
Alpine Meltdown: Just a few degrees more...
2011-11-15 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated
The climate is changing, global temperature is rising. The impacts are already apparent, especially in the mountains but also in the lowlands. The permafrost zone is shifting higher up and the masses of snow melt whooshing from the glaciers to the valleys are already increasing incessantly. Rivers are going to rise up to powerful floods and dwindle down to extremely low waters the next second.
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- Waltraud Paschinger
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- ORF
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- Austria
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Otto ClemensNarrator (german)
Howard NightingallNarrator (english)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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