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As the planet heats up, those fighting climate change show how science, nature and tradition can prepare us for the future.

Tha ar planaid a’ teasachadh a dha uidhir nas luaithe na bha e bho chionn ceithir deicheadan, agus ann an cuid de dh’ àiteachan, tha am blàthachachadh a’ tachairt nas luaithe buileach. Tha blàthachadh na cruinne a’ toirt buaidh air feadh an t-saoghail, bho bhith ag adhbharachadh tuinn-theasa agus teintean-coille gun samhail gu tairt agus barrachd imrich agus buaireadh.
Tha sinn ann an cuideachd luchd-smalaidh a’ sabaid an aghaidh teintean ann an Colorado agus a’ coinneachadh ris an Treubh Yurok ann an California, a tha a’ cleachdadh eòlas traidiseanta agus a’ lasadh teintean gus talamh ùrachadh agus gus casg a chur air teintean a sgaoileadh san àm ri tighinn. Tha luchd-saidheans ag innse mu bheathach a tha a’ cuideachadh ann a bhith a’ sabaid nan teintean fiadhaich seo – na bìobhairean. Le bhith a’ togail damaichean, tha iad a’ cuideachadh le bhith a’ dìon na h-àrainneachd agus ga dhèanamh nas seasmhaiche an aghaidh teine.

Tha an ìre de bhlàthachadh na cruinne agus na dh’ fhaodadh tachairt eagalach. Ach, tha buidheann shònraichte de luchd-glèidhteachais, luchd-saidheans agus ceannardan tùsanach a’ fuireach agus ag obair a dh’ ionnsaigh atharrachadh. Tha iad ag obair gus barrachd a thuigsinn, gus siostaman briste a chàradh, agus gus taic a thoirt do nàdar, a bhith a’ lorg fuasglaidhean a dh’ obraicheas.

Our planet is heating twice the rate as it was four decades ago, and in some places the warming is happening even faster. Global heating is having an impact across the world, from causing record heatwaves and forest fires to droughts and increased migration and conflict.

We join firefighters battling blazes in Colorado and meet the Yurok Tribe of California who are drawing on traditional knowledge and lighting fires to help restore the land and prevent future infernos. Scientists reveal an unexpected ally in fighting wildfires - beavers. By building dams, they help protect the environment and make it more resilient to fire.

The scale of global heating and the future prognosis is overwhelming. But an extraordinary group of local conservationists, scientists and indigenous leaders living and working on the front line of change offer hope. They are working to understand more, to heal broken systems, and to support nature as it creates its own solutions.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles

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53 minutes

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Role Contributor
Narrator Evelyn Coull Macleod
Executive Producer Shona Henderson
Producer Seumas Mactaggart
Editor Innes Macleod

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