Join scientists on a quest to better understand the weather and climate machine we call Earth. Why do scientists overwhelmingly agree that our climate is changing, and how can we be resilient – even thrive – in the face of enormous change?
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What Can We Do to Mitigate Sea Level Rise in Hawai‘i?
Rising sea levels are a concern here in Hawai‘i and other coastal communities around the world. In December 2017, the State Climate Commission accepted the first major study on Hawai‘i’s vulnerability to rising sea levels. Our well-informed guests for the program are experts on this subject and they will highlight the concerns and recommendations from this report.
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Killer Floods
Uncover geologic fingerprints of colossal floods that violently reshaped the ancient world. Follow geologists around the globe as they reconstruct catastrophic Ice Age floods more powerful than all the world’s top ten rivers combined.
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Killer Hurricanes
Follow a team of experts investigating the Great Hurricane of 1780 that killed more people than any other Caribbean hurricane. Discover what made the storm so deadly and whether mega-storms are more likely to strike in our rapidly changing climate.
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Killer Volcanoes
Join NOVA and a team of volcanologists looking for an elusive volcanic mega-eruption that plunged the medieval earth into a deep freeze. Investigate the geologic evidence from Greenland all the way to Antarctica to identify the 750-year-old culprit.
GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW
Part 3 of 3
Journey to Yellowstone National Park, where wolves, grizzlies, beavers and owls survive one of the greatest seasonal changes on the planet. As the temperature swings 140 degrees, cameras capture how the animals cope. The series is hosted by renowned paleontologist and author Kirk Johnson.
Part 3 of 3
The water from the thaw has flowed away and a lack of rain has left the ground tinder dry. A major blaze breaks out in the Beartooth Mountains.
GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW
Part 2 of 3
Journey to Yellowstone National Park, where wolves, grizzlies, beavers and owls survive one of the greatest seasonal changes on the planet. As the temperature swings 140 degrees, cameras capture how the animals cope. The series is hosted by renowned paleontologist and author Kirk Johnson.
Part 2 of 3
Cameras continue to follow the wildlife dramas in Yellowstone as spring brings many new challenges. A family of beavers is busy making the most of the spring vegetation. A mother grizzly and her cubs – and explains that the biggest dangers come not from other predators, but surprisingly from their own kind.
GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW
Part 1 of 3
Journey to Yellowstone National Park, where wolves, grizzlies, beavers and owls survive one of the greatest seasonal changes on the planet. As the temperature swings 140 degrees, cameras capture how the animals cope. The series is hosted by renowned paleontologist and author Kirk Johnson.
Part 1 of 3
Learn whether the brutal winter weather will favor predator or prey. Find out how Yellowstone’s unique geology affects the mighty bison. Can the grizzlies that emerge early survive? Are the wolves and Great Gray owls in danger of starvation?
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Mystery Beneath the Ice
Dive down under Antarctica’s landscape with a team of scientists as they search for the mystery killer that’s decimating the population of delicate shrimp-like creatures at the foundation of the Antarctic food chain.
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Climate Change
The University of Hawai‘i’s Sea Grant Program predicts Hawai‘i will become increasingly warmer and stormier, and will be at risk of more vector-borne and water-borne diseases, over the next few decades. The most drastic change may be the rise in sea levels, which scientists predict will be one to three feet higher by the time today’s infants reach retirement. What does all of this mean for Hawai‘i’s ecosystem and economy?
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