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New! Permafrost: Secrets in Siberian Ice
Item# 40639
© 2009
52 Min.
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The key to understanding climate change could be locked inside hundreds of feet-and thousands of years-of Siberian permafrost. This program follows the literally groundbreaking expedition of a team of...
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Geographic Information Systems
Item# 40312
© 2008
24 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-759-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-760-7
The aim of this program is to excite students about geographic information systems and encourage the use of GIS in the classroom. Spotlighted applications of GIS include ways that urban planners in In...
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The Amazon River: Pristine and Unprotected
Item# 40145
© 2008
51 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-498-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-499-6
Stretching over 4,000 miles across South America, the Amazon River has long defied human efforts to tame it. Not a single bridge crosses it, and not one dam halts its flow. This program visits urban c...
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The Ganges River: Sacred and Sullied
Item# 40146
© 2008
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-500-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-501-6
Rising from a Himalayan ice cave and emptying into the bay of Bengal, the Ganges River is sacred to Hindus as a purifying spirit-yet it currently suffers from pollution and neglect. This program follo...
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The Mississippi River: Triumphant and Tragic
Item# 40147
© 2008
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-502-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-503-0
Its name conjures images of America's mythical past, encoded in the stories and novels of Mark Twain. But today's Mississippi River is rife with challenges no 19th-century storyteller could have imagi...
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The Nile River: Shared or Monopolized?
Item# 40148
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-504-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-505-4
Were it not for the elemental forces of the Nile River, the great architecture of ancient Egypt and Ethiopia might never have been built. But in today's water-starved world, the river could lead both...
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The Rhine: A River of Unity and Diversity
Item# 40149
© 2008
51 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-506-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-507-8
Rich in history, the Rhine feeds Europe's collective identity-as well as its divisions. Flowing from Switzerland through Austria, Germany, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, the river intersects...
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Rivers and Life: How Waterways Cradle and Confound Human Society
Item# 40144
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-496-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-497-2
Illuminating the ever-changing nature of the Earth's aquatic arteries, this six-part series guides viewers through cultures and countries shaped by magnificent rivers. A half-dozen of the world's most...
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The Yangtze River: China's Wild Lifeline
Item# 40150
© 2008
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-508-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-509-2
Among the most utilized waterways in the world, the Yangtze River is also one of the most volatile. This program sheds light on humanity's battle to tame and profit from the river-specifically, a proj...
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California Dry: Water Crisis in the Golden State
Item# 39916
© 2008
22 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-921-2
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-922-9
As fresh water sources dwindle in the arid American Southwest, California faces growing difficulty in managing and sustaining its irrigation infrastructure. This program analyzes the multifaceted prob...
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