Superquark - Preparing for the Future — Season 1, Episode 2: The Climate
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 16 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
The second appointment with "Preparing for the future", the Rai Cultura series conceived and written by Piero Angela and dedicated to the new generations, that is, to the young people who today attend Italian schools and who one day will be responsible for the society of the future. Why is the Earth warming even the oceans are swelling? How does the atmosphere work and why will hurricanes and fires increase with global warming? Piero Angela, together with a team of experts, in this episode of the program, takes viewers to discover the mechanism of the greenhouse effect and the ways to counteract it.
About Superquark - Preparing for the Future
A new series of episodes conceived and written by Piero Angela and dedicated to the new generations, that is, to the young people who today attend Italian schools and who one day will be responsible for the society of the future. In a simple way, try to better understand the difficulties but also the opportunities of the new world we are entering. Piero Angela, together with a team of experts, analyzes the advantages, but also the limits, of "clean" resources and the role of so-called energy cannibalism. Recognizing the urgent ecological emergency of our times, Piero Angela decided in the last period of his life to dedicate himself to the production of a series of programs to explain the problems that humanity must face, linked to climate change and the search for new sources of energy, but also the role of science and technology in modern society.