The National Geographic defines Global Warming as "the long-term warming of the overall temperature of the planet." Although this trend in global warming has been going on for a long time now, its space has considerably grown bigger in the last centuries because of fossil fuels' burning.
As there is an increase in the human population, and so has the volume of the burned fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels include oil, natural gas, and coal, and burning them leads to what's known as the "greenhouse effect" in the atmosphere of the earth. The latter-mentioned category had some feature and short documentaries for weekend pleasure, or even more.
All through these diverse materials was a common examining or exploring for the unequal effects of climate change on the health and wellbeing of ethnic communities, financially burdened individuals, and people of color.
Top 3 Short Films to Watch
If you're one of the many environment-conscious who wants to be constantly updated with the changes around you, there's no need to go out and be physically involved with the environmental groups' initiatives. National Geographic Channel and Netflix are your great sources of meaningful documentaries that promise to entertain and educate. There are a lot of these unforgettable documentaries. Below, are three of the highly recommended documentaries to watch.
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After the Fire
This is an 18-minute documentary. It shows the other side of Sonoma Valley, a glamorous place for most people, just as how they're seen in the movies. For rea-home residents, this is merely a home-or, used to be home before they got destroyed by the recent fires. In this short film, several locals are followed because they try to reconstruct not just their home but their respective lives.
Lowland Kids
This 22-minute short film features the sinking Isle de Jean Charles of Coastal Louisiana, creating the first-ever climate refuge in the U.S. mainland. The story highlights Juliette and Howard, also known as "the last Teenagers" on an island, and their uncle, the one who raised them there. Each of them ha grown up enjoying their liberty and peace in the island, from watching the alligator late at night, and water fights, to quiet conversations while watching the sunset.
Last Call for the Bayou: Five Stories from Louisiana's Disappearing Coastline
Of the three films on this list, this one's the longest with 53 minutes in all. Shot in the Louisiana data, this film prides a diverse cast of real-life characters from "Duck Queen" a self-proclaim character fighting for wetland preservation. Each character, in their own way, is grappling with the diminishing wetlands of Louisiana-every hour, a football field-sized area is lost.
This film solves the mystery, of the characters finding a way to restore or revive the coastline minus sacrificing their economy.
Altogether, the stories are showing how the rise in sea-level is already, compromising livelihoods. Finally, in this documentary, the photographer contemplates, flying a thousand feet on top of "the shrinking barrier islands in a jetpack" that, just one major hurricane and all the people will all be searching for a new place to live.