Monday, May 27, 2013

Ten Things You Didn't Know About Earthquakes

Iain Stewart looks at some of the world's most dramatic earthquakes and reveals the stories and science behind them. In seconds, these powerful forces of nature which cannot be predicted or prevented can shake a town to destruction and shift the landscape forever. We discover why quakes can last 60 times longer on the moon than on earth; how one particular earthquake fault line can produce hallucinations; and how 1960s Cold War spying gave scientists a crucial clue to understanding them.

National Geographic Colliding Continents

Documentary of earth's violent past and tectonic plates

Countries inside Countries: Bizarre Borders

The importance of the high seas

WWF's Global Marine Programme is working to increase international attention for the conservation of vast expanses of ocean, and immediately protect the high seas. Around 64% of the oceans - an area covering half the planet - lie beyond the national jurisdiction of any country. Known as the high seas, these international waters are open-access common areas for everyone.

Seedlings 3: The importance of living more sustainably in today's world

Seedlings is a new online web series telling of a new way. Following the day to day lives of people at ecological projects in the beautiful Pacific coast of Costa Rica, living amongst nature as nature intended! Watch their progress as they strive to reforest some of the mined areas of the Costa Rican coast, re-establishing our planets natural beauty as well as showing you how to live and build a more sustainable life!

In this episode, Matthew and Chris talk us through the current developments in the sustainable living facilities at Ocean Ranch Park and the importance of living more sustainably in today's world so we don't just sustain ourselves but we thrive as human beings!

Inside Wildlife Crime

On the trail of wildlife crime from Gabon to Thailand, following the burning of ivory in Gabon to the seizure of ivory and smuggled tiger kittens in Thailand.

Wildlife crime not only threatens nature's most iconic species, but exacerbates poverty and corruption, funding an entire spectrum of related international crime. These images trace the story from beginning to end, across continents, offering a sense of the fragility of the human lives that lie in its wake.

Ban Thai ivory trade and save Africa's elephants by WWF

"Say NO to rhino horn" with singer My Linh

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