How The Earth Works

Season 1

2013 · 8 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Can Krakatoa Stop Time?

   9 Oct 2013 · 45 min

   The hosts visit Asia to study a destructive volcano in the premiere of this series featuring the study of geological events.

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   2. Asteroid Armageddon

   16 Oct 2013 · 45 min

   Investigating a giant asteroid that may have been responsible for killing off the dinosaurs. Also: a NASA super gun; an underground river in Mexico.

3. 

   3. Will Iceland Poison the Skies?

   23 Oct 2013 · 45 min

   Examining whether Iceland's volcanoes could cause global problems in the future.

4. 

   4. Will Hawaii Sink L.A.?

   30 Oct 2013 · 45 min

   Catastrophic geological events in Hawaii's history are examined.

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   5. Will Europe Burn in Hell?

   6 Nov 2013 · 45 min

   Biologist Liz Bonnin and Geologist Martin Pepper investigate the world’s most dangerous volcano Mount Vesuvius only to discover that the three million people of Naples live in the shadow of another, much more deadly super volcano, called Campi Flegrei.

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   6. The Rockies Built the Atom Bomb

   13 Nov 2013 · 45 min

   Uranium used for the atomic bomb is sought in the Rocky Mountains.

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   7. Ice Age or Hell Fire?

   20 Nov 2013 · 45 min

   Evidence of the Ice Age is sought in North America.

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   8. Japanese Death Match

   27 Nov 2013 · 45 min

   A look at volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan.