Earth Shocks Series 2

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Science Documentary hosted by Andres Williams, published by UKTV in 2012 - English narration

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Earth Shocks Series 2 Earth Shocks investigate the natural phenomena that have shaped our planet’s past and forecast the future to show how potential recurrences of these events would impact our world. Prepare to be amazed at how the planet was struck with floods, mega-tsunamis, and meteor strikes thousands of years ago. Using a unique mix of live action, 3D CGI, and fun experiments, each episode brings scientific theories to life. Earth Shocks is a high-energy, fast-paced, science and natural history series that reveals new facts about our planet.

[edit] How the West Was Made

Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Megafloods, massive tectonic eruptions of rock! Ice dams the size of whole continents, and other bizarre and powerful phenomena have created the American West. In this EarthShocks special we tell as never before the dramatic and surprising story of How the American and Canadian West was made.

[edit] Death of a Star Mira

For the first time in human history, scientists have found the ultimate faith of Earth written in the comet trail of a massive red giant ‘shooting’ star. As we read this stellar trail, we learn what happens during the end of a star’s life to reveal that when they die, stars can project a killer beam of radiation and particles deadly enough to kill all life that lies in its path. Worse still, there may already be a beam headed this way with our name on it!

[edit] Incinerator Earth

65 million years ago an asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs, but no one has ever known where the asteroid came from and how it killed off nearly three quarters of all life on Earth... Now a group of leading scientists has uncovered alarming new evidence about what really happened, and what might happen if an asteroid collides with us again