Daily injections of pollutants into the atmosphere are building up a chemical blanket around the world. Scientists have warned that continual heating of the Earth’s atmosphere could lead to a series of natural disasters that will threaten our very existence.
Report shows animation of the heat trap effect around the earth.
Wildlife in the Antarctic including grey seals, birds, and fish.
Animation of ozone hole over Antarctic and of Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases rising.
Aerosol being used.
United Nations (UN) environment conference in Montréal, Canada.
'Saving the ozone layer’ animation.
Environment conference in London last month.
Newspaper headlines about the ozone layer.
Ozone-friendly aerosol sprays.
Smoke in the sky, factory chimneys, and the sun in the sky.
Plants growing inside a greenhouse.
Interview with Jeremy Wates, Earthwatch, Bantry.
Graphic illustrating the greenhouse effect.
To camera Teresa Mannion.
A wheat field, a forest fire, ice floating in water and birds in flight.
People working in rice fields in Asia.
Cliffs and coastal areas in Ireland.
Interview with Robert Devoy, Geography Department, University College Cork (UCC).
Interview with Jeremy Wates on renewable technologies.
The reporter is Teresa Mannion.
