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- DirectorMark BridgeStarsErik DellumsRichard LinternMichio KakuAn overview of historical mass extinctions and what is in store for the future.
- DirectorJeremy TurnerStarsJose BorreroKonstantin ChterevNational Geographic gets 10 experts to pick the most significant natural disasters ever, adding eyewitness accounts and CGI to flesh out the stories.
- StarsKenneth WelshAaron RothermundAlex Ozerov-MeyerExplore history's perfect storms and witness catastrophic moments when man and nature collided.
- DirectorLaura VerklanStarsErik ThompsonMichael MischnaLaura DanlyEarth may seem like the most hospitable planet in the solar system. But look again. Startling new discoveries reveal the blue planet has been plagued by more chaos and destruction than scientists once imagined. Stand on the Earth billions of years ago as a primitive planet slams into it. Shiver as our entire globe is frozen over like a gigantic snowball. Feel the heat as mammoth volcanoes scorch the landscape and darken the sky. From a cosmic gamma ray burst frying away the ozone layer to an Everest-size asteroid slamming into the ocean, we'll reveal new information about how these unparalleled events drove life to the brink of total extinction. Out of this continuous devastation, how has our planet--and life--got to where it is today? Are the worst days behind us--or lurking in the distant future?
- StarsPeter WardMichael CarrollCraig ChesnerThis documentary series explores the causes behind six major extinction events in Earth's history. It also speculates on the next such event.
- StarsCorey JohnsonJonathan KeebleTony PraveThe natural wonders of the world are being explained.
- StarsJohn BeachFrancis FrenchScientists examine natural and man-made disasters using eyewitness accounts and footage.
- StarsTony RobinsonPeter H. SchultzJohn PowerCatastrophe or opportunity depends on your perspective as a victim or survivor. But from the perspective of species catastrophes are an important part of the engine of evolution as this highly scientific series explains.
- DirectorPeter ChinnStarsEdward HerrmannGeoffrey BoultonGary StevensA brief account of the Earth's geological progression, from its creation 4.6 billion years ago to scientists' predictions of its demise more than 2.5 billion years in the future.
- StarsJ.V. MartinRoger TillingLaura MacDonaldCombining science and history, Mega Disasters visits the sites of the most incredible disasters of the past -- and then virtually recreates them in modern times and locations using state-of-the-art computer animation.
- StarsJim CantoreMarcel TorresVictoria NegriA collection of different personal accounts from every day people who have faced intense natural disasters or other extreme weather situations.
- StarsMelissa BerryHermione NorrisJonathon MichaelsThroughout the ages, civilisations have risen up and then disappeared. Ancient Apocalypse seeks to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature.
- DirectorBrian SkiltonStarsPatrick StewartCatastrophic events alter the planet's appearance.
- StarsRandall Lee RoseMike TheissJose BorreroTake a thrilling ride right into the heart of the planet's most amazing forces - revealing the speed of a twister, the power of a hurricane, the lethal force of a lightning bolt, the instant devastation of a flood, or the explosive punch of a volcano. Feel what it's like to be inside a house when a storm rips the roof off, when a cloud of volcanic ash overtakes you, or what a street sign picked up by a tornado would do to your car window. This is Nature at its wildest and most furious.
- DirectorCharles E. Sellier Jr.StarsBrad CrandallWithout warning, man can at any moment be plunged into the terror of natural or man-made catastrophe. Tragedies, and how human beings react to them are the subjects of this shocking film.
- DirectorLaurence D. SavadoveStarsWilliam ConradA film depicting the world's alltime largest catastrophes.
- StarsCorey JohnsonRichard GreenwoodMark BosloughScientist relish the wealth of data available from the Chelyabinsk meteor impact to determine, for the first time, the physical details of a large meteor strike.
- DirectorDan KendallStarsPeter FirthRichard BinzelMark Boslough
- DirectorNick GreenBen LawrieToby MacdonaldStarsAlice RobertsBen GarrodJoanna MorganInvestigates the greatest vanishing act in the history of our planet - the sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
- DirectorSarah HoltBen LawrieRoss YoungStarsCraig SechlerMark NorellStephen BrusatteInvestigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Join scientists as they drill into the impact crater and, for the first time, reconstruct the hell on earth that unfolded in the minutes, hours and months after the impact.
- DirectorRichard DaleTim GoodchildMark HedgecoeStarsBill MondyProposes a minute-by-minute chronology of the Chicxulub impact and its effect on the dinosaurs and other animals around the world.
