S3: North of England | Local Heroes

How hurricanes are formed by Earth's rotation | Learning Zone

Physicist Helen Czerski explains that hurricanes happen because the earth is rotating. She shows how, because t...

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July to the Dece...

Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change: The Facts

A discussion of the devastating impact of burning fossil fuels.

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.

The Blue Planet

David Attenborough narrates a natural history of the oceans. We travel to the depths of the seas to reveal a spectacular variety of life, some never filmed b...

9: The Rise Of The Mammals | Life On Earth

Mammals have proved to be one of the most adaptable products of evolution. David Attenborough looks at their evolution from reptil...

Plants in cold environments | The Private Life of Plants

David Attenborough describes how certain plant species adapt to cold weather.

Sustainable meat production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin discusses the importance of understanding the process behind the meat we eat (warning: this clip conta...

The carbon cycle and global warming | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

The carbon cycle process is being overwhelmed by the amount of carbon dioxide released into the at...

Carbon in the ocean | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Dr Helen Czerski explains how carbon is incorporated into the ocean and how the increase in carbon intake is impac...

The boiling sea | Blue Planet II

Lantern fish provide a rare banquet for some of the ocean’s top predators.

Biodiversity loss | Extinction: The Facts

An exploration of the devastating impacts of the loss of insect and plant biodiversity.

Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotton production.

Environmental impact on the Aral Sea | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotton production.

Fossil fuels behind every day food | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking goes through the fossil fuels involved in creating a shop bought sandwich.

Importance of marine protected areas | A Perfect Planet

Spec references J247: B6.1b, B6.1c, B6.1d J250: B6.1b, B6.1c. How an increase of carbon dioxide and overfishing impac...

Life in icy environments | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how life has evolved in icy underwater environments.

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey | Learning Zone

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, to witness the astonis...

Polar bears' habitat under threat from glacial melt | Planet Earth

David Attenborough discusses the effects on polar bears of melting Arctic ice caused by global warming.