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Explore Kilimanjaro—the breathtaking island in the sky. At 20,000 feet, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest peak and also the world’s tallest volcano. Rising through a shroud of mist and clouds, Kilimanjaro floats like a mirage above the African savannah. A trek up its steep flanks takes climbers through five different worlds of climate and vegetation, ranging from rainforest near the bottom to arctic ramparts of ice surrounding a rocky crater at the peak. Kilima… More >>

Nova – Volcano Above the Clouds: Kilimanjaro, Africa’s Tallest Mountain

• Could the earth as we know it be about to drown? Huge ice sheets in Antarctica may be in the process of collapse, triggering a catastrophic rise in sea level that will inundate the most populous regions of the world. Battle extreme weather conditions in Antarctica with NOVA scientists as they gather data that will reveal new insight into the nature of global climate change. Format: DVD MOVIE

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It happened virtually overnight: Eleven thousand years ago, the world s temperatures suddenly rose drastically, creating a climate shift within a human lifetime that is nearly unimaginable. What triggered this frightening shift? And, more importantly- is it about to happen again? Take a trip to the bitter-cold bottom of the world, a beautiful, unforgiving place where experts are racing against time to probe the Antarctic ice for its secrets. Miles deep, the frigid e… More >>

Warnings From the Ice – NOVA

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Every year, thousands of men and women wage America’s war on fire in our majestic wildlands. Armed with special training and the best technology, and with their hearts full of determination, they battle the blazes. But in spite of all their efforts, we are not winning the fire wars. In the year 2000 alone, wildfires ignited over six million acres across the United States, destroying homes, scorching lives—and burning through over $1 billion in firefighting costs. And yea… More >>

NOVA: Fire Wars

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It was the greatest flood of the past two million years, and it posed a giant scientific riddle. A maverick geologist became convinced that thousand-foot-deep floodwaters had scoured out vast areas of the American northwest near the end of the last ice age. Mainstream scientists scorned his theory while he searched patiently for answers to what could have triggered such an inconceivably violent event. Finally, an ingenious solution silenced the skeptics: traces of an enormo… More >>

NOVA: Mystery of the Megaflood