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  1. How Earth Made Us (2010)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

    This 5-part series tells the story of how the natural forces of our planet have influenced human history, from the dawn of civilisation to the modern industrial age. Professor Iain Stewart reveals how...

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  2. Coastal Erosion and Landsliding on the Aldbrough Coast, East Riding of Yorkshire (2010)

    Subject
    Geography; Geology

    Gareth Jenkins from the British Geological Survey describes the effects of climate change on coastal erosion and landslides on the Aldbrough coast. He describes some of the work BGS are doing in the area...

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  3. What’s Going on Underground? Tunnelling into the Future (2009)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; Geology

    Video recording of a public lecture given by Professor Robert Mair of Cambridge University at the RSA on 18/2/2009. The talk describes the critical importance of geology and the development and application...

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  4. Why Can’t we Predict Earthquakes? (2009)

    Subject
    Geology; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Last century, earthquakes killed over one million, and it is predicted that this century might see ten times as many deaths. Yet, when an earthquake strikes, it always takes people by surprise. So why...

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  5. West Mata Submarine Volcano Eruption (2009)

    Subject
    Geography; Geology

    High definition video footage of the underwater explosion of the West Mata volcano, nearly 4,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, in an area bounded by Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. Filmed in 2009 by...

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  6. Nova: Extreme Ice (2009)

    Director
    Noel Dockstader
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 56 minutes), $24.99

    This National Geographic programme from the US Nova television series follows acclaimed photojournalist James Balog and a scientific team as they deploy time-lapse cameras in risky, remote locations in the...

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  7. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the ‘Deep Past’ In the 19th-Century Imagination (2009)

    Subject
    Geology; Natural history

    Why was the young Charles Darwin’s fascination with geology so important for his later work and why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? This podcast with Professor Jim Secord,...

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  8. Earth - The Power of the Planet (5 Parts) (2008)

    Subject
    Earth Science; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 5x50 mins), £625.00

    This series uses specialist imaging to tell the life story of our planet, how it works, and what makes it so special. Examining the great forces that shape the Earth - volcanoes, the ocean, the atmosphere...

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  9. Fossil Detectives (2008)

    Subject
    Biology; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £24.99

    This DVD contains the eight programmes from the BBC series in which Dr Hermione Cockburn leads a team of fossil experts and geologists around different regions of Britain to search for its best fossil...

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  10. Picnic in Siluria (2008)

    Producer
    Paul Olver
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £12.00

    On 18 May 1852, members of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club (founded in 1851) were taken on their first ever geological excursion. It rained all day. But the Club was not deterred. After an early...

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