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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOur Rising Oceans: VICE on HBO Season 3 (Episode 1)
VICE
Published on Mar 11, 2015
Our oceans are rising. With human use of hydrocarbons skyrocketing, waters around the globe are getting hotter and, now, this warm sub-surface water is washing into Antarcticas massive western glaciers causing the glaciers to retreat and break off. Antarctica holds 90% of the worlds ice and 70% of its freshwater, so if even a small fraction of the ice sheet in Antarctica melts, the resulting sea level rise will completely remap the world as we know it and it is already happening. In the last decade, some of the most significant glaciers here have tripled their melt rate.
VICE founder Shane Smith travels to the bottom of the world to investigate the instability of the West Antarctic ice sheet and to see first hand how the continent is melting -- and VICE follows the rising oceans to Bangladesh for a glimpse into the world's underwater future. From the UN Climate conference to the People's Climate March to the forces that deny the science of global climate change, this special extended episode covers all sides of the issue and all corners of the globe, ending with a special interview with Vice President Joe Biden.
Watch VICE Fridays at on HBO at 11PM, 10PM Central.
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Our Rising Oceans: VICE on HBO Season 3 (Episode 1) (Original Post)
snooper2
Mar 2015
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oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)1. This was excellent.
I saw it last Fri night and have been telling people about it. So many people do not have HBO -- is there another way for people to see this?
snooper2
(30,151 posts)2. Yeah, they can just hit play on the video :)
Everyone in the country should watch this
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)6. Thank you!!!
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)4. VICE put it free on Youtube.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)5. Thank you!!!
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)3. VICE does news right, and this episode is a great example.
In a sane world this would put a final nail in the climate change denial coffin.