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An exploration of humanity obsession with mountains. Only three centuries ago, climbing a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. The idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any...
Filmed in Chamonix in the French Alps, this DVD looks at the social, economic and environmental opportunities and challenges facing the region. The resource explores the variety of activities in the area,...
A set of four programmes on weather and geomorphological processes.
A 3-part series on the powerful processes which occur within and on the dynamic planet Earth.
Traces the recent discovery of a new type of landslide, where millions of tonnes of rock can ‘liquefy’ to flow like water at the speed of an express train. Even though such landslides are common,...
The story of pioneering scientist Harold Wellman, who, on arriving in New Zealand in 1931 to search for gold, observed that the the earth’s crust is fluid and is constantly moving. His ideas were rejected...
Because the European Alps are the result of the most recent period of mountain building, formed within the last 100 million years, the region is often used as a model for the study of orogenic belts....
Evidence for two mountain-building processes: magmatism at continental margins and crustal thickening following continental collision, with the Karakorum geotraverse in the Himalayas as example. Discusses...
Looks at the threat to the Alps environment caused by pressures from tourism, the decline of mountain agriculture and acid rain. Show areas in Austria, France and Switzerland where efforts are being made to...
A two-part study examining the highly complex geological formation of the European Alps, especially the Helvetic Alps. Filmed in Switzerland and includes aerial shots of the Helvetic Alps, the Mont Blanc...
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