- StarsRobert BakkerDavid BrinLuis ChiappeSome scientists challenge the meteor impact theory as the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs. This program lays out the evidence and considers alternative explanations. The program also points out that many of the plant animal families that are in danger now survived the KT extinction suggesting the beginning of a new mass extinction. But even if we avoid a mass extinction changing climatic cycles will give humans trouble in 10,000 years when a new ice age cause glaciers to expand all over the Earth. Or, for North Americans, the Yellowstone super volcano is overdue to eruption.
- DirectorLaura VerklanStarsErik ThompsonDarin RagozzineAmy MainzerCollisions between relatively minor bodies in the solar system can have far reaching effects. Astronomers are trying to trace meteors that caused mass extinctions back to the event that cause them to cross Earth's path in case they have relatives waiting to pay a visit.
- DirectorEitan WeinreichStarsRobbie RobertsonEugene ShoemakerCarolyn ShoemakerSearching the skies for a cosmic 'bullet'.
- DirectorBrannon BragaStarsNeil deGrasse TysonPaul SorvinoFrank BaxterDegrasse discusses our nearest neighboring planet Venus and its climate, the climate change on Earth and if it is caused by humans.
- DirectorDuncan CoppStarsGene GalushaIs the magnetic field protecting Earth from deadly radiation about to reverse direction or even disappear?
- DirectorMartyn IvesStarsPatrick StewartWilliam HartmannJay MeloshWhat if the moon never had existed?
- DirectorGabriella PollettaStarsCorey JohnsonJen SmithPeter de MenocalScientists present evidence that the Sahara Desert periodically transitions from desert to a lush green environment and back. They also present theories about why this happens.
- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsAl GoreBilly WestGeorge BushFilmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
- DirectorColin CampbellStarsErik ThompsonAlex FilippenkoKevin R. GrazierThere is an extraordinary range of temperatures in the universe. This program examines the extreme lower temperature range, the temperature we live in and below, explaining how cold is essential for the formation of habits suitable for life.
- DirectorPaul NelsonStarsCorey JohnsonPeter K. SwartSteven E. BrownInstead of looking at a geological feature and the convergence of mechanisms that created it, this program uses a different format; looking at one mechanism, glaciers, and the diverse effects they cause.
- DirectorTom StubberfieldStarsTony RobinsonHazel BartonJim GehlingInspired by ideas about nuclear war, a theory that the Earth was encased in ice 650 million years ago has gained popularity in the science community. This program explains how this condition came about, how it ended, the impact on the evolution of animal life and presents the evidence for these conclusions.
- StarsJ.V. MartinRoger TillingThe largest volcanic eruption of the past two million years occurred on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, 75,000 years ago. The impact from the super volcano Toba decimated the local habitat, but gas, ash and debris from Toba made their way around the planet and formed a shield in the atmosphere that deflected the sun's warming rays.
- The documentary explores the Little Ice Age, a period of climate cooling between the 14th and 19th centuries, and its impact on history.
- DirectorMary Anne AltonStarsBen AndrewsLori DenglerHank HeaslerFor over a century, tens of millions of visitors have marveled at the natural beauty of Yellowstone National Park, home to the largest concentration of geysers in the world, including the iconic Old Faithful. However, beneath all this beauty lurks a beast. Visitors may not realize it, but Yellowstone is situated directly above one of the largest volcanic systems on Earth - a supervolcano. For the past two million years, this volcano has erupted roughly every 600,000 years. The last major eruption, which produced a caldera that stretches 80 kilometers by 50 kilometers across the park - two-thirds the size of Prince Edward Island - occurred 640,000 years ago. So, is it overdue for another eruption? There have been disturbing signals... possible warnings of another eruption that have scientists concerned. Recent earthquake swarms, coupled with the increasing size of the magma chamber and the enormous plume of molten rock that liquefies and feeds the chamber underneath Yellowstone, have put scientists on high alert for another possible volcanic eruption. A super volcanic eruption from Yellowstone would be immense - producing energy equivalent to the detonation of 1,000 nuclear bombs, it would emit one thousand cubic kilometers of ash, which is enough volume to fill the Grand Canyon twice. Supervolcano: Yellowstone's Fury examines the effect a cataclysmic eruption would have on the world and what could possibly be done to prepare for such a disaster. An eruption on this scale would be the largest natural disaster in recorded history. It could trigger a volcanic winter, kill millions of people and make most of North America uninhabitable. New York University Earth Scientist Michael Rampino warns that, "An eruption like Yellowstone could trigger the end of civilization as we know it." For experts, the question is not if there will be another eruption, but when. University of Toronto geologist John Westgate agrees: "There will be a very large-scale supervolcanic eruption from Yellowstone. That's a fact."
