• 1998
  • 6h 40m
Earth Story

Summary A BBC documentary series on geology presented by Aubrey Manning. View more details

  • 1998
  • 6h 40m

Earth Story

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Aubrey Manning George Plafker Vincent Courtillot John Dewey

All cast & crew

8.7

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 6, 1998

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Alaska, USA

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary A BBC documentary series on geology presented by Aubrey Manning. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 6, 1998

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Alaska, USA

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Earth Story (1998)

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
The Time Travellers
Episode 1: The Time Travellers Geologists, 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 reconstruct the Earth's past. Yet how can we tell what happened in distant epochs when there were no witnesses to record events? Around 200 years ago scientists first began to realize that clues to the past lay all around them, in the rocks that make up the Earth's surface. as they learned how to read these rocks, they began a journey back through time which geologists continue to this day.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
The Deep
Episode 2: The Deep A 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 meters above sea level, and the ocean floor, making up two-thirds of the Earth's surface, several kilometers below sea level. Only in the past fifty years have scientists begun to explore in detail this vast region, revealing beneath the waves a landscape quite unlike the world we are used to. They have discovered a vast mountain range which encircles the entire globe. Here new sea floor is being continuously formed as the Earth's surface splits apart.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
Ring of Fire
Episode 3: Ring of Fire The Pacific Ocean is rimmed by a chain of active volcanoes, arranged in a series of graceful arcs and extending 30,000 kilometer's from New Zealand through Fiji, New Guinea, the Philippines, Japan, the Aleutian Islands, and down the west coast of the Americas to Patagonia. This necklace of volcanoes, continually rocked by earthquakes, has been christened the 'Ring of Fire'. Scientists exploring the link between the Pacific Ocean and the earthquakes and volcanoes which surround it have formulated a remarkable theory, plate tectonics, which explains not only how the outer part of the Earth works, but how the continents themselves, and the mineral wealth they contain, were first formed and continue to grow.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Episode 4: Journey to the Centre of the Earth What 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 temperatures and pressures, matter takes on new forms, and solid rock can behave like a fluid. As vast masses of rock flow slowly within the Earth, so the surface moves and changes. Gigantic plumes of hot material can well up from the depths, triggering huge volcanic eruptions and causing the crust to bulge and break. The result may be the splitting of a continent and the creation of a new ocean basin.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
The Roof of the World
Episode 5: The Roof of the World Most of the dry land on Earth sits no more than a few hundred meters above sea level. But in some places mountain belts rise to heights of several kilometers.These regions are often prone to devastating earth tremors. How are mountains formed and what is the connection with earthquakes? The answer may lie in the fluid-like properties of the Earth's outer layers. According to a new theory, mountains may flow up or down when continents collide. In the process they affect the circulation of the planet's atmosphere and change the climate.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
The Big Freeze
Episode 6: The Big Freeze In the nineteenth century geologists discovered evidence that large parts of the northern hemisphere had once been covered by gigantic ice sheets. Scientists have now learned that the waxing and waning of these ice sheets are just one aspect of global climatic change, and that the planet has been in the past both hotter and colder than it is today.The complex interactions between variations in the Earth's orbit around the Sun, the movements of tectonic plates, the planet's atmosphere and ocean currents, can result in large and rapid swings in the Earth's climate.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
The Living Earth
Episode 7: The Living Earth Over 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 about the Earth's history, they are realizing that the forces which have shaped the planet have also had a profound effect on the course of evolution. The movement of the tectonic plates has rearranged the continents, providing ever-changing conditions for living organisms, stimulating the evolution of new life-forms. Violent volcanic eruptions, meteorite impacts and drastic climatic changes have triggered mass extinctions, causing setbacks to life on Earth. But the same events have provided new opportunities for the survivors.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
A World Apart
Episode 8: A World Apart Is 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 among the terrestrial planets, the Earth has retained liquid water on its surface for over 4 billion years, despite a steady increase in the Sun's heat output.This water has had a profound influence on the planet's geological activity, as well as being a breeding ground for life. But living organisms may have played a crucial role in ensuring that liquid water exists on Earth, linking the planet's geology and biology tightly together.
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