Environmental tech [videorecording] / produced by Actuality Productions for History Television Network ; executive producer, Don Cambou ; written and produced by Anthony Lacques ; producer, Bruce Nash.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Distributed by New Video, Distributed by New Video,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally broadcast in 2007 as a segement of the History Channel program Modern marvels. Narrated by Max Raphael.
Summary:
From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper, MODERN MARVELS® explores the 21st Century's cutting-edge "green" technologies in action. Learn how tongue-twisting technologies such as carbon sequestration and bioremediation take on our most daunting environmental crises: global warming, deforestation, nuclear waste and resource scarcity. Then, experience the slimier side of environmental tech as blue-green algae are converted into automotive biofuel and decomposing garbage supplies clean-burning natural gas. Finally, see how trees and other natural environments can be used as engineering materials to control flooding and rejuvenate dying rivers.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.