- 2013– 42mTV-PG6.4 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian RiceStarsKenneth WelshDavid CalderisiAlbert GomezDocumentary revealing how a volcanic eruption in El Salvador in 536 CE sent millions on tons of ash into the atmosphere, causing a worldwide mini-ice age.
- DirectorKate DartStarsCorey JohnsonJames HowardClive OppenheimerThe causes of the million year volcanic eruption in the Siberian Traps and the resulting effects that lead to the largest mass extinction in earth's history are recounted.
- DirectorHarvey LilleyStarsHendrik BruinsJan DriessenStuart DunnScientists of various disciplines uncover what really happened to the Minoans on the Island of Crete and find strong evidence of a disaster that correlates with Atlantis's fabled demise.
- DirectorPaul NelsonStarsTony RobinsonMichael J. BentonLee KumpThe most catastrophic extinction event in the history of the earth was the Permian Extinction 250 million years ago. Scientists believe this was caused by a massive half million year eruption in the Siberian traps that lead to wave after wave of toxic gases devastating life on the planet beginning with sulfur dioxide followed by carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and methane. Yet, some animals found sanctuaries where they could survive.
- DirectorBen FoxStarsNeil RossAn eruption of a megavolcano may be the most likely cataclysmic event the earth faces in the present day. Four scientists independently uncover evidence of such an eruption just 75,000 years ago that radically altered the global climate for a millennium and probably disrupted human colonization of the earth.
- DirectorJeremy HallThis is a documentary that utilizes computer imagery, science, historical records, and re-enactments to explore what happened in 1883 to the Indonesian area surrounding the volcanic island of Krakatoa.
- 2000–8.3 (19)TV EpisodeDirectorGary JohnstoneStarsRoy ScheiderLiev SchreiberEvidence leading to the conclusion that a major worldwide catastrophe occurred just prior to the start of the Dark Ages in Europe is reviewed.
- 2000–7.9 (19)TV EpisodeDirectorGary JohnstoneStarsRoy ScheiderCould a violent volcanic eruption of Krakatoa be responsible for the climatic cataclysm that hit Earth in 535 A.D. causing two years of darkness, famine, drought and disease, and did this lead to emergence of new nations and religions?
- DirectorPaul PissanosSANTORINI - when in Greece, come visit the island of the Volcano, set amid the historic beauty and tranquility of the blue waters of the sunkissed Greek Islands...
- StarsKathleen TurnerLeonard NimoyTwo-thousand years ago, Rome was an all-powerful empire and Pompeii was one of its prosperous provincial towns - until Mount Vesuvius exploded in the largest eruption ever recorded. In a matter of hours the thriving city was entombed under a thick layer of ash and debris, undiscovered for 1600 years. This tale recreates the events leading up to the explosion and shows how the ash kept the city and its inhabitants - the only significant discovery of Roman bodies ever - in a unique state of preservation. Wander through the ancient streets of this sophisticated society and witness current excavations.
- StarsPeter Thomas
- DirectorGeorge CaseyStarsRobert FoxworthMarvel at the awesome power of nature as photography displays the change evoked by a massive volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens and the renewal process which followed when the entire side of the mountain was blown away in billowing clouds of ash.
- 2013– 43mTV-PG6.4 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian RiceStarsKenneth WelshCarrie EklundTim Masterson1755. A powerful earthquake shakes the city of Lisbon. Survivors flee to the riverbank only to be engulfed by a massive tsunami. Fires burn for eight days. Tens of thousands die and Portugal is crippled as an imperial power.
- DirectorTao GuOn May 12, 2008 , the biggest earthquake in Chinese history occurred in the film maker's hometown of Wenchuan. According to official polls, 69,159 were killed, 374,141 were seriously injured and 17,469 are still considered to be missing. The film maker's parents, central character in the film, are survivors. In a surreal hybrid of documentary footage, experimental abstraction and fictional elements, "On the Way to the Sea" studies the human fragility and spiritual homelessness generated by such disasters.
- 20061hNot Rated7.8 (33)VideoDirectorKen JoyDisaster by the Bay: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, features never-before-seen footage, shot just minutes after the quake struck on April 18, 1906 at 5:13 a.m., combined with thousands of rare and previously unreleased photographs, and recreations of eyewitness accounts. This hour-long epic chronicles the horror, the aftermath, and the heroes who survived it.
