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1) Flooding
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The Fierce Earth team investigates what happens when water becomes our enemy. Mike heads to Southampton to learn all about the most important flood rescue vehicle - the hovercraft; Clare goes to Boscastle to meet the survivors of the UK worst ever flash flood; Zoe and Leo find out all what it's like to be trapped in a car during a flash flood; and Leo takes on the power of fast flowing water. Meanwhile, Mike travels to Holland to learn all about how...
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Although most corporate managers don't have to wrestle with life-or-death decisions, the key to a company's success lies in the same kind of teamwork and problem-solving that enabled the rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners in 2010. This video uses that inherently dramatic event to outline and explain several core principles of effective management, communication, and team-building. Viewers learn the importance of clearly defining a common goal and...
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Whales, dolphins, seal lions, and other creatures can become beached or entangled in numerous places along the California coast. And while a great many of those cases end sadly, the Los Angeles-based group known as Marine Animal Rescue has also saved thousands of marine animals from death. This video profiles MAR and its participation in the national whale disentanglement network as well as its educational presentations and community outreach programs....
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There's no shortage of passionately committed environmentalists, but how many of them are accustomed to putting their personal safety, not to mention their lives, on the line? In the eyes of many eco-observers, Sam LaBudde is just such an individual. He has gone undercover to expose the killing of dolphins during tuna fishing operations, the illegal hunting of walruses by native Alaskans who trade tusks for drugs, and the scourge of open-ocean driftnets...