Life in icy environments | The Secret Life of Ice

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.

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...

03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks

By the next century, the rainforests of the world could have disappeared for ever, destroyed by outside influences and economic pressur...

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...

04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks

Despite the destruction, there are ways to save the forest, by careful harvesting, protecting, learning, replanting, policing - and campaig...

Biodiversity loss | Extinction: The Facts

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

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.

01: The Living Forest | Landmarks

The Living Forest looks at all the animals & plants that live in the forest on the ground to the forest canopy, & shows how they live in ba...

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...

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.

Textile industry and water pollution | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley visits the Citarum river in Indonesia, which has become the most polluted river in the world due to the te...