Supervolcano

Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano

Chris Jackson, Xand van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an expedition to Nyiragongo - one of the world's most dangerous and spectacular vo...

Part 1 | Supervolcano: The Truth about Yellowstone

Documentary exploring some of the issues raised in the accompanying 'Supervolcano' drama. Yellowstone National Park contai...

4: Volcanoes | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart takes a grand tour of the world's most extraordinary volcanoes, rightly considered among the most destructive ...

Pompeii: The Last Day

Dramatised reconstruction using special effects to re-enact one of the most destructive volcanic eruptions in history.

Volcanic Eruptions | From Above

Iceland has seen six months of dramatic volcanic eruptions. Watch them, from above.

Boxing Day Tsunami | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart explains what caused the Boxing Day Tsunami and discusses its devastating impact.

Iceland Erupts: A Volcano Live Special | Volcano Live

Kate Humble heads to Iceland and meets the scientists monitoring the country's most dangerous volcanoes. She also inves...

Anak Krakatoa | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates Indonesia's largest volcano Krakatoa and it's devastating eruption in 1883.

Effects of Volcanoes | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history and its effect on global weather.

Mount St Helens | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

In 1980, after 100 years of stillness, Mount St Helen's erupted sideways and produced devastating pyroclastic flows.

The Cause: Plate Tectonics | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart explains how the earth is divided into plates and how movement between these plates produces ear...

Earthquake Engineering | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and how buildings are now being engineered in Mexico to...

Part 2 | Supervolcano: The Truth about Yellowstone

Documentary exploring some of the issues raised in the accompanying 'Supervolcano' drama. What could bring about a superer...

Episode 2 | Expedition Volcano

Chris Jackson and his fellow geologists head for the volcano Nyamulagira - one of the most active yet least explored volcanoes on the planet.

Predicting earthquakes in Turkey | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Scientists have developed a method of predicting earthquakes on the North Anatolian Fault.

The effects of eruptions from Mount Sakurajima and the management strategies in place | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart investigates how people living in the sha...

Effusive and Explosive eruptions | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski demonstrates the differences between effusive and explosive eruptions.

Eruption at Mount St. Helens | Surviving Disaster

Mount St Helens' in Washington State stood almost 10,000 feet high and in 1980 had not erupted for over one hundred years.

Mount Tambora | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

In 1815 Tambora erupted, it was the largest known eruption of the last millenia. Dr Iain Stewart views Tambora from the sky.

Volcanoes and the carbon cycle | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Professor Chris Jackson explains the important role that volcanoes play in the carbon cycle.