Record details

• ISBN: 9781928964162
• ISBN: 1928964168
• Physical Description: 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• Edition: Widescreen.
• Publisher: Washington, DC : Screenscope, �2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally produced as an episode of the television program Journey to planet Earth in 2009.

Special features: Abridged version (32 min.); Educators' guides.

DVD-ROM features: information on the series (PDF, 6 p.); educator's guide for the full versions of the first 11 episodes (PDF or Word 2003, 70 p.); educator's guide for the abridged versions of the first 11 episodes (PDF or Word 2003, 76 p.); excerpts from reviews of the series (PDF, 1 p.).

Educators' guides also available online.

Formatted Contents Note:

Loss of the cod fishery (Portugal & New England) -- Marine sanctuaries (Dry Tortugas) -- Glacier melt (Greenland) -- Sea level rise (Bangladesh & India) -- Glacier melt (Peru) -- Effect of climate change on oceans -- Return of the whale shark (Belize) -- Oceanographer & explorer Sylvia Earle.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Cinematographers, Dennis Boni, Bill Mills ; editor, Jim McNamee ; original music, Frank Ferrucci.

Participant or Performer Note:

Narrated by Matt Damon.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

System Details Note:

DVD-R; this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives; NTSC, region 1; hi-fi, stereo. DVD-ROM drive is required for educators' guides, available in both Microsoft Word 97-2003 and Adobe Reader.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

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Subject:

Marine resources conservation.
Ocean > Environmental aspects.
Environmental degradation.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.
Educational television programs.
Environmental films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Science television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.