Planet Earth Episode Guide
All Episodes (22)
Jungle
Original Airdate: 2008-09-13Synopsis:
With little seasonality and a longer growing period, jungles are Earth's most productive places.Blue Planet
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From a space shuttle, oceanographers view the perplexing El Nino current and study new species and sea-floor spreading.Living Machine
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Computer graphics and actual footage explain how 20th-century scientists confirmed the theory of plate tectonics.Tales From Other Worlds
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Pictures of Jupiter, Io and Venus, combined with special effects, demonstrate the workings of the solar system.Gifts From the Earth
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Technology aids wildcatting for oil and minerals and current research on the limits of mineral and soil resources.Solar Sea
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Scientists study sunquakes, solar winds, the aurora borealis and the correlation between sunspots and drought.Fate of the Earth
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Research into possible origins of life results in the Gaia hypothesis and the nuclear-winter scenario of its possible end.Climate Puzzle
Original Airdate:Synopsis:
Differing theories of a new ice age and the greenhouse effect try to account for changes in the Earth's climate.
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