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This Fierce Earth special takes viewers on a journey to one of the world's coldest and most hostile places on the planet - the Yukon Territory in Canada. The team meets people who call this frozen place their home and finds out which animals are perfectly adapted to life in a sub-zero climate. They also get first-hand experience of surviving its freezing and life threatening temperatures and Leo attempts to climb a huge wall of sheer ice.
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This eye-opening documentary explores the latest scientific and technological developments in the study of earth’s melting ice stores to discover the fate of our planet in 1000 years time. Reaching deep into our planet’s history, scientists search for clues to what might happen in the future. Whilst advanced special effects and high-end computer animation provide us with a window into what this future may look like. Follow scientists as they drill...
10) Fished Out
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Revealing the truth about modern fishing and taking all the fish out of the water.
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In thie episode, we examine how the world’s land masses and oceans affect global climate patterns. We look at why the air gets colder and colder the higher you go, why coastal regions don’t heat up or cool down as much as inland regions, why northern hemisphere winters are so much colder that southern hemisphere winters, and a whole lot more.
14) Wild Weather
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Global warming is making weather more wild. The change in temperatures compounds the strength of storms, increase flooding, and more lightning is being recorded. The heated oceans fuel more and more frequent hurricanes.
16) Cold as Ice
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The poles of our planet are covered in ice, but scientists fear this might be changing. With the changes in our climate, the ice caps are shrinking at an alarming rate.
18) Deforestation
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Over millennia year of evolution, forests have eloped systems to grow in the environment. Humans have resorted to chopping down trees or setting fire to forests for farming. After 30 years of use, the land that was once lush forests is now a barren desert.