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Brighter World Primer

Could a cloudy day really save the planet? Watch the Project Earth team test whether clouds could curb the rise of global warming.

Full Episodes

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  • Play Storm Chasers (2011 Season): Storms Over St. Louis
    Full Episode Storms Over St. Louis

    Storm Chasers (2011 Season) (43:55)

    It's the most violent tornado season in over fifty years, and on the year's first chase there's a storm headed toward downtown St. Louis. While team TWISTEX chases too close to the beast, team Dominator is on the verge of falling apart.

Playlists

(1 - 3 of 3)
  • Play Discovery News - Earth
    29 Clips Playlist Discovery News - Earth

    (01:04:07)

    Learn about shifts in climate change, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, as well as the incredible world around us.
  • Play Discovery News - Weather and Climate
    21 Clips Playlist Discovery News - Weather and...

    (47:57)

    The latest news and science behind hurricanes, floods, lightning and other forms of weather affecting the world.
  • Play Discovery News - Volcano Planet
    9 Clips Playlist Discovery News - Volcano...

    (19:43)

    The video hub for Discovery Earth's Volcano Planet Wide Angle.

Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play MythBusters: Revenge of the Myth Aftershow 2
    Revenge of the Myth Aftershow...

    MythBusters (04:31)

    Kari, Grant and Tory discuss rotten turkeys, limo leverage, kori bustards, the NASA wind tunnel and the INSANE Fireworks Man launch in this episode of the MythBusters Aftershow.
  • Play Understanding Volcanoes: The Hawaiian Volcanoes
    The Hawaiian Volcanoes

    Understanding Volcanoes (02:16)

    Hawaiians have learned to revere volcanoes that continue to reshape their homeland.
  • Play Discover National Parks: Shaped By Nature
    Shaped By Nature

    Discover National Parks (03:26)

    The majestic beauty of Montana's wipe open spaces shape the people that visit.
  • Play Understanding Volcanoes: Mt. Saint Helens
    Mt. Saint Helens

    Understanding Volcanoes (03:22)

    Mt. Saint Helens blew up with a force 20,000 times greater than the Hiroshima atom bomb.
  • Play How the Universe Works: Solar System Destroyer
    Solar System Destroyer

    How the Universe Works (01:44)

    A black hole passing through our solar sytem would overwhelm the sun's gravity, scatter moons, asteroids, and planets and devour everything in its path including our Earth.
  • Play Dinosaur Revolution: The New Dinosaurs
    The New Dinosaurs

    Dinosaur Revolution (01:36)

    A revolution in science has transformed the dinosaur story, forcing us to see these remarkable animals as for more complex and successful than was previously believed.
  • Play Understanding Volcanoes: Plate Tectonics
    Plate Tectonics

    Understanding Volcanoes (03:51)

    It wasn't until the 1960s that scientists developed the theory of plate tectonics.
  • Play MythBusters: Flock Formation Aftershow
    Flock Formation Aftershow

    MythBusters (05:13)

    Was this myth TERRIFYING? Did Grant get sick? Why test the conga line formation? Will commercial planes ever fly in a V? Kari, Grant and Tory answer these questions and more.
  • Play Storm Chasers: What Is the Dominator?
    What Is the Dominator?

    Storm Chasers (03:26)

    Reed Timmer talks about the beast that is the Dominator II: a vehicle that he describes as a cross between the Batmobile and an Army tank.
  • Play Curiosity: S. Earle: Is the Earth so large and complex that we can't change it?
    S. Earle: Is the Earth so...

    Curiosity (03:44)

    Is the Earth so large and complex that we can't change it?Sylvia Earle, Founder/President The SEAlliance, discusses the Earth being too complex to change in this Curiosity video.
  • Play Understanding Volcanoes: Images from Pompeii
    Images from Pompeii

    Understanding Volcanoes (02:26)

    In the year 79 A.D. 16,000 inhabitants were killed and buried alive as the city of Pompeii, Italy was covered in ten feet of volcanic ash.
  • Play Planet Earth: Ice Worlds: Oasis of Rock
    Ice Worlds

    Planet Earth (02:08)

    Bare rock is an oasis for snow petrels, and their predators.
 

In the tradition of Charles Darwin, Discovery Earth is all about the science of our planet. It's about how we watch and monitor the weather, birds, volcanoes, earthquakes, water, climate and even a few dinosaurs. So we're always fishing for the people in-the-know, in the field, watching the satellite imagery, doing the science, whether they work for NASA, NOAA, NWS, USGS, a university or elsewhere.

 
 

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