Summary: Did the great flood, as described in the Book of Genesis, really happen? In this program, scientists travel to Switzerland, Barbados, Greenland, and South Africa to decipher the clues left by history. These include erratic boulders and terminal moraines, coral terracing, microscopic fossils in core samples from the ocean floor, and tiny pockets of carbon dioxide in glacial ice samples. Evidence...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Marine scientists have mapped the ocean floor and discovered that the "spine" of the earth runs down the Atlantic Ocean, then up through the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is here that the earth's crust was forged, and it is also where living things first existed. Using satellite images and the latest marine technology, this program contains stunning footage of the ocean floor, the underwater...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Plate tectonics is the movement of the super-continents as they split apart. They also collided and joined back together again. When they did, mountains, such as the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, were formed. These collisions also disrupted prevailing weather patterns and established new ones. See how 7 million years ago, as a result of India colliding with the Asian land mass, Africa...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The Book of Genesis states that the earth, its heavens, water, and land were formed in six days. But how old is the earth? Up until the 19th century, experts had ascertained the time of the creation at 4004 B.C., less than 6000 years earlier. However, by dating rocks, noting the lack of fossils and bacteria in some areas of the globe, and studying meteorites, geologists have determined that the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The demise of the dinosaurs remains a mystery. One theory is that a violent series of volcanic eruptions led to periodic mass extinctions of animal life throughout the Cretaceous period. Viewers follow scientists as they trace the evidence deep into the earth's core of molten metal and learn why these deadly eruptions were so vital to the progress of evolution.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Although scientists have found evidence of volcanoes, tectonics, and rivers on Mars, only the Earth, which also has these features, currently sustains life. Why? Scientists have postulated that the answer somehow lies in the Earth's relationship to the Moon. Astronomers are now scanning the galaxy for other habitable planets with the same configuration as the Earth and the Moon.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Three billion years ago, bacteria polluted the atmosphere with a new gas, oxygen, and changed the planet forever. This new "poison" gas became the catalyst for life to emerge. But today, humankind is also creating new gases, along with altering the composition of the atmosphere by building dams and removing forests. This program examines the possible consequences of our actions.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007