Week of 3.12.10
On Thin IceTwo men on a remarkable journey high in the Himalayas investigate threats to global water and food supply.It appears that your computer does not have the Flash Player required to view NOW videos. Visit Adobe to download and install the latest version of the Flash Player. The Weekly Q
This week, David Brancaccio and environmentalist Conrad Anker—one of the world's leading high altitude climbers—trek to the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayan Mountains, the source of the Ganges River, to witness the great melt and its dire consequences first-hand. The two also visit Montana's Glacier National Park to see the striking effects of global warming closer to home and learn how melting glaciers across the world can have a direct impact on food prices in the U.S. Along the way, Brancaccio and Anker bathe in the River Ganges, view a water shortage calamity in India, and see with their own eyes and cameras the tangible costs of climate change. "We can't take climate change and put it on the back burner," warns Anker. "If we don't address climate change, we won't be around as humans." This is an extended, hour-long version of the show that aired on March 12, 2010. Conrad Anker Extreme Ice Survey Glacier National Park Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology USGS Glacier Monitoring Studies Viewer Comments Commenter: Aaron Commenter: Dwayne Chastain Commenter: David Smith Commenter: Dave Commenter: venus tabatabai Commenter: mrs. johnson Commenter: Reality Commenter: Arya Bagherpour Commenter: David Bauman Commenter: Matt in Eugene Commenter: Dwayne Chastain Commenter: John J Rottersmann Commenter: David Jamadar Commenter: DENNIS KATZ Commenter: DENNIS Commenter: Ric Commenter: Tricia Judd Commenter: michel taine Commenter: donald eldridge Commenter: Frederick Rodgers Commenter: Gary Commenter: J. Trueblood Commenter: raghu Commenter: saurabh Commenter: Nathaniel Dkhar Commenter: Jose Leonidas Mejia Commenter: alberto Commenter: BicycleMike Commenter: Bill McMillin Commenter: Ottawawalla Commenter: Greg Higgins Commenter: Lena Williams Commenter: Valerie Commenter: John Bastin Commenter: Gary L Warn Commenter: Barry Miller Commenter: Brenda Dodd Commenter: truuiyu Commenter: Howard Grossman Commenter: William Rogers Commenter: odanny Commenter: Robert Janssen Commenter: Mike C Commenter: Pinakin Shah Commenter: Gail Enid Zimmer Commenter: truuiyu Commenter: Tom Macchia Commenter: Ann Casler Commenter: Elizabeth Israer Commenter: Diane Curlette Commenter: malfax Commenter: Unes Commenter: Kris Percell Commenter: Greg Commenter: Biff Commenter: Steve Wingerter Commenter: Bob Lugar Commenter: Jim Nichols Commenter: Judith Logue |
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