Acid Rain
Understand the causes and latest theories about the process of Acid Rain, using animated graphics and on location footage

Alternative Energies
Understand the decisions we soon will face as fossil fuels give way to a new generation of energy sources.

Biomes: Terrestrial Ecosystems
Explore the delicate vegetation of the tundra, the amazing ecological adaptations of desert life and the rich biologic diversity of tropical rain forests.

Earthquakes
Recent tremors in California and other locations around the world illustrate why the sudden energy of earthquakes is one of the most destructive forces of nature.

The Earth-Moon System
With graphics and the latest satellite imagery, explore the unique relationship between the Earth and the Moon.

Faulting & Folding
Footage from the 1989 CA earthquake is used to illustrate one of the ways that faults and folds affect humans.

Fossils
Learn about the exciting periods of Earth's geologic past. Highlights include recent discoveries of today's leading paleontologists.
Fossil Fuels
The processes that lead to the formation, utilization and environmental impact of our non-renewable energy resources.

The Greenhouse Effect
Examines the causes and effects of greenhouse warming with a simulated newscast of the future.

Hurricanes
Actual footage and animated diagrams explain destruction of a hurricane. Dramatic scenes of flying through the wall and eye of a hurricane.

The Hydrologic Cycle
Learn about the fascinating cycle of earth's water. Beginning from vapor to rain learn how earth's water is a cycle that occurs again and again.

Introducing Earth Science
How long will the sun last? Why is the ocean salty? Questions like these form the core inquiry into thefascinating study of Earth Science.

Minerals
Combines live action and computer graphics to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of the earth's minerals.

Physical Oceanography
Explores the continental shelves, the icy waters of the abyssal plains, examines the ocean's mineral resources and the growing impact of oil spills, and global warming.

Planets
Take a tour through the solar system including recent photos of Voyager, Magellan and dramatic computer-simulated flybys of Mars and Venus.

Plate Tectonics
Explore the science of Continental Drift to Global Plate Tectonics. Computer graphics show crustal plates and why their interaction results in earthquakes and volcanoes.

Recycling
Learn how products get to market through mining, milling and refining raw materials.

The Rock Cycle
Unravels the complex processes that create, change and break down earth materials. Spectacular examples are used.

Thunderstorms
Superb footage with explains how thunderstorms develop to produce rain,hail and lightening. Microbursts, tornadoes and water spouts are discussed.

Vanishing Forests
Explore the wonders of earth's diverse and biologically rich forests and understand why their global destruction represents the most serious ecological crisis of our time.

Volcanoes
Shows the examples of earth's most dramatic agents of geologic change.

Weathering & Erosion
Explore how the surface of the earth is in constant struggle with the elements of nature. Wind, gravity, temperature and chemical reactions all break down rock formations to form soils, river deposits and dunes.