Season 1 (2013)
Release date: 2013-05-23
Episodes (9):
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1. Rain
Raindrops aren't only formed from condensed water vapor; some result from micrometeorites, and others deliver bacteria from the upper atmosphere.
Release date: 2013-05-23
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2. Tsunamis
Tsunamis form in the open ocean before making toward land. Science seeks not only to understand these giant waves but also predict them.
Release date: 2013-05-23
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3. Gravity
Earthquakes can actually affect Earth's gravity, and the ability of scientists to map gravitational fiels has uncovered mysterious anomalies.
Release date: 2013-06-13
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4. Goldilocks
Earth's distance from the sun is just right to sustain life, with neighbors Venus and Mars illustrating the impact of a slight difference in location.
Release date: 2013-06-20
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5. Magnetic Shield
A metallic core at the center of the Earth turns the planet into a magnet, generating a field that protects life on the surface from cosmic radiation.
Release date: 2013-06-27
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6. Blizzards
A visit to the researchers at a Colorado storm lab and an examination of lake-effect snow in northern New York reveal the science of blizzards.
Release date: 2013-07-04
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7. Tides
Water levels rise up to 50 feet at high tide in Canada's Bay of Fundy, while the Turnagain Arm in Alaska experiences 10-foot-high tidal "bore waves."
Release date: 2013-07-18
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8. Volcanoes
As evidenced by the 1815 eruption of Indonesia Mt. Tambora, volcanoes can profoundly impact the weather, producing lightning, ash and acid rain.
Release date: 2013-07-25
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9. Strangest Places
The world's most astonishing sites include extreme underwater ecosystems, steamy subterranean worlds and stratling igneous formations of lava rock.
Release date: 2013-08-01
