Earth Story (1998)
Earth Story is a 1998 BBC documentary series on geology presented by Aubrey Manning.
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Episodes
- 1 1. The Time Travellers1998-11-01Geologists, who study the Earth, seek to understand the processes that have shaped our planet throughout its history, creating the world we see around us. To do so, they must recon
- 2 2. The Deep1998-11-08A curious feature of our planet's surface is that it has two distinct levels: the dry land on the continents, on average a few hundred metres above sea level, and the ocean floor,
- 3 3. Ring of Fire1998-11-15The Pacific Ocean is rimmed by a chain of active volcanoes, arranged in a series of graceful arcs and extending 30,000 kilometres from New Zealand through Fiji, New Guinea, the Phi
- 4 4. Journey to the Centre of the Earth1998-11-22What drives the tectonic plates as they glide over the Earth's surface? Searching for an answer, scientists have probed our planet to its core. In this realm of unimaginably high t
- 5 5. The Roof of the World1998-12-06Most of the dry land on Earth sits no more than a few hundred metres above sea level. But in some places mountain belts rise to heights of several kilometres.These regions are ofte
- 6 6. The Big Freeze1998-12-13In the nineteenth century geologists discovered evidence that large parts of the northern hemisphere had once been covered by gigantic ice sheets. Scientists have now learnt that t
- 7 7. The Living Earth1998-12-20Over the past 4 billion years, life has evolved from simple single-celled organisms into the tremendous variety of plants and animals that exist today. As scientists learn more abo
- 8 8. A World Apart1998-12-27Is the Earth unique, and if so, why? To find an answer, scientists have had to explore the Solar System, searching for clues about our planet's birth. Uniquely amongst the terrestr
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