Supervolcanoes
BBC
- Science & Nature - Supervolcano
Two part drama asking "What if Yellowstone erupted". Broadcast
on BBC One Sunday 13 March 2005, 9pm and Monday 14 March 2005, 9pm 2005.
Immediately followed on both days by "Supervolcano:
The Truth About Yellowstone" on BBC Two at 10pm.
Supervolcano
DVD available from Amazon.
BBC NEWS
| Science/Nature | Experts weigh supervolcano risks
"A super-eruption is also five to 10 times more likely to happen
than an asteroid impact, the report claims." Wednesday, 9 March,
2005
Supervolcano - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
"A supervolcano refers to a volcano that produces the largest and most
voluminous kinds of eruptions on earth. The actual explosivity of these
eruptions varies, but the sheer volume of extruded magma is immense enough
to radically alter the landscape and severely impact global climate for
years, with a cataclysmic effect on life. The term was originally coined
by the producers of the BBC popular science programme, Horizon."
BBC News
| SCI/TECH | Supervolcanoes could trigger global freeze
"A report by the BBC Two programme Horizon
on one supervolcano, at Yellowstone national park in the US, says it is
overdue for an eruption."
Thursday, 3rd February 2000.
BBC
Online - Horizon - Supervolcanoes
Background information on super volcanoes and transcript of the BBC Horizon
programme on the subject. Originally broadcast on Thursday 3rd February
2000
Tsunami
Mega-tsunami:
Wave of Destruction
BBC Horizon program investigating past tsunami events and their destructive
power as well as looking at the possibility and location of future occurrences
of tsunami. Originally broadcast on 12th October 2000.
2004
Indian Ocean earthquake
An excellent article in Wikipedia outlining what causes tsunami and detailing
the events and consequences of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Global Warming
Alternative interpretation of environmental statistics and views on global
warming from Bjorn Lomborg:
Yes,
it looks bad, but..... Guardian, August 15th, 2001
Running
on empty? Guardian, August 16th, 2001
Why
Kyoto will not stop this Guardian, August 17th, 2001
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The
Skeptical Environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg's controversial book
available from Amazon.
"The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs
that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The
author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of
the way in which many environmental organisations make selective
and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best
available statistical information from internationally recognised
research institutes, Bjorn Lomborg systematically examines a range
of major environmental problems that feature prominently in headline
news across the world."
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Last updated 16 March, 2005
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