• 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h
How to Grow a Planet

Summary Geologist Ian Stewart explain in three stages of natural history the crucial interaction of our very planet's physiology and its unique wildlife. Biological evolution is largely driven bu adaptation to conditions such as climate, soil and irrigation, but biotopes were also shaped by wildlife changing earth's surface and climate significantly, even disregarding human activity. View more details

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h

How to Grow a Planet

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Klaus Schmidt Jill Pruetz Iain Stewart Jim Spickler

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8.5

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 6, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official BBC site

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary Geologist Ian Stewart explain in three stages of natural history the crucial interaction of our very planet's physiology and its unique wildlife. Biological evolution is largely driven bu adaptation to conditions such as climate, soil and irrigation, but biotopes were also shaped by wildlife changing earth's surface and climate significantly, even disregarding human activity. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 6, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official BBC site

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Feb 06, 2012
Life from Light
In this first episode Professor Iain Stewart shows how plants first harnessed the life giving power of the sun, and created our atmosphere. He uncovers the epic battle between the dinosaurs and the tallest trees on the planet. He shows plants breathing - and for the first time talking to each other.
Episode 2 • Feb 13, 2012
The Power of Flowers
In the Dino age, the earth was covered with pre-flowering plants, notably ferns and conifers. Their primitive methods of pollination were outclassed by a novelty, flowers, designed to attract animals, mainly insects, who soon started specializing in collecting pollen and/or nectar. Together they cerated giant tropical forests on over half of the land. Most species were extinguished by the mega-asteroid which wiped out the Dinos, but enough survived as seeds. Mammals and birds became major seed eaters and propagators. The interaction between flowering plants and animals, specific to all kinds of environments, became the main motor of unprecedented fast evolution and changed most of earth's surface spectacularly.
Episode 3 • Feb 20, 2012
The Challenger
The meteor which wiped out the dinosaurs also made room for small plants, especially the grasses, which are better at harvesting CO2. There, nutritious, easily grazed seed and regenerating stems become favorite food of many animals, transforming large tracts of former forest, part of an intricate global food cycle. They also have armies of pollinators and a remarkable relationship with fires, required for prairie rejuvenation. A fluke of nature, easily harvested grains, made cereals ideal for human cultivation, the start of sedentary civilization, which again transformed the globe.
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