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The continent of Europe, as a recognisable geographic entity, attained roughly its present shape around 20 million years ago. Even since then, the European coastline has undergone significant changes, due mainly to sea-level movements, to form the outline of the continent that we are familiar with from maps and the photographs of Europe from space that we view today. Graham Park relates how Europe has been assembled through geological time by the...
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When and how was the Earth formed? What is the link between earthquakes, volcanoes and the creation of the continents? How do mountains affect our climate? What triggers Ice Ages? This book and the accompanying television series answer these and many other questions, telling the amazing story of our planet and its constantly changing nature.
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From the acclaimed author of Life and Trilobite!, a fascinating geological exploration of the earth's distant history as revealed by its natural wonders. The face of the earth, crisscrossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed and changed again over billions of years, and the testament of the remote past is all around us. In this book Richard Fortey teaches us how to read its character, laying out the dominions of the world...
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"Origins is a journey. The book is to be experienced, not simply read. It celebrates the inevitability of global change and highlights our need to recognize and adjust to it. Displaying Redfern's remarkable breadth and diversity of knowledge, Origins draws on discoveries in natural history, geology, geography and paleontology to unravel secrets millions of years old. Its unique structure offers readers the opportunity to pursue two distinct but parallel...
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Australia was once part of a super-continent and its deserts were covered in forests. Once joined to Antarctica, it split off and moved northwards into warmer climes, whilst Antarctica became an icy wasteland. Australia's move forced life forms to adapt, evidenced in some of its endemic wildlife. A BBC/Science Channel co-production.
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Who are we? Where do we come from? These are two of the biggest questions facing scientists today. This collection of short programs gives a broad understanding of the multi-branched theory of human evolution, the major geological eras in earth's history and the various scientific methods used for fossil dating. A great resource for viewers seeking a scientific understanding of how Earth and its life forms evolved.
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Allan Wilson, a groundbreaking researcher and a lightning rod for controversy, revolutionized science and galvanized the scientific community through his quantitative biochemical approach to the history of evolution. Drawing upon the insights and recollections of those who knew Wilson best, this program-narrated by paleoanthropologist Tim White, codiscoverer of the hominid "Lucy"--Correlates milestones of his remarkable career with his enduring contributions...
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Reconstructing a dinosaur skeleton for a museum is a balance of art and science - enough science to keep the experts happy, enough artistic license to excite the visitors. But as it turns out, diplomacy is part of the balance as well. In this program, bioarchaeologist Alice Roberts goes to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to follow the creation of its 2011 dinosaur exhibit, from the raw bones to the final colossal models.
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Forty years ago, on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted violently. It was the most deadly and devastating eruption in U.S. history. Combining eyewitness accounts with rarely seen images, this show reveals the unfolding apocalypse -- from the first moments of the volcanic blast to the 12-mile-high ash plume and the lethal mudflows that raged down the mountain.
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In program one we looked at how the natural features of the Murray-Darling Basin have shaped farming and water management practices, and how in turn those practices have changed the rivers and the land. In this second part of the series, we look at how over-allocation of water resources, climate change, salinity and other problems are threatening the long-term productivity and sustainability of the region.
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NOVA's expert team looks for the signature of a volcanic eruption big enough to have blasted a huge cloud of ash and sulfuric acid into the atmosphere. Killer Volcanoes spotlights the search for the mystery volcano that plunged the globe into a deep freeze and inflicted famine on medieval Europe.
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Four and a half billion years ago, how did life emerge on Earth? Robert Hazen advances a startling idea--that the rocks on Earth were not only essential to jump-starting life, but then, as microbes flourished and took over the biosphere, life helped give birth to hundreds of minerals we rely upon today. NOVA reveals how the story of life on Earth is fundamentally interwoven with the epic, unfolding story of Earth itself.
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In Killer Floods NOVA discovers gigantic scars in the landscape that testify to North America’s greatest ever megaflood, which tore across the western states with 60 times the flow of today’s Amazon.
19) Restless Earth
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Wait a sec. Earth is hot on the inside? The continents move? And some German guy named Alfred Wegener noticed that Africa and South America fit together like puzzle pieces? That sounds like a magma-filled layer cake of mystery. Care to dig in? Topics include: Earth's Interior Layers, Plate Tectonics, and Evidence of Plate Tectonics.
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