Secrets of the Earth

Season 22013

Computer graphics, visual analogies and a recurring cast of expert scientists combine to reveal new aspects of the world you think you know, from canyons of gravity that warp space and time to rain triggered by cosmic rays.

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9 Episodes

E01 Rain

Raindrops aren't only formed from condensed water vapor; some result from micrometeorites, and others deliver bacteria from the upper atmosphere.

May 23, 2013

E02 Tsunamis

Tsunamis form in the open ocean before making toward land. Science seeks not only to understand these giant waves but also predict them.

May 23, 2013

E03 Gravity

Earthquakes can actually affect Earth's gravity, and the ability of scientists to map gravitational fiels has uncovered mysterious anomalies.

June 13, 2013

E04 Goldilocks

Earth's distance from the sun is just right to sustain life, with neighbors Venus and Mars illustrating the impact of a slight difference in location.

June 20, 2013

E05 Magnetic Shield

A metallic core at the center of the Earth turns the planet into a magnet, generating a field that protects life on the surface from cosmic radiation.

June 27, 2013

E06 Blizzards

A visit to the researchers at a Colorado storm lab and an examination of lake-effect snow in northern New York reveal the science of blizzards.

July 4, 2013

E07 Tides

Water levels rise up to 50 feet at high tide in Canada's Bay of Fundy, while the Turnagain Arm in Alaska experiences 10-foot-high tidal "bore waves."

July 18, 2013

E08 Volcanoes

As evidenced by the 1815 eruption of Indonesia Mt. Tambora, volcanoes can profoundly impact the weather, producing lightning, ash and acid rain.

July 25, 2013

E09 Strangest Places

The world's most astonishing sites include extreme underwater ecosystems, steamy subterranean worlds and stratling igneous formations of lava rock.

August 1, 2013

Secrets of the Earth

E01 Rain

E02 Tsunamis

E03 Gravity

E04 Goldilocks

E05 Magnetic Shield

E06 Blizzards

E07 Tides

E08 Volcanoes

E09 Strangest Places

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E01 Rain

E02 Tsunamis

E03 Gravity

E04 Goldilocks

E05 Magnetic Shield

E06 Blizzards

E07 Tides

E08 Volcanoes

E09 Strangest Places