Where To Stream VICE Season 5 Episode 3
When the Earth Melts & The Displaced
- Aired March 10, 2017
- 30 Min
- Rated 10.0
- Number 1 Of 8 Rated Episodes
When the Earth Melts Correspondent: Ben Anderson With climate change warming the Arctic at an alarming rate, the frozen earth that covers almost a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere's landmass is beginning to thaw. There are more greenhouse gases trapped in these deep layers of permafrost than all human fossil fuel emissions released since 1850 combined. Now that trapped carbon is escaping into the atmosphere. If this thaw continues unchecked, scientists warn we could awaken "a sleeping giant"...