Documentaries Tagged “geology”
NOVA: Magnetic Storm
NOVA: Magnetic Storm
Like the plot of a sci-fi B movie, something weird is happening deep underground where the constant spin of Earth’s liquid metallic core generates an invisible magnetic force field that shields our planet from harmful radiation in space. Gradually, the field is growing weaker. Could we be heading for a demagnetized doomsday that will l...
Inside Planet Earth
Inside Planet Earth
It’s the ultimate voyage our world has to offer: a journey from the temperate surface of our world to the fiery core of the Earth.
With the aid of stunning visual effects, the unexplored interior of the Earth is split wide open, giving us an unbelievable view. From glowing seams of pure iron ore to sparkling diamond caverns to the m...
Journeys from the Centre of the Earth
Journeys from the Centre of the Earth
Geologist Dr Iain Stewart shows how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped the history of the Mediterranean. In this series he takes us on a tour of the Med and shows us how geology is behind everything from the rise and fall of civilizations to religion, architecture and food.
Risky Rocks – Earthquakes created a huge network of cra...
Finding Atlantis
Finding Atlantis
Could the fabled lost city of Atlantis have been located? Using satellite photography, ground-penetrating radar and underwater technology, experts are now surveying marshlands in Spain to look for proof of the ancient city.
If the team can match geological formations to Plato’s descriptions and date artifacts back to the time of Atl...
How the Earth Was Made: Season 2
How the Earth Was Made: Season 2
This season, How the Earth Was Made goes back in history from 4.5 billion years ago to today peeling back layers of rock, filling up river canyons, parting the oceans, and leveling mountains and volcanoes to investigate the origins of some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world.
With rocks as their cl...
The Core
The Core
For centuries we have dreamt of reaching the centre of the Earth. Now scientists are uncovering a bizarre and alien world that lies 4,000 miles beneath our feet, unlike anything we know on the surface. It is a planet buried within the planet we know, where storms rage within a sea of white-hot metal and a giant forest of crystals make ...