- DirectorChico Arnaldo-GuizarStarsStanislav AnnenkovElinor BellFred DeRuvoWhen a 7.1 earthquake explodes with the force of 2000 kilotons of TNT across San Francisco, citizens become heroes to save lives.
- StarsF. Murray AbrahamAn account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.
- DirectorKathryn JohnsonStarsCorey JohnsonWalter MooneyBrian AtwaterA tsunami is a dramatic indicator of geological activity magnifying the impact into extensive coastal destruction. Scientists searching for evidence of past tsunamis to predict when they are likely to recur and how severe they are likely to be uncover a new phenomenon, the mega-tsunami.
- DirectorJanice SutherlandStarsShonti BreischJai BreischA minute-by-minute account of the Boxing Day 2004 Tsunami told through amateur video footage of people who were there.
- StarsJ.V. MartinWalter PitmanCelal SengörCould the biblical story of Noah be true? 8,000 years ago, rising sea levels had global oceans surging. With the power of all the world's oceans at its back, the Mediterranean Sea burst through the Bosporus Strait in modern-day Turkey with cataclysmic force. When the flood was over the sea had claimed a landmass twice the size of Ireland.
- StarsJ.V. MartinRoger TillingIn 6,000 B.C., 8,000 years before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, waves taller than the Statue of Liberty ravaged the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, devastating ancient villages and killing untold numbers. Watch as a team of scientist's piece together evidence of this mega storm and reveal the face of this ancient tsunami for the first time.
- 2006–20075 epsTV-MA8.5 (4.8K)TV Mini Series89MetascoreStarsDarleen AsevedoJay AsevedoShelton Shakespear AlexanderAn examination of the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
- DirectorBen FoxJoe KennedyStarsRichard DonatScientists now think that the Scablands' gorges, dry waterfall beds, scattered boulders and "potholes" were formed some 15,000 years ago when a natural ice dam holding an ancient lake burst.
- DirectorChana GazitDavid StewardStarsLiev SchreiberJohn BarryPeter DanielIn the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, Louisiana, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people and leaving a million people homeless. In Greenville, Mississippi, efforts to contain the river pitted the majority black population against an aristocratic white plantation family, the Percys. It also pitted the Percys against themselves. This is a dramatic true story of greed, power and race during one of America's greatest natural disasters.
- DirectorMark BusslerStarsRichard DreyfussPatrick JordanJennifer Lee DakeExploding dam kills thousands in massive flood catastrophe in Pennsylvania in 1889.
- DirectorBeth HoppeStarsStacy KeachMark Lerdall
- 2013– 43mTV-PG7.3 (12)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian RiceStarsKenneth WelshDavid BronfmanAmber FawcettDocumentary examining the hurricane that hit the island city of Galveston, Texas, in 1900. Killing more than six thousand residents it remains the deadliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States.
- DirectorLiesl ClarkStarsCraig SechlerIn just one devastating month, Houston, Florida, and the Caribbean were changed forever. In summer 2017, three monster hurricanes swept in from the Atlantic one after another, shattering storm records and killing hundreds of people.
- StarsCorey JohnsonMatthew AlbaneseMalcolm BowmanInside the Megastorm takes viewers moment by moment through Hurricane Sandy, its impacts and the future of storm protection.
- StarsNorm WoodelRyan GeldermannBernadett Belinda YorkA look at defining historical moments in early and modern history in which weather greatly played a factor in certain events.
- StarsAlisdair Simpson
- DirectorTravis PalmerStarsMicah BrownRhett BurnettKayla CardonaMay 20, 2013--an EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, OK. The magnitude of devastation measured over eight times greater than the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. As the world watched, one question continued to surface-Where Was God?
- StarsHoward BluesteinGreg CarbinGary EnglandOn May 20th 2013, a ferocious F5 tornado over a mile wide tore through Moore, Oklahoma, inflicting 24 deaths and obliterating entire neighborhoods. It was the third time an exceptionally violent tornado had struck the city in 14 years. Yet predicting when and where these killer storms will hit still poses a huge challenge.
- DirectorThomas LucasStarsHoward BluesteinKelvin DroegenmeierGary EnglandTornado-chasing scientists with an eye to better forecasting risk their lives to plumb the secrets of nature's most terrifying killer.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsJames HookBryan JenningsJeffery Lee LooneyIn the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies. By the time it was all over, more than three million acres had burned and at least 78 firefighters were dead. It was the largest fire in American history.
