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333 QUE 21 FEB 90.
A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL 8. UNDER THE WEATHER [VIDEORECORDING].
Documentary with 3 segments, ca. 9 min. each.
1. If we are serious about reducing the greenhouse effect, we have to cut down
on carbon dioxide emissions; but would you be prepared to lose your job for that
to happen? -- 2. Australia's biggest fishery worth millions of dollars is on the
brink of collapse because of variations in climate -- 3. Forecasting the weather
and predicting the future are the job of scientists monitoring the greenhouse
effect.
Reporters, Richard Smith, Nicholas Stuart, Catherine McGrath; director, Ian
Allen.
No matter what we do to correct the environment it will all be for nothing if we
cannot control our aggression; a nuclear war could tip us over the edge.
Off-air recording 21/3/90. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, TV Science Unit
c1990.
ERC VID.
333 QUE 21 MAR 90 : VHS.
A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL [VIDEORECORDING].
Documentary with 3 segments, ca. 9 min. each.
Reporters, Richard Smith, Christopher Zinn, Rebecca Le Tourneau; director, Paul
Schneller.
1.Electric cars, the runabouts that could be the way to cleaner city air -- 2.
To Queensland to unravel the mystery of the disappearing frog -- 3. Whats
happening to the sewage we drop in the ocean.
Off-air recording24/6/92 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, TV Science Unit
c1992.
ERC VID.
333 QUE 24 JUN 92 : VHS.
A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL: THE LAST ARK [VIDEORECORDING].
Documentary with 3 segments, ca. 9 min. each.
Reporter, presenter, Catherine McGrath; producer, director, Brian Nicholls.
A journey around Australia to look at some of the creatures facing extinction,
such as the numbat, the bilby, the pygmy possums, the helmeted honeyeater, the
leadbeaters possum, and the western swamp tortoise. Also looks at attempts to
control foxes, including by immunological blocking of fertility. Shows the gene
library of rare and endangered animals and plants at the University of
Queensland.
Off-air recording 27/2/91 AustralianBroadcasting Corporation, TV Science Unit
c1991.
ERC VID.
333 QUE 27 FEB 91 : VHS.
A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL 5. FOOD FOR THOUGHT [VIDEORECORDING].
Documentary with 3 segments, ca. 9 min. each.
. Wind erosion causes the loss of soil cover and leads to desert; overgrazing is
also a problem -- 2. Driftnetting is the most devestating form of fishing ever
invented; ocean ecoside -- 3. Pesticides get in to the soil, are washed into
rivers, and blown in the air and then accumulate in the bodies of animals and
man.
Reporters, Richard Smith, Nicholas Stuart, Catherine McGrath; director, Ian
Allen.
Environmental problems such as climatic change, land degradation, poor water
supplies and pesticide use are all combining to threaten our ability to produce
healthy food.
Off-air recording 28/2/90 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, TV Science Unit
c1990.
ERC VID.
333 QUE 28 FEB 90.