Customer Reviews
The ultimate alarmist's exaggeration, based on "what if" scenarios the latest IPCC's 2007 Report no longer supports 
2008-07-08
I just can believe a reputable source as National Geographic supported this documentary. This is the kind of message that only helps to increase the distrust and more undesirable controversy regarding the theory of man-made global warming, and exaggerations not based on sound science only serve to provide ammunition for the radicals in the other side of the issue.
Any forecast up to 6 degrees for 2100 is completely outdated and corresponds to projections from previous IPCC's reports. The average surface temperature forecast in the 2001 Report (TAR) was an increase between 1.4 to 5.8°C over the period between 1990 to 2100, with a sea level projected to rise by 0.1 to 0.9 meters over the same period. On the other hand, the 2007 Report (AR4) now predicts that sea levels will probably rise by 18 to 59 cm! The best estimate temperature rise is predicted between 1.8 to 4.0°C, for best and worst case scenarios (B1 and A1FI respectively), with the intermediate more realistic scenarios ranging between 2.4-3.4°C, and correspondingly see levels from 20-51 cm (see table SPM3 of the Summary for Policymakers) Just check by yourself on the IPPC's 2007 Report (AR4) Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC (Climate Change 2007) (the PDF version is available for free through the web) or just read the Summary for Policymakers.
This is a documentary not worth watching, unless you are interested in science-fiction or a documentary continuation of the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow (Widescreen Edition).
Must see! 
2008-06-21
Very thought provoking! It's hard to believe that some people actually deny that there is a problem with global warming. A must see for everyone.
Not as good as 11th hour 
2008-05-13
The format was somewhat high schoolish, in the manner of describing in pictures, what would happen at each degree centigrade rise in global avg. temp. Excellent interview with Richard Heinburg though. I did not care for the mix of documentary & reality tv style videography, with a women running around her house on the cell phone getting ready to evacuate. Alec Baldwin's narration did not do the film justice. Much preferred Leo Decaprio's sincerity in the 11th hour. Save your money, your not missing much. Expected much better from NGS.
Excellent programs! 2008-05-08
Excellent programs, predict what may happen if increased 1, or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6 degrees!
Nat. Geographic: Six Degrees 
2008-05-08
I showed my college students this film during a lab. They had to write a comment paper after. Generally, they were very impressed, but also felt it was a bit too long. But I would recommend it as a good, non-political, non- hyped, scientific theory to be considered by those in or not in the field of environmental science..
National security issue. 2008-04-16
In a special broadcast event National Geographic explores the startling theory that Earths average temperature could rise six degrees Celsius by the year 2100. In this amazing and insightful documentary National Geographic illustrates one poignant degree at a time the consequences of rising temperatures on Earth. Also learn how existing technologies and remedies can help in the battle to dial back the global thermometer.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/NATURE & WILDLIFE UPC: 727994752837 Manufacturer No: 1000036970
Spectacular. Professional. Visually Powerful. Life Changing. 2008-04-13
This is a spectacular piece of professional work and so compelling as to be inspirational.
I watched this with my wife with no lights, and decided to take no notes. Here are the highlights from my memory.
1) Brilliant, utterly brilliant, history, photography, personalities (such as the Indian guru that has photographed the source of the Ganges for 50 years) and sequencing. I don't want to overdo it, but this may well be the single most important DVD of the century, and so worthy of both buying, showing to groups, and giving as a gift to others.
2) We are well on our way to 2-3 degrees rise, and if we do not begin to act sensibly now, toward six degrees. I absolutely loved the way this film developed, showing the changes one degree at a time. My wife had to point out the computer simulations, the producers and editors of this film are world class--they should share the Nobel with Herman Daly, Lester Brown, Paul Hawkin, and Anthony Lovin, Gore's Nobel was an ill-advised politicized award, he is in the fourth grade compared to this film and the serious people it focused upon.
3) Oceans as the critical carbon absorbing element, and coral as the "canary in the coal mine" really grabbed me The overall screenplay, photography, voice overs, everything about this is spectacularly professional and rivieting.
4) Amazon as the next most critical element, with riveting views of the Amazon river drying up in 2005, and the potential scenarios of drought, fires, more drought.
5) Increasing destructiveness of weather. Katrina as the first of what could become every month storms, instead of 100 year storms. In passing, the film shows the world-class levies built by the Europeans, and they do not show the downright retarded cement levees of the US Army Corps of Engineers, levees that are the laughing stock of the rest of the (sophisticated) world.
A highlight of the film was its focus on the one man that has figured out the total carbon footprint of the cheeseburger, to include the methane farts of the cows. I am not making this up. This film is AMAZING, it is spectacular, it is professional, it is precisely the kind of well-crafted material that We the People need to begin self-governing rather than entrusting war criminals and and cronies (both parties) who sell us out.
Here are ten links that augment the deep insight and value that this DVD provides to anyone able to see it.
High Noon 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them
The Future of Life
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Third Edition
The leadership of civilization building: Administrative and civilization theory, symbolic dialogue, and citizen skills for the 21st century
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition
Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
The Philosophy of Sustainable Design
Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It
Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace
Apart from these, allowed by Amazon, I recommend the many books on climate, catastrophe, etcetera. See my many lists.
Educate Yourself and Others !! 2008-02-21
Obviously folks 'Scat' is a right winged Christian Fundamentalist with a huge ego. Wake up `Scat' your churches can't save the world anymore. Your bible mythology doesn't fool the majority of well-educated U.S. citizens. Educate yourself Scat. Understand that Science is a cruel reality, get over it. In addition, the Religious Right that runs our government is just about out of office. You sir are a hypocrite. Global warming started long before the "Industrial Revolution" and the invention of the internal combustion engine. Global warming began 18,000 years ago as the earth started warming its way out of the Pleistocene Ice Age-- a time when much of North America, Europe, and Asia lay buried beneath great sheets of glacial ice. Remember learning this in college? Oh, maybe not. I have to ask you, did you finish the 5th grade? Do your self a favor Scat and get into college to further your education. Educate yourself. Educate yourself in Geoscience, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climatology, and Astrophysics e.t.c. Come back and repost after you graduate. Just maybe the beings of this Earth will accept your apology.
Follow the Science 2008-02-15
Dido Eastsideenzo's comment. Buy Six Degrees, watch, learn, research and act. The science it contains is accurate and the consequences it presents range from probable to speculative, and is clearly stated so. Obviously, reviewer Scat Savoy does not give a hoot about science and did not read the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 report nor the 2005 Joint science academies' statement: Global response to climate change in which the U.S. National Academy of Sciences joined 10 other national science academies in calling on world leaders to acknowledge that the threat of climate change is clear and increasing, to address its causes, and to prepare for its consequences. The statement says sufficient scientific understanding of climate change exists for all nations to identify cost-effective steps that can be taken now to contribute to substantial and long-term reductions in net global greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. (and this was based on IPCC 2001 data!) These documents are a simple Google search away. Nations are made up of individuals. This documentary helps to educate the individuals, all of us, who need to understand this issue and be moved to act...if not for yourself, then for your children and grandchildren.
The truth is hard to swallow 2008-02-15
Instead of listening to the blather of Savoy Scat in the only review to date. Just buy the dvd, watch and learn. With over 2500 scientists world wide validating global warming as a man made caused event it at times is alarming which I'm sure it is supposed to be. Maybe Savoy Scat is better at reviewing pizza, burgers and sandwiches which is mostly what has been reviewed so far.
