This heads-up was sent me by a friend. And now from me to you. As you know, PBS is "sponsored in part" (as they say) by car and oil companies and people who contribute money made from corporate incestments. You know it's not going to have a "green" bias. In fact, having checked out the website, What's Up?, I feel it may be the most balanced presentation for the general public yet presented. We might discuss it further after it airs.

Hallyx

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Subject: "What's Up with the Weather?" TV, Tue 18th Sender: bioregional-owner@csf.colorado.edu

Dear friends, I want to tell you about a TV special on climate change that's being premiered this Tuesday evening, April 18th, 9pm - 11pm on PBS, called "What's Up with the Weather?".

For details, see http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/

It is a joint presentation by Nova and Frontline, so I am expecting some good science and good discussion on the technical issues. They are including some 'contrarian' views. Judging by the website, the show includes a look at nuclear and "big solutions", which are not to my taste, but I hold NOVA in the highest regard, so I'm looking forward to it.

The website also has an EXCELLENT d-i-y section on "Your Carbon Diet" at

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/carbon/ (needs shockwave plug-in), which shows how much C02 we can each save by practising everyday appliance and vehicle efficiency.

with best wishes, [Hallyx's Friend] Victoria, Canada http://www.earthfuture.com/climatesofchange

-- (Hallyx@aol.com), April 17, 2000

Answers

And here's the official PBS announcement:

"What's Up with the Weather?" A NOVA-FRONTLINE Special Report

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/

Web site: Available now

Broadcast: April 18, 2000 (NOVA usually airs Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. Check your local listings.)

Since the late 1980s, rising temperatures and dramatic weather-- from heat waves and hurricanes to melting glaciers--have fueled a global political and scientific debate about whether human-caused global warming is imperilling life on Earth. In this Special Report, NOVA and FRONTLINE join forces to examine what climatologists really know about the greenhouse effect and grapple with what promises to be the most perplexing issue of the 21st century.

The joint web site for this NOVA-FRONTLINE special report will include:

FAQS A short primer on the essential questions--and answers-- in the global warming debate.

The Debate Interviews with scientists who are sharply divided over global warming's impact on our future climate.

Your Carbon Diet (Hot Science) In this interactive feature, viewers can assess their annual home energy consumption and learn ways to maximize energy efficiency.

Water World "Before and after" computer images of what the U.S., northern Europe, and other areas would look like if the West Antarctic ice sheet melting--an event climate experts think could be triggered by global warming.

Stories in the Ice A timeline showing how ice cores drilled into Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets reveal 300,000 years of global warming, volcanic eruptions, and other environmental events.

Beyond Fossil Fuels A rundown on the latest carbon-free energy technologies, both actual and potential, ranging from wind power to solar power, fission to fusion, and even some truly radical ideas.

Plus Teacher's Guide, Resources/Links, and more.

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Thank you for visiting NOVA Online. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback, sent either to NOVA@wgbh.org, or from our Feedback page at:

http://www.pbs.org/nova/postnovafeedback.html

-- (Hallyx@aol.com), April 17, 2000.

Hallyx:

Thanks for the "weather alert"I look forward to watching it on PBS.

Last evening I enjoyed watching Walking with the Dinosaurs for 3 hours on The Discovery Channel.

Most TV supports the Dumbing Down of America/World but there are some jewels amidst the rubble.

Lets give our take on the weather show later in the week.

-- tc (tc@webtv.net), April 17, 2000.

TC--

I saw part of the dinosaur show and was fascinated. I hope they show it again. I wonder how the special effects were done? It was better than Jurassic Park.

My problem is that it was presented as "fact". How could they know all this stuff for sure?

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), April 17, 2000.

Lars

Toward the end they made it clear that the search for knowledge about dinos was ongoing and always subject to change.

It was sure a lucky day for us when that asteroid plunked down in the gulf!

-- tc (tc@webtv.net), April 17, 2000.

Lars: Tonight at 9 EDT they show how they did it.

-- (@ .), April 17, 2000.

Thanks, Hallyx, almost makes me wish I had television!

I DO listen to National Public Radio, and tho they, too, are sponsored, at least in part, by major corporations, they ARE, in my opinion, pretty biased in the direction of "green". I am pretty green myself, but I think they lose a certain amount of credibility by their obvious (to me at least--my wife disagrees with me, though) bias.

JOJ

-- jumpoff joe (jumpoff@echoweb.neet), April 17, 2000.

I'm on the Discovery channel hoping the program, the making of the dino program, is on tonight.

I note that some "Alley Oop" is baiting the "Christians", having just started a thread asking if they believe in dinos.

I wonder if there will be more unanimity in a discussion of weather?

-- tc (tc@webtv.net), April 17, 2000.

PBS tonight a 8 pm on the west coast...an examanation of global warming. I checked my TV guide.

2 hours and no commercials!

-- fauna (x@q.ed), April 18, 2000.

ABC news said (last evening) that of the 15 largest eco problems global warming was well down the list.

This very busy thread would prove that statement.

The PBS program was a good overview. Warming is a slow process and there is little agreement on this complex subject. There are cycles in nature coexistant with the actions of man.

The fossil fuel folks (PR) say it's no big deal.

Factoid: CO2 in the atmosphere has been dramaticaly going up over the past few years. Factoid: Our world wide temp is up one percent over the past one hundred years.

It is future generations that will reap what we are now sowing.

-- tc (tc@webtv.net), April 19, 2000.

sorry ....make that one degree

-- tc (tc@webtv.net), April 19, 2000.