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"In one of Verne's supreme adventures, Professor Lidenbrock discovers a centuries-old document which, when decoded by his brilliant nephew Axel, offers instructions to the Earth's core. Accompanied by an Icelandic guide, they set off on a dangerous and exciting trek that begins with a descent into an extinct volcano. As the explorers travel through geologic time, they encounter a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of humanity"--
5) Coal Gas
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For decades, scientists have worked to develop technologies that can unlock the energy from coal while reducing the risks of digging it up and burning it. Now entirely new industries are booming as they tap into coal seams either too gassy or too deep to be mined by conventional methods. Watch this video clip to learn about these new methods and what new risks and consequences come along with them.
10) Into the Volcano
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Photographer Carsten Peter is obsessed with devising innovative methods for capturing never-before-seen images from some of the scariest environments on the planet. This program joins Peter as he descends into a hell within paradise, photographing one of nature's most violent forces at work. The Emmy-winning cameraman braves toxic gases, treacherous rock falls, and giant pools of molten lava as he rappels inside the active volcanoes of Vanuatu, an...
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The map of the Earth is a flat picture of the Earth's surface; this BBC Horizon program presents the story of how Harold Wellman changed that picture. Hired by the New Zealand Geological Survey to map the underlying bedrock of the Southern Alps region, he noticed that there were invariably only two kinds of rock, granite and schist. His search for the boundary between the two led to the discovery of the longest straight line on Earth and a radical...
12) Plate tectonics
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Studies of our planet's crust, or lithosphere, suggest that it's not a single solid layer at all. This video illustrates the process of scientific inquiry by studying the evolution of our understanding of plate tectonics, the dynamics of those ever-shifting slabs of earth we call solid ground. Beginning with Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, the program discusses major and minor plates, types of plate boundaries, and the concepts of...
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Viewed from space, one of the remarkable features of our planet is that it has continents and oceans. The changing pattern of the continents and oceans is a very important characteristic of the earth, and the discovery of how this movement occurs is one of the most exciting scientific stories of modern times. The key to this understanding lay not in the continents at all, but in the oceans. The oceans turned out to have a record of their history as...
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In the time of dinosaurs: When Ms. Frizzle takes her class to a dinosaur dig to look for Maiasaura nests, the Magic School Bus turns into a time machine and transports them back into prehistoric times--when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Inside the human body: When the school bus, Ms. Frizzle, and the entire class magically shrink and accidentally enter Arnold's mouth, the ensuing anatomical adventure proves educational as well as exciting.
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Presents information about supervolcanoes and how their eruptions alter the landscape. Illustrates how volcanoes erupt, explains the aftereffects, and discusses the likelihood of future eruptions. Includes color photographs, a diagram, fact boxes, an activity, a glossary, and additional resources.
20) The Alps
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Spanning seven countries, the Alps are the jagged backbone of Europe. How did marine fossils get there, 7,000 feet above sea level? This program attempts to fathom out how the Alps evolved.