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Learn Through Videos: Earth Science

This is a collection of links to educational videos related to Earth science, which are made for a general audience. What makes the Earth so special in the universe? When and how was the planet born? When did life on Earth begin? What is a tectonic plate and how do tectonic plates move? What controls our planet's temperature? Why does climate change matter? How have the physical processes and human activities shaped the planet? From the birth of the Earth to climate change, there are so many questions about our planet Earth and how it works. The videos listed in this collection help us to better understand our planet and its constantly changing nature.

How the Earth Works
This is a Discovery Channel documentary series hosted by Liz Bonnin and Martin Pepper, investigating the science behind the planet's most powerful geologic events.

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey
This is a three-part BBC documentary series presented by Kate Humble and Dr. Helen Czerski, exploring the relationship between the Earth's orbit and the weather.

The Secret Life of the Sun
Kate Humble and Helen Czerski reveal the inner workings of our very own star, and the influence its mysterious cycles of activity have on our planet.

Earth 2100
Hosted by Bob Woodruff, this film explores what a worst-case future might look like if humans do not take action on current or impending problems that could threaten civilization.

Time Machine
This is a BBC documentary series narrated by Jeremy Vine, showing how the Earