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Lake Geneva: The Giant Tsunami
In 563 AD, Geneva was destroyed by a tsunami, and it could happen again.
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Tsunami: Facing the Global Threat
Tsunamis are so sudden and powerful that in a matter of minutes, they can wipe out a coastline.
Megafires: The Global Threat
A group of experts studying the range and impact of megafires examine why these blazes are beyond control, what makes them insatiable and what is causing the crisis.
Megafires: The Global Threat
A team of experts introduces both ancient and newly discovered fire prevention techniques that can help confront the era of megafires to protect homes and families.
Floods - Challenging our Future
This episode focuses on the notion of urban resilience, visiting trailblazer cities around the world.
Exploring Venus
50 km above its desolate surface, the cool cloud tops of Venus offer a potential refuge for life.
Exploring Venus
Venus' surface is twice the temperature of a pizza oven; yet engineers push the boundaries of science to build probes that can deliver data from the depths of this crushing inferno; experts describe their battle strategies and technologies.
Cosmic Journeys
Ride along on dramatic balloon flights into colorful geomagnetic storms to help revolutionize space travel.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that the universe is infinitely expanding in all directions, changing the field of cosmology.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists study the history of Mars and explore the possibility that it once contained life.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists look out deep into space hoping to measure the size of the universe based on the relatively miniscule portion of space observable from Earth.
Cosmic Journeys
Several countries plan to send spacecraft to the moon, potentially leading to a permanent human presence in space.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists map the surface of the moon and piece together its history to determine how it formed and learn more about Earth's origins in the process.
SuperTornado: Anatomy of a Megadisaster
The 2011 Super Tornado carved a mile wide path of destruction through Joplin, Missouri.
Lake Geneva: The Giant Tsunami
In 563 AD, Geneva was destroyed by a tsunami, and it could happen again.
Tsunami: Facing the Global Threat
Tsunamis are so sudden and powerful that in a matter of minutes, they can wipe out a coastline.
Megafires: The Global Threat
A group of experts studying the range and impact of megafires examine why these blazes are beyond control, what makes them insatiable and what is causing the crisis.
Megafires: The Global Threat
A team of experts introduces both ancient and newly discovered fire prevention techniques that can help confront the era of megafires to protect homes and families.
Floods - Challenging our Future
This episode focuses on the notion of urban resilience, visiting trailblazer cities around the world.
World's Deadliest Weather
A tornado tears a mile-wide path through the American town of Moore, Okla., destroying two schools while the pupils are inside.
World's Deadliest Weather
A holiday cruise ship sails into a hurricane, terrifying 4,000 passengers as their cabins are plunged underwater.
World's Deadliest Weather
Hurricane Patricia rips apart a Mexican holiday resort sending tourists fleeing for their lives.
World's Deadliest Weather
In 2015, a massive earthquake in Nepal triggers a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest and mudslides that bury whole villages.
World's Deadliest Weather
Firefighters run out of water as an inferno rages through South Australia killing 70,000 livestock and chasing tourists at 30 miles per hour.
World's Deadliest Weather
A man films as a deadly tornado flattens his home and destroys every single house in a small town in Illinois.
Disasters in Space
Second Return to Flight test flight.
Disasters in Space
As the clock ticks toward the critical Mars launch window, NASA scrambles to fix a space mistake.
Disasters in Space
Despite multiple pressures, a shocking discovery causes NASA to cancel a historic launch.
Disasters in Space
A spacecraft free-falls from orbit and smashes into the ground when its parachute fails to deploy.
Disasters in Space
A harrowing space mistake leaves the solid rocket boosters hanging by a thread.
Asteroid Mining: The New El Dorado
States and corporations around the world are now investing in the field of asteroid mining activity.
The Age of Hubble
An army of high-tech telescopes, led by Hubble in space, has delivered an unprecedented chain of discoveries about how galaxies took shape, how stars live and die, and how life arose.
Planet Hunters
Astrophysicists at the forefront of the search consider the possibility of finding a planet like Earth among any of the bodies discovered by a new space-based telescope.
World's Deadliest Weather
A tornado tears a mile-wide path through the American town of Moore, Okla., destroying two schools while the pupils are inside.
World's Deadliest Weather
A holiday cruise ship sails into a hurricane, terrifying 4,000 passengers as their cabins are plunged underwater.
World's Deadliest Weather
Hurricane Patricia rips apart a Mexican holiday resort sending tourists fleeing for their lives.