Atlantic Ocean • 2021 • episode "S1E1" • Expedition: Deep Ocean

58:36

Human Planet meets people for whom rivers can be both a risk to life and a lifeline.

S1E7 • Human Planet • Environment

118:10

How people drive, heat their homes and keep the lights on needs massive change. But what will it take to make it happen? Chapter 1: Electric Cars Explores aspects of modern life that need to change to protect the environment, which focuses on the switch to electric cars. Explores the obstacles in electric vehicles becoming the standard, from cost to the difficulty of charging and is the UK on track to hit the government's targets to stop emitting greenhouse gases by 2050. Chapter 2: Heat Pumps Investigation into eco-friendly alternatives to oil and gas boilers and if it's possible to build an entirely low-carbon electricity network before the government's net zero target of 2050. A futuristic house in Salford that is used to test new heating technologies in extreme conditions. How heat pumps are installed and the cost of doing so. Is hydrogen a feasible solution to home heating.

2023 • Environment

66:05

We all have a food footprint, but what foods create greenhouse gases? Craig Reucassel looks at different carbon footprints of the various foods we eat, and learns about the importance of where our food actually comes from.

S1E3 • Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge • 2020 • Environment

67:53

Follows the first 48 hours following the explosion at the nuclear power plant, charting the safety test that led to the disaster, the heroic efforts to prevent a second even worse explosion, and the evacuation of 50,000 people from the nearby city of Pripyat. Featuring contributions from first-hand witnesses, including the chief operator and medical personnel, historians and professors of radiochemistry.

2026 • Environment

13:06

By investigating the tell-tale signs of earthquakes and tsunamis written into the landscape over the last thousand years, Japanese scientists are rewriting the rule books for disaster prevention in the Pacific.

9/10 • Catalyst: Season 1 • 2015 • Environment

3:36

Man's relationship with the natural world.

Environment