- StarsEdward HerrmannTerrence HowardBased on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, this three-part series tells the complete story of cancer, from its first description in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the gleaming laboratories of modern research institutions. At six hours, the film interweaves a sweeping historical narrative; with intimate stories about contemporary patients; and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may have brought us, at long last, to the brink of lasting cures.
- DirectorChana GazitStarsAndrea BarrettAndrea CooperJoanne CurtisTuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits, social habits, economic development and public policy, TB and its impact are poorly understood.
- DirectorJezza NeumannStarsWill LymanNokubhekaMelusiFrontline travels to the African country of Swaziland which has one of the world's highest rates of tuberculosis in the world. It profiles several TB patients who are struggling with the disease and the difficult medicinal regime required to treat its most dangerous form.
- DirectorWael DabbousStarsWill LymanSebastian SteinManjo LaminFrom PBS and FRONTLINE - From the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, FRONTLINE follows health officials tracking the deadly disease and trying to stop its rampant spread. With special access to teams fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the film shows how the outbreak is endangering health- care workers, overwhelming hospitals and getting worse. Also this hour, FRONTLINE investigates accounts that members of the Nigerian military have been committing atrocities in the fight against Boko Haram - the Islamist militants who kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in April. Amid worldwide pressure to find the girls, FRONTLINE uncovers shocking videos showing arrests, torture and summary executions of alleged Boko Haram suspects.
- StarsSarah ChildressDavid E. HoffmanWill LymanFrom PBS and FRONTLINE - FRONTLINE investigates the widespread use of antibiotics in food animals and whether it is fueling the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance in people. Also this hour: An exclusive interview with the family of a young man who died in a nightmare bacteria outbreak that swept through a hospital at the National Institutes of Health.
- DirectorRick YoungStarsWill LymanTonya RerecichAddie RerecichInvestigate the alarming rise of untreatable infections.
- DirectorGreg BarkerWilliam CranStarsWill LymanPeter StaleyOn the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. After a quarter-century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS?
- StarsMichael PraedThe horror of the Black Death, the merciless killer of a third the world's population in the Middle Ages, still sends atavistic fear through us centuries after its first appearance in 1348. For a century, that fear has been eased by the knowledge that its apparent cause, the Bubonic Plague, is controllable. However, disturbing analysis throws new light on an old horror. Recent evidence suggests that the Black Death was NOT the Bubonic Plague, and that the true culprit may have an impact on our future as well as our past.
- DirectorScott ThigpenFrom the frontlines in Nigeria, India, Haiti and elsewhere, "The Last Child" takes you behind the scenes where you'll witness the victories and challenges of trying to wipe out a disease for only the second time in history.
- DirectorBill LyonsStarsLiev SchreiberScientists investigate the Spanish Flu, an unusually severe and deadly strain of avian influenza that caused the 1918 flu pandemic which killed almost 100 million people around the world.
- StarsLiev SchreiberGeneticist Steven O'Brien investigates what made the inhabitants of a small English town immune to the black plague that raged throughout Europe during the dark ages.
- DirectorNina Gilden SeaveyStarsOlympia DukakisFew know the story of how polio came to America in 1916 and grew into the frightening epidemics of the 1940's and 50's when the diseases crippled tens of thousands of children every summer.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsAlfred CrosbyJohn De LanoShirley FanninThe great influenza pandemic of 1918 - the worst epidemic ever seen in the United States.
- DirectorRic Esther BienstockStarsStacy Keach
- DirectorDick BowerDaniel McCabeStarsCarlito AriasCarmelita BantilanGeorgina BulasaA look at Typhoon Haiyan, which killed thousands and left millions homeless when it struck the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, with 200-mph winds and a two-story-high storm surge.
- DirectorLiesl ClarkStarsBrook AlongiMike BlankenshipDayn BrunnerScientists examine the causes of the 2014 Oso, Washington, landslide, the worst in decades.
- DirectorStephanie KernBrian LeckeySimon LudgateStarsCorey JohnsonRoger BilhamSimon BoxallOn March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Japan resulting in waves up to 130 ft. (40 m.) that devastated coastal villages and initiated meltdowns, gas explosions and the release of radioactive materials at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
- DirectorReed HarknessStarsShelby AdamsJessica BennettTerrie BrighamWhen a fire began at Oregon's Eagle Creek last fall, more than 150 hikers found themselves trapped by fast-moving flames that would eventually burn more than 40,000 acres of the historic Columbia River Gorge. It was a traumatic fire, both for those who evacuated and those who stayed-and it was all started by a lit firework, thrown by a careless teenager.