BBC Earth the Biography Disc 2 (2007)

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Peter's DVD rating: 2.5 stars
Presented by Dr. Iain Stewart:
Oceans.
Rare Planet: he does not explain the Dolomites nor the stromatolites.
07:00 Tidal bore (Amazon) 13:35 Afar Depression appeared in 2005 15:00Strait of Gibralta keeps Meditarranean filled from Atlantic.
15:45 Salt mine below Sicily from evaporated Mediterranean 19:40 Gypsum geodes 21:00Dwarf elephant fossils left on Sicily
29:30Gulf Stream 30:30El Nino Current 33:00Ocean conveyor sinks at poles
34:30Ocean conveyor collpased 250 million years ago due to global warming 35:30Dolomites showed extinctions (north Italy) 27:00Stagnant deep water releases poison gas (Green Lake, New York)
39:5020 million harmless Golden Jellyfish in salt water lake died in 1998 from 2 degree warming (Palau) 43:10Ocean acidification may harm corals, phytoplantkon 50:00 Earth and Theia collide, cerathing larger Earth to hold atmosphere, iron core (magnetic field), moon.
51:40 Meteor Crater formed 50,000 years ago 54:20 Meteorite in Nullarbor Plain (western Australia) 1:10:00 Cenotes are rim of Chicxulub meteorite crater (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico)
1:16:35 Permian extinction ? (Italian Dolomites) 1:17:10 Stromatolites survived ice age (Australia) 1:24:50 Grandidier's Baobab trees left after other jungle trees are burned (Madagascar)
1:27:40 Pyramid of Nor Uxmal built by Mayans more than 1,000 years ago (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico)      
Tidal bore
07:00 Tidal bore
Afar Depression
13:35 Afar Depression appeared in 2005
Salt mine
15:45 Salt mine below Sicily from evaporated Mediterranean
Gypsum geodes
19:40 Gypsum geodes
Mastigias
39:50 Golden Jellyfish
Theia
50:00 Earth and Theia collide, cerathing larger Earth to hold atmosphere, iron core (magnetic field), moon.
Meteor Crater
51:40 Meteor Crater formed 50,000 years ago
Meteorite
54:20 Meteorite in Nullarbor Plain (western Australia)
Cenote
1:10:00 Cenotes
Chicxulub
1:10:00 are rim of Chicxulub meteorite crater (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico)
Dolomites
1:16:35 Permian extinction ? (Italian Dolomites)
Stromatolites
1:17:10 Stromatolites survived ice age (Australia)
Adansonia grandidieri
1:24:50 Grandidier's Baobab trees
Nor Uxmal
1:27:40 Pyramid of Nor Uxmal built by Mayans more than 1,000 years ago (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico)
 

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