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The videos presented in this section focus on the consequences of global warming in landuse, water resources, animals, plants and pollution, and illustrate the way we can intervene to stop the destruction of our ecosystem.
Desert of EuropeDesert of Europe
Faced with the desertification that threatens Mediterranean Europe, researchers are trying to curb risk zones by studying certain exacerbating factors. (Jan. '08)
Land | New Release
Watching the CanopyWatching the Canopy
Europe committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Experiments on the fluctuations in carbon dioxide levels aimed to establish reports on the carbon balance.  (Dec. '07)
Land | New Release
London below Sea LevelLondon below Sea Level
“It’s around one metre, bang there in the middle”. Professor Tim Lenton sounds very pleased when he hears that policy-makers now officially revise the estimated sea level rise for London to around 94 cm within a century. (Oct. '08)
Water | New Release
Palms Conquer the NorthPalms Conquer the North
The Chusan palm started to spread and regenerate outside the gardens in forests in Southern Switzerland and Northern Italy. (Jan. '08)
Plants | New Release
No Bees no FruitsNo Bees no Fruits
Scientists achieved an alarming result: pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands are declining, while the number wild bees dramatically increases. (Dec. '07)
Plants | New Release
Safe DrinkingSafe Drinking
Clean drinking water is a basic requirement for a healthy life and the drinking water demand of an adult person is two litres a day. But worldwide over one Billion people do not have access to clean water. (Dec. '07)
Water | New Release
Vanishing LakesVanishing Lakes
Freshwater ecosystems, already under stress from land-use change and pollution, now face additional pressures from climate change, either directly or through interaction with other drivers.  (Dec. '07)
Water | New Release
Managing 'Kyoto Forests'Managing 'Kyoto Forests'
In the attempt to reduce pollution, the representatives of the most industrialised countries in Europe have agreed upon the Kyoto Protocol, which establishes quotas on gas release. (Jun. '05)
Pollution
Small, Green and SafeSmall, Green and Safe
It travels at around 30 km/h. No driver. No fuel. It is an automated vehicle, guided by three computers installed in the chassis. An engineer’s dream? It is not just a dream: this car exists. (Apr. '03)
Pollution
The Sunny Side of PollutionThe Sunny Side of Pollution
European cities today have to face increasing ozone pollution. With heat waves making it even worse, ozone pollution has become a major concern in Europe. (Feb. '03)
Pollution
Press Wires On Climate
Sedimentary Records Link Himalayan Erosion Rates And Monsoon Intensity12/11/2008Many researchers believe that a geologically "abrupt" uplift of the Tibetan Plateau - the largest high-altitude region on Earth, with an average elevation of more than 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) - at 8 to10 million years ago caused a major intensification in the monsoon climate. by Staff Writers Tempe AZ (SPX) Nov 12, 2008 Throughout history, the changing fortunes of human societies in Asia have been linked to variations in the precipitation resulting from seasonal monsoons.
Extreme weather postpones the flowering time of plants08/11/2008 Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. A one-month drought postpones the time of flowering of grassland and heathland plants in Central Europe by an average of 4 days. With this a so-called 100-year drought event equates to approx. a decade of global warming, says EurekAlert! release.
Extreme weather postpones the flowering time of plants05/11/2008Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. A one-month drought postpones the time of flowering of grassland and heathland plants in Central Europe by an average of 4 days. With this a so-called 100-year drought event equates to approx. a decade of global warming.
Shlomo Aronson: Live with desert rather than conquer it.Shlomo Aronson: Live with desert rather than conquer it.22/10/2008"There is poetry in the arid landscape," writes landscape architect Shlomo Aronson in his new book "Aridscapes: Desiging in Harsh and Fragile Lands," published this month in a bilingual English/Spanish edition (by Editorial Gustavo Gili), and soon to appear in Hebrew. "After 40 years of working in landscape architecture in an arid zone, my respect and love for this climate has grown, rather than diminished.
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