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A 3-part series on the powerful processes which occur within and on the dynamic planet Earth.
A comprehensive study of the natural history of the oceans, revealing life and behaviour that has never before been filmed and in some cases has only recently become known to scientists.
S260 support video in four bands: 1) Minor Intrustions (15 min): Looks at volcanic activity that occurred during the early stages of the opening of the North Atlantic 60 million years ago. Concentrates on...
Discusses the many scientific disciplines involved in discovering how oceans work. Uses archive film of past attempts to study the oceans, and presents new research into the ocean bed, the creatures that...
Discusses climate change, reconstructing the deposition environment in the Cretaceous period to show that the amount of carbonate deposited as ploatform limestone in the shallow seas, together with the...
Follows an Anglo-Russian scientific expedition to the bottom of the Atlantic to investigate hydrothermal vents, or ‘black smokers’, in the mid-Atlantic ridge.
Beginning with archival film of the first human submersible (William Beebe’s bathysphere), shows how oceanographers gain a picture of the ocean floor. Shows modern submersibles, remotely operated vehicles...
In late 1982 a surge of warm water swept across the surface of the Pacific depressing the nutrient rich upwelling water of Peru and causing the already over-fished anchovy fishery to collapse completely....
The inter-disciplinary nature of oceanography is illustrated in a case study of the Rockall Trough and environs. Different techniques of measuring physical, chemical and biological properties are shown, and...
Composition of sea water, variations in temperature of sea water, substances dissolved in sea water, sediments that cover the sea floor and topography of the sea floor.
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