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Can we control the weather? / [Videorecording] Executive producer Michael Mosley, produced and directed by Fiona Scott.

Material type: TextPublication details: [S.l] : Discovery Communications, c2009. Subject(s):
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  • DVD 551.6 C16011 2007
Summary: Explorer and adventurer Josh Bernstein investigates whether scientists will ever be able to tame one of Nature's most destructive forces: hurricanes. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some scientist believe that global warming will make superstorms more frequent- and even more deadly. Josh investigates the cutting edge science that could one day be used to weaken or divert hurricanes, and uncovers the fascinating- and sometimes sinister- history of weather manipulation. He also explores the massive political and moral dilemmas which playing God with weather would bring.
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Explorer and adventurer Josh Bernstein investigates whether scientists will ever be able to tame one of Nature's most destructive forces: hurricanes. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some scientist believe that global warming will make superstorms more frequent- and even more deadly. Josh investigates the cutting edge science that could one day be used to weaken or divert hurricanes, and uncovers the fascinating- and sometimes sinister- history of weather manipulation. He also explores the massive political and moral dilemmas which playing God with weather would bring.

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