Earth episode 4 – Atmosphere – When Earth first coalesced from clouds of dust and gas approximately 4.6 billion years ago, it found itself akin to countless other lifeless celestial bodies scattered throughout the vast universe. Devoid of any atmosphere, our young planet appeared as an inhospitable, solitary rock adrift in the vast expanse of the cosmic void. However, this […]
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Coast to Coast Food Festival episode 13: Colin Murray and Edith Bowman explore St George’s Market in Belfast and meet a social media sensation who reveals the secrets of healthy and inexpensive one-pot meals. Farmer Jim Smith discovers how one farm is turning its oats into milk, food journalist Leyla Kazim is in Norfolk to find out the secrets of
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Earth: The Power of the Planet episode 5 – Rare Earth: Life on Earth prospers because it enjoys the right amount of heat from the sun, and the atmosphere prevents meteorite bombardment. Geography series with Dr Iain Stewart. Our planet is unique within the solar system. Four-and-a-half billion years ago it had a twin named Theia which was
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Earth: The Power of the Planet episode 4 – Oceans: Iain travels to surfers’ paradise Hawaii to learn more about oceans, explaining the difference between waves, tides and currents. In the Amazon, he rides the world’s longest tidal bore. In the beginning, there were no oceans: they are thought to have gradually formed from volcano steam and melted comet ice.
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Earth: The Power of the Planet episode 3 – Ice : Documentary series in which Dr Iain Stewart reveals the natural forces that have shaped the earth’s development. Ice isn’t just something to put in a gin and tonic – it has carved out landscapes, unleashed catastrophes and shaped human evolution. Now it could cause the destruction of
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Earth: The Power of the Planet episode 2 – Atmosphere: Dr Iain Stewart reveals the crucial natural forces that have shaped the earth’s development. A flight in a jet plane, a trip to the Andes and a trip to Shark Bay in Australia are expensive but necessary to discuss atmosphere. You can’t see it, you can’t taste it,
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