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If the trend of glacial retreat continues, within the next hundred years, changes in agriculture, hydroelectric power, transportation, mining, and wildlife would dramatically change all along the Ganges. At plus-four degrees temperature rise, different parts of the world would face different kinds of problems--but they would all be extreme problems.

Sea levels could rise feet, inundating coastal cities like New York City. Much of New York City's infrastructure is below sea level. Its power, water, and subway systems are all buried underground. A rise in sea level would shut the city down. Computer models reveal what would happen in New York City and along the East Coast when sea levels rise.

If humans cannot stop the trend of global warming, major coastal cities will spend billions to protect themselves from rising water. Computer models show flood-control systems now on the drawing board. In poorer countries, without the billions of dollars needed to protect their cities, man-made structures will fail. If the world warms five degrees, massive uninhabitable zones appear.

Some of the world's largest cities completely dry out. Climate refugees number in the hundreds of millions. This is the "twilight zone" of climate change.

In a world five degrees warmer, social systems would break down. Everywhere, the poor will suffer the most. The survivors of extreme global warming will be mobile. Survival will mean planning ahead and using ingenuity.

A survivalist discusses what tools and gadgets would be useful to a survivor. World disaster survivors would fight it out with each other for the remaining resources. Oceans would become marine wastelands if world temperature rose six degrees. Life on Earth would never be the same if Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees. Mass extinction is a reality. Can humans awaken from this scenario and do something now to prevent the doomsday scenario? Experts say that "there is no place like home" when it comes to finding solutions for global warming.

More than half the electricity in the U. Solutions start with energy efficiency. If Americans could remedy wasted electricity in their homes--vampire energy loss--it could eliminate at least 18 coal-fired energy plants.

An energy-efficient house in Aspen, CO, runs on less than watts, the amount of a single light bulb. Solar energy provides the house with more energy than it needs. Energy efficiency is vital in developing countries, particularly China.

Car ownership in China is on the rise. Amounts of greenhouse gas emissions are "staggering. The world currently has an arsenal of solutions to global warming Where is the commitment? One wind turbine can power homes, but wind power is not without its own costs. The longer humans wait to address the problems of global warming, the harder the problems will be to solve.

An international team of physicists studies nuclear fusion as an energy source. In the science of nuclear fusion, physicists make use of sophisticated robots to work in otherwise hostile working conditions.

What can be in the next ten years to slow global warming? Planet Earth has the resources and the experience to combat global warming.

Global heating spiked during the Cretaceous Era. The earth absorbed massive amounts of carbon. Mankind is recreating the global conditions of the Cretaceous era by pumping massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere--only this time, at breakneck speed.

For additional digital leasing and purchase options contact a media consultant at press option 3 or sales films. An alarming preview of a potentially catastrophic future—and a global call to action! A National Geographic Production. Length: 97 minutes. Earth's Natural Wonders Season 2 Carbon Cycles and Climate Change in Earth's Future In four decades, glaciers in the Himalayas could be gone; within 50 years, Greenland's melting ice sheets could be unstoppable; by the end of the century, the Amazon rain forest could be an arid savanna.

Australia's Bush Fires Signs of global warming including massive bush fires in Australia. Destruction by Fire Less than one degree of warming is enough to transform Australia. Reality of Global Warming Global warming changes the way global systems operate. Six Degrees Colder Six degrees in terms of a global average temperature change is the difference between today and the last ice age.

Six Degrees Warmer The effects of a rise in six degrees would start high above the earth. Increase of Carbon Dioxide Carbon dioxide CO2 rises into the atmosphere from energy that powers all of humankind's modern conveniences. One Degree Warmer If the world warms by one degree the Arctic is ice-free half the year. Silverfox Networks View all photos.

View Engineering shows Building for the future. View Society shows People, past and present. View Natural History shows A unique insight into the natural world. The planetary impact of each degree-change hits home with ultra-vivid CGI of cities, ecosystems and entire regions transformed. The journey of Six Degrees concludes with an examination of solutions, both great and small, that we can use to defuse the global warming time bomb.

Narrated by Alec Baldwin. Sign In. TV Movie 1h 36m. The film runs through the effect each degree in temperature change has on the world. Director Ron Bowman. Top credits Director Ron Bowman. See more at IMDbPro. Photos 2. Add photo.