of the World's Forests, 2007 Duration: 43 seconds
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Forest area changes By world region - 2000-2005. Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment Duration: 15 seconds
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CO2 emissions by sector. Pie chart shows comparisons with power, industry, transport, and agriculture. Source: Stern Review, from data drawn from World Resources Institute Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Duration: 18 seconds
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Wood substitution Replacing one tonne of concrete or red brick with the same volume of timber can save around one tonne of CO2. Source: Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management Report 1996, Carbon benefits of Timber in Construction, 2006 Duration: 27 seconds
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UK predicted weather changes Weather map for 30-40 years time. Duration: 52 seconds |
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Predicted decline in suitabile sites for oak woodlands Map for Britain from 2007 through to 2080. Duration: 42 seconds |
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Six points for action Protect and manage what we have; reduce deforestation; restore more forest cover;use more wood for fuel; use it in place of other materials; and plan ahead to adapt. Duration: 60 seconds |
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Woodfuel Energy that grows on trees video. An introduction to the use ofwood as a sustainable source of renewable energy. Video: 14 minutes
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Greenhouse effect The diagram shows the fate of the solar energy received by the Earth.Some of the energy is reflected straight back into space, and someis absorbed by the Earth’s surface (1). As the surface of the Earth warms, the atmosphere in turn becomes warmer as it is heated by convectionand the emission of infrared radiation. Gases that occur naturally in the atmosphere absorb some of this radiation (2) and it is returned back to the Earth’s surface warming it still further.
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Climate change tree - no labels. |
GPFLR Potential Map (38 MB file)
