White Sharks Outside the Cage. The darkest depths of the sea hold a secret.
Shrouded in mystery and fear, beyond the protection of the cage lurks a leviathan, rarely seen and studied only at great peril. Scientists struggle to unravel its secrets but most of the time it has remained beyond their reach. The Magical Forest. In a nutshell, this documentary answers why the lynx needs a caterpillar, why does the tree need the fish and why does truffle fungus need flying squirrel.
Connections like these form the planet's great ecosystems and they're vital for all life. The host, Chris Packham, wants to show you our world as you've never seen it before. New England in autumn - there really can't be a more magical place anywhere on Earth to appreciate the dramatic transition between summer and winter. But we mustn't get blinded by this natural fiesta because such an extreme transformation is a huge challenge for life and autumn is just one of many transformations the forest must face. From summer to winter this land of plenty will appear to collapse, before attempting to rebuild itself all over again in the spring.
Our story begins in autumn. They really are expert gliders and they can glide for up to 200 meters, but what on earth they've got to do with our story?
Animals / insects. Ancient earth. Earth: The Climate Wars. The iconography of climate disaster has now acquired an almost religious inflexibility.
Just as the image of the Crucifixion is inseparable from Christian devotions, the contemplation of planetary ruin is invariably attended by a set of familiar visual clichés. You'll get glaciers slumping into the sea, polar bears looking glum, chimney stacks belching smoke, and a passenger jet shimmying into the sky through a quiver of exhaust fumes. All were present, at one time or another, in Earth: the Climate Wars, which you might take as a marker of its confessional orthodoxy. But it began with a dummy punch that seemed to suggest quite the opposite. Episode 1 - The Battle Begins. Episode 2 - Fightback. Episode 3 - New Challenges. Watch the full documentary now (playlist - 2 hours, 57 minutes) Never Has the Phrase 'Adapt or Die' Been So Apt. The world over, we are seeing ever more cases of extreme weather, from the recent floods in the UK to wild fires in Australia.
With each incident comes the familiar assurances that - this time - the necessary action will be taken to make sure there is no repeat. The reality is we have no choice, as every country faces the fact that climate change - and its impact on the weather - is no longer a distant prediction, but a daily reality. And for the poorest people on the planet, the need to change is not just a matter of saving money, but saving lives. Never has the phrase 'Adapt or Die' been so apt. In January I travelled 4,000 miles to the Ugandan village of Lomunyen Kiryonon, where they are battling to survive more extreme weather - this time prolonged drought.
The villagers are pastoralists, dependent on their livestock for food, for cultivating the land, and for earning an income. I ask the age of the small baby Paska holds in her arms, thinking he looks about 9 months. Amazon. Explore the mysterious Amazon through the amazing IMAX (R) experience and celebrate the beauty, vitality and wonder of this magical rain forest, which is disappearing at an alarming rate.
Filmmakers overcame many difficulties to photograph this rarely seen tropical landscape and present it with all the visual power associated with IMAX. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt, this unique collaboration between an American scientist and a tribal shaman on a mission to find rare medicinal plants will amaze and astound you. This is one of the very best IMAX films ever produced, and one of the best documentaries- in ANY format- on the Amazon ecosystem in all its glory.
It is simply unsurpassed in its depiction of the awe-inspiring variety and scale of these legendary forests; all that's missing is the heat & humidity. Rather than the usual stupefying one-note narratives of conventional IMAX films, this one has real stories about fascinating people. Ambassadors of the Jungle. These mysterious lands would seem to rise out of the clouds of the highlands, situated in the east of the island of New Guinea, to the North of Australia.
The western half of the island is Irian Jaya, part of Indonesia, and the eastern half is Papua New Guinea. The country includes over 1400 islands, both large and small. In PNG, as this country is properly known, there are around 1000 distinct ethnic groups speaking over 800 different languages. Sailors who did find themselves sailing close to these coasts told how the natives had attacked them from the cliffs, leaving the decks of their ships covered in arrows and spears and crew members wounded.
New Guinea was a remote place that no one dared approached and so it remained unexplored for many years. The majority of the villages are inhabited by just one family or a single clan. Each group decorates their bodies in different ways with specific characteristic colors and designs.