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Fresh Air.  Scent of Pine.   Website  /  All Videos  /  Global Warming 101  /  Global Warming Basics  /  Atmosphere
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12-2011  Effectively Communicating Climate Science  /  AGU Fall Meeting  /  1.8 hours
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12-2011  Brian Cox - A Night With the Stars  1 hour lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
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11-2011  U.S. Navy Task Force Climate Change  1 hour
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11-2011  The Economics of Climate Change  /  44 min
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09-2011  Climate 101  /  Bill Nye the Science Guy  /  Climate Reality Project  /  4 min
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09-2011  Status of Climate Change Science  /  Chris Field  /  Stanford University  /  15 min
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08-2011  Sea Level Rise: An Integrated Regional Climate Strategy: An Impossible Dream? /  Will Travis  /  1 hour
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08-2011  How the Earth Was Made: Everest  /  History Channel  /  44 min
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06-2011  Preparing for a Low-Carbon Economy  /  Doug Smith  /  Village Green Global  /  55 min
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04-2011  Rethinking Climate Change: The Past 150 Years and Next 100 Years  /  MIT  /  2.2 hours
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03-2011  Climate Change Basics  /  Dr. Ray Weymann  /  50 minutes
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05-2010  Congressional Hearing  /  Climate Science in the Political Arena  2.5 hours  /  PDF Transcript
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05-2010  Congressional Hearing  /  The Foundation of Climate Science  2 hours  /  PDF Transcript
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04-2010  Communicating Climate Change Science  /  Columbia University  /  2 hours
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xx-2010  Around the World in 90 Minutes  /  Narrated views from the ISS and the world below  /  1 hour, 17 min  /  HD  
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01-2010  2009 Second Warmest Year on Record   3.3 min  /  NASA News Release
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12-2009  One Degree Matters  /  European Environment Agency  1 hour
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12-2009  Congressional Hearing  /  The State of Climate Science  /  Two parts, 1 hour each  /  PDF Transcript
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12-2009  Communicating Climate Science in a Changing Media Landscape  /  Heidi Cullen  /  Stanford  /  1 hour
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05-2009  HOME  /  Yann Arthus-Bertrand  /  Excellent film about human impact on Earth  /  1.5 hours  /  HD
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11-2008  Glacier and Ice-Sheet Dynamics in a Warming World  /  Dr. Gwenn Flowers  /  1 hour
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09-2008  Congressional Hearing  /  Investing in the Future: R&D Needs to Meet America's Energy and Climate
                  Challenges  /  1.4 hours  /  PDF Transcript
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03-2008  Why Earth Science?  6.5 min
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xx-2008  Earth: The Climate Wars  /  Dr. Iain Stewart, BBC  /  Episode 1 1 hour  /  Episode 2 1 hour  /  Episode 3 1 hour
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xx-1992  12-Year Old Severn Cullis-Suzuki Speech to the U.N. Earth Summit  8 min  /  Daughter of David Suzuki

 


BBC
Full-length programs in HD

Life Science

After Life: The Science of Decay   2011  /  1.5 hours
Cloning the First Human  2001  /  48 min

David Attenborough's Amber Time Machine  1996  /  49 min
David Attenborough's First Life - Episode 1 of 2: Arrival  2010  /  1 hour
David Attenborough's First Life - Episode 2 of 2: Conquest  2010  /  1 hour
Darwin's Struggle: The Origin of Species  2009  /  1 hour
How Did We Get Here?  2010  /  1 hour
How Many People Can Live on a Planet Earth?  2009  /  1 hour
How to Build a Human - Episode 1 of 4: Creation  2005  /  49 min
How to Build a Human - Episode 2 of 4: Predictor   2005  /  49 min
How to Build a Human - Episode 3 of 4: Secret of Sex  2005  /  49 min
How to Build a Human - Episode 4 of 4: Forever Young   2005  /  49 min
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?  2009  /  1 hour
Incredible Human Journey - Episode 1 of 5: Out of Africa  2010  /  1 hour
Incredible Human Journey - Episode 2 of 5: Asia  2010  /  1 hour
Incredible Human Journey - Episode 3 of 5: Europe  2010  /  1 hour
Incredible Human Journey - Episode 4 of 5: Australia  2010  /  1 hour
Incredible Human Journey - Episode 5 of 5: The Americas  2010  /  1 hour
Inside Nature's Giants - 01 - The Elephant  2009  /  48 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 02 - The Fin Whale  2009  /  48 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 03 - The Crocodile  2009  /  48 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 04 - The Giraffe  2009  /  48 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 05 - Great White Shark  2010  /  48 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 06 - Monster Python  2010  /  48 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 07 - The Big Cats  2010  /  47 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 08 - The Giant Squid  2010  /  1 hour
Inside Nature's Giants - 09 - Polar Bear  2011  /  1 hour
Inside Nature's Giants - 10 - Sperm Whale  2011  /  1 hour, 12 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 11 - The Camel  2011  /  47 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 12 - The Dinosaur Bird  2011  /  47 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 13 - The Leatherback Turtle  2011  /  47 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 14 - The Racehorse  2012  /  47 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 15 - Rogue Baboon  2012  /  47 m in
Inside Nature's Giants - 16 - The Hippo  2012  /  47 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 17 - The Kangaroo  2012  /  47 min
Inside Nature's Giants - 18 - Jungle Special  2012  /  47 min
Mystery of the Human Hobbit   2003  /  48 min
Natural World: Snow Leopard - Beyond the Myth  2009  /  49 min
Natural World - Zambezi  2012  /  1 hour
Neanderthal  2003  /  49 min
Origins of Us - Episode 1 of 3: Bones  2011  /  1 hour
Origins of Us - Episode 2 of 3: Guts  2011  /  1 hour
Origins of Us - Episode 3 of 3: Brains  2011  /  1 hour
Playing God  2012  /  1 hour
The Ape That Took Over the World  2006  /  49 min
The Day We Learned to Think  2003  /  46 min
The Rare Glimpses  1989  /  40 min
The Real Jungle Book Bear  2012  /  1 hour
What Darwin Didn't Know   2009  /  1.5 hours
Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice   2012  /  1 hour

Earth Science

David Attenborough's Lost Worlds - Episode 1 of 4: Magic in the Rocks  1989  /  39 min
David Attenborough's Lost Worlds - Episode 2 of 4: Putting Flesh on Bones   1989  /  39 min
David Attenborough's Lost Worlds - Episode 3 of 4: Dinosaur   1989  /  39 min
David Attenborough's Lost Worlds - Episode 4 of 4: The Rare Glimpses   1989  /  39 min
Earth Story - Episode 1 of 8: The Time Travelers  1998  /  48 min
Earth Story - Episode 2 of 8: The Deep  1998  /  48 min
Earth Story - Episode 3 of 8: Ring of Fire  1998  /  48 min
Earth Story - Episode 4 of 8: Centre of the Earth  1998  /  49 min
Earth Story - Episode 5 of 8: Roof of the World  1998  /  49 min
Earth Story - Episode 6 of 8: The Big Freeze  1998  /  49 min
Earth Story - Episode 7 of 8: The Living Earth  1998  /  49 min
Earth Story - Episode 8 of 8: A World Apart  1998  /  49 min

Galapagos - Episode 1 of 3: Born of Fire  2006  /  49 min
Galapagos - Episode 2 of 3: Islands Changed the World  2006  /  49 min
Galapagos - Episode 3 of 3: Forces of Change  2006  /  49 min
Hot Planet  2009  /  1 hour
How Earth Made Us - Episode 1 of 5: Deep Earth  2010  /  1 hour
How Earth Made Us - Episode 2 of 5: Water  2010  /  1 hour
How Earth Made Us - Episode 3 of 5: Wind  2010  /  1 hour
How Earth Made Us - Episode 4 of 5: Fire  2010  /  1 hour
How Earth Made Us - Episode 5 of 5: Human Planet  2010  /  1 hour
How to Grow a Planet - Episode 1 of 3: Life from Light  2012  /  1 hour
How to Grow a Planet - Episode 2 of 3: Power of Flowers  2012  /  1 hour
How to Grow a Planet - Episode 3 of 3: The Challenger  2012  /  1 hour
Men of Rock - Episode 1 of 3: Deep Time   2011  /  1 hour
Men of Rock - Episode 2 of 3: Moving Mountains  2011  /  1 hour
Men of Rock - Episode 3 of 3: The Big Freeze  2011  /  1 hour
NatureTech - Episode 1 of 3: Magic of Motion  2006  /  1 hour
NatureTech - Episode 2 of 3: Material World  2006  /  1 hour
NatureTech - Episode 3 of 3: Lifepower  2006  /  hour
Oceans - Arctic Ocean  2009  /  1 hour
Oceans - Atlantic Ocean  2009  /  1 hour
Oceans - Indian Ocean  2009  /  1 hour
Oceans - Mediterranean Sea  2009  /  1 hour
Roof of the World  1998  /  49 min
The Earth's Core   2011  /  1 hour
The Great Rift - Africa's Wild Heart - Episode 1 of 3: Fire  2010  /  1 hour
The Great Rift - Africa's Wild Heart - Episode 2 of 3: Water  2010  /  1 hour
The Great Rift - Africa's Wild Heart - Episode 3 of 3: Grass  2010  /  1 hour

To Infinity and Beyond   2009  /  1 hour
 


IMAX
Full-length programs in HD

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild  1998  /  40 min
Antarctica  1991  /  39 min
Australia: Land Beyond Time  2002  /  42 min
Blue Planet  1990  /  42 min
Chronos  1985  /  42 min
Dinosaurs Alive  2007  /  40 min
Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage  1999  /  39 min
Into The Deep  1994  /  33 min
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa  2002  /  40 min
Ocean Oasis  2000  /  39 min
Ocean Origins  2008  /  40 min
Ocean Voyagers  2007  /  1 hr, 10 min   Whales
Ocean Wonderland  2003  /  40 min
The Alps  2007  /  45 min 
The Greatest Places  1998  /  40 min
The Serengeti  1994  /  40 min
Wild Ocean  2008  /  40 min
 


National Geographic
Full-length programs in HD

Iceland Volcano Eruption   2010  /  45 min
The World's Largest Cave  2011  /  45 min

 


Other Full-length programs in HD

Biosphere  2011  /  46 min   PIXEL Entertainment

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