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Publisher
2 Entertain
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound, and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature. Humans are the ultimate animals - the most successful species on the planet. Each episode focuses on a particular habitat and reveals how its people have created astonishing solutions in the face of extreme adversity.
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2004, 2000.
Language
English
Description
Lakes, marshes, and the lands that border them are home to a rich variety of plants and animals. This program describes research techniques that are used for exploring still water environments. The importance of riparian habitats to endangered species is underscored.
4) Galapagos
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Follow marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin as she explores 3,000 feet beneath the ocean, near the Galapagos islands, to collect rare and unusual species for study.
5) Pond & river
Language
English
Formats
Description
Takes you on a twisting journey down the great rivers of the world, pausing to visit the thriving realm of freshwater ponds. Travel upstream to find civilization's source - then down again to see the key to our very survival.
Publisher
Capelight Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Branching off of his bestselling book, renowned forester and writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most precious ideas and understanding of how trees work in this enlightening documentary. Presenting ecological, biological, and academic expertise with matter-of-fact candor, Peter inspires us to see the forest for the trees. Traveling through Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Vancouver, Peter discusses, debates, and explains the amazing processes...
Publisher
Cambridge Educational
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"This Science Screen Report explores the challenges that marine plants and animals face in rocky shoreline areas, and vividly illustrates the diversity of those life forms. Examining crustaceans, gastropods, mollusks, and other shoreline creatures, the video shows how tide pools form a marine sub-habitat, and how rocky shore dwellers have evolved specific abilities to survive pounding waves and gather food from the ebb and flow of tides."- Container....
13) Deep blue
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Twenty specialized camera teams shot over 7,000 hours of footage in more than 200 locations around the world and descended as far as 5,000 meters in the most powerful submersible crafts to bring the audience this spectacle of underwater exploration into the secret lives of sea creatures.
Series
Publisher
Great Pacific Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Examines the four requirements of life--nutrients, energy, liquid water, and temperatures appropriate for carrying out life processes. Explains the factors that affect climate. Introduces the major terrestrial biomes, including tropical rainforests, temperate rainforests, deciduous forests, savannas, grasslands, chaparrals, taiga, tundra, and deserts.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, worshiped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. SEED: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the future...
16) Planet Earth II
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In one of the most ambitious landmark series, Planet Earth II allows us to experience the world from the viewpoint of the animals themselves. Traveling through jungles, deserts, mountains, islands, grasslands and cities, this series explores the unique characteristics of Earth's most iconic habitats and the extraordinary ways animals survive within them. New technology has allowed individual stories to be captured in an unparalleled level of detail....
Series
Living planet volume . 9
Publisher
Time-Life Video
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Host David Attenborough talks about the animals and plants that make their homes in the shifting world of mud and sand in tidal areas. He visits a mangrove swamp in Bangladesh where the tree roots help to expand the coastline and he discusses the varied community of animals that inhabit the swamp.
19) Planet earth III
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet₂s last great wild places and the astonishing strategies animals have evolved to survive. Each episode focuses on a distinct...
20) Blue planet II
Series
Blue planet volume 2
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This bold cinematic experience takes viewers on a magical adventure across the greatest, yet least known parts of our planet - our oceans. Since Blue Planet aired in 2001, our understanding of life beneath the waves has completely changed. Travelling from the icy polar seas to the vibrant blues of the coral atolls, Blue Planet II shares these astonishing new discoveries. Meet the strange octopuses lurking in the depths of the Antarctic ocean. Watch...