The End Of The World As We Know It (2005)

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Runtime......: 00:51:15 (76,879 fr)

Genre........: Documentary

Languages....: English

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The End Of The World As We Know It



"Global warming is the biggest problem facing us this century -

bigger even than the problems of global terrorism" Sir David King,

chief scientific advisor to the British Government.



In The End of the World as We Know It, presenter and writer Marcel

Theroux crosses the globe talking to everyone he can who might

provide the answer to his key question: are we about to destroy

ourselves and our planet?



Described by the UK's The Guardian as "Excellent" and "Terrifying"

by The Observer, this unflinching documentary follows as Theroux, a

self-confessed layman when it comes to scientific matters, travels

to Chernobyl"s reactor #4 and its nearby abandoned town of Pripiet,

described as a "nuclear Pompeii"; Alaska - the most rapidly-warming

place on the planet; and also West Bengal in India where whole towns

are decimated as the sea level rises; to talk to experts and

discover horrifying facts about global warming and the estimated

future of our planet.



The icecaps are thinning, the forests are dying, the sea levels are

rising and the Gulf Stream is slowing. As Theroux travels through

the weird and scary world of climate change, he talks to

environmentalists, scientists and economists - including the previous

Chairman of the British arm of the oil company Shell, Lord Ron

Oxburgh - and meets people who have already had a taste of what

global warming has in store for us all. This pertinent documentary

explores how the threats posed by climate change call for a radical

re-thinking of our priorities.



To save the planet, scientists say we need to slash carbon dioxide

emissions by at least 60% which leads Theroux to the unthinkable

conclusion: that nuclear power may be the way to avert catastrophe

as for all other avenues - like carbon sequestration or turbine

power - it would seem that Earth has run out of time.



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