Global Dimming
2005 · 49 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 35 VOTES
Overview
This may be the one of the most important Horizon films of recent years. Climate scientists have just discovered a phenomenon that threatens to disrupt our world. It may already have contributed to the deaths of hundreds of thousands through drought and famine. Unchecked, it will strike again. The good news is that there is a cure. The bad news is that the cure may be worse than the disease. If they are right, then in tackling the one problem, we may unleash a climate catastrophe on our planet. This is a film about stark choices and about the dawning realisation that all our predictions about the world's climate may be completely wrong. At its heart is something that scientists are calling "global dimming".
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00:00:04 This is a film that demands action.
00:02:40 one of the tiny positives that may have come out of an opportunity
00:04:50 determines how much water crops require.
00:07:01 But then, I saw the same results in Germany
00:09:15 My friends' reaction actually to Gerry's and to my work
00:10:53 Yeah, they deserve a medal. Each of them. Yeah.
00:13:05 I had to go to the library to get an article out of Nature.
00:14:56 there was no doubting Global Dimming now.
00:17:26 Ramanathan was certain of one thing
00:19:36 was used to sample and monitor the atmosphere over the Maldives.
00:22:16 north of the Maldives compared with what we saw south of the Maldives
00:24:27 that they made the most disturbing discovery of all.
00:27:05 but all the climate models suggested
00:29:21 But this could be just a taste
00:31:24 Because while Global Dimming is itself a major threat to humanity
00:33:20 The only way to do that was to find a period of time when
00:35:18 This reflects lack of clouds, lack of contrails
00:37:01 In Western Europe the steps we have taken to reduce particle pollution
00:39:10 where the cooling pollutant is dropping off
00:40:23 than we originally thought
00:42:26 turn into savannah and maybe ultimately even desert
00:44:48 in the far North a 10 degree warming might be enough
00:46:52 that's why they're being brought under control
00:48:16 and that would be, tragic really, if that happened.