Voyage of the Continents episode 3: Asia is a closely watched continent. Teams of scientists keep a constant eye on it. Asia is a continent on high alert. The Indian sub-continent that smashed into the mainland eons ago is still pushing the Himalayas to ever greater heights. The tectonic activity in the south of the continent extends as far as […]
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Voyage of the Continents episode 2: The history of Asia is awash with superlatives. Along with teams of scientists, we discover the incredible volcanic phenomenon that caused the greatest extinction of all time. Asia was the theatre of the world’s most violent tectonic collision, and has witnessed the birth of the Earth’s highest summits. Today, one of the countries of
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Voyage of the Continents episode 1: The history of Oceania is the history of the Earth as a whole. Along with scientists, we track the information recorded in its relief, from the first forms of life on Earth, to their destruction and rebirth. Welded to Antarctica for millions of years, Australia is today a deserted landscape that enjoys extraordinary stability.
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