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New! TEDTalks: Damian Palin—Mining Minerals from Seawater
Item# 52996
© 2012
3 Min.
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The world needs fresh water—so much so that more and more, we're pumping it from the oceans, desalinating it, and drinking it. But what to do with the salty brine left behind? In this intriguing TEDta...
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The Challenger: How to Grow a Planet
Item# 52497
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-328-0
Trees once dominated the planet, but grasses eventually challenged their supremacy to become Earth’s main form of plant life. In this program, Iain Stewart explains how it happened, and the impact the...
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Global Weirding
Item# 52477
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-308-2
Is the world’s weather growing more extreme? This program joins hurricane chasers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and discovers that over the last decade, these storms have be...
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How to Grow a Planet
Item# 52494
© 2012
150 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-325-9
We may believe that humans are the most powerful evolutionary force on Earth, but it’s plants that enabled amphibians to leave the water, plants that played a part in the rise and fall of the dinosaur...
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Life from Light: How to Grow a Planet
Item# 52495
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-326-6
It was plants that first harnessed light from the sun to create a life-giving atmosphere, transforming a barren rock into the lush world we know today. In this program, geologist Iain Stewart journeys...
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Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey
Item# 52543
© 2012
180 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-374-7
Every part of Earth’s one-year trip around the sun is essential to maintaining life as we know it, not least because it gives us the seasons that transform our planet. And without Earth’s unique axial...
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The Power of Flowers: How to Grow a Planet
Item# 52496
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-327-3
What did flowering plants have to do with the evolution of primates and other mammals? In this program, geologist Iain Stewart travels to New Caledonia to discuss what made the first blooms so revolut...
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Solar Storms: The Threat to Planet Earth
Item# 52482
© 2012
59 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-313-6
Activity on the surface of the Sun is ramping up, increasing the risk of massive storms of plasma. And what’s more, these storms will continue to happen for a number of years. But what are solar storm...
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Spin: Orbit—Earth’s Extraordinary Journey
Item# 52544
© 2012
60 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-375-4
This program goes from July to the December solstice, when the planet experiences spectacular weather and the largest tides on Earth. To show how the Earth’s orbit affects human life, Helen Czerski ju...
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Tilt: Orbit—Earth's Extraordinary Journey
Item# 52546
© 2012
60 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-377-8
In this program, the Earth completes its journey, travelling from the March equinox to the end of June. Kate Humble is in the Arctic at a place where spring arrives with a bang, while Helen Czerski ch...
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