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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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From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future.
10) Falling Forests
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The costs of irrigation, and the agriculture industry in America's desert plains.
11) CO2 and Methane
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CO2 keeps the earth from freezing over, but in the last century humans have released more C02 than is sustainable. As the planet warms, methane is released from permafrost at an increased pace, thus further warming the planet.
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In this episode, we describe how tropical cyclones form and examine their huge power. We explain what the Coriolis Effect is and how it makes tropical cyclones rotate the way that they do. We also travel to three continents to demonstrate how the Coriolis Effect affects water draining from a small container. Does water really swirl in a different direction depending on which hemisphere it’s in?
16) 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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As the planet warms the sea level is rising around the world. Villages are being flooded, entire towns are being misplaced, and there is only more of the same to come. And as the water gets hotter, rain patterns are changing dramatically. In 2005, the Amazon rain forest suffered its worst drought in 60 years.
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Throughout the history of this planet the sun has dictated the look of our world through temperature change. There have been times of intense heat, and times where ice covered the planet. Temperatures change naturally over thousands of years, but humans are accelerating that change at an unprecedented rate.
20) Air to Breath
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Scientists believe Venus might have once had oceans, but because it is so close to the sun those oceans soon evaporated. The steam coming off the oceans further heated the planet. The planet became what scientists call "a runaway greenhouse". On our planet however, greenhouse gases keep the world from freezing over. Still, with the burning of ancient fossil fuels for energy by humans, the greenhouse effect is getting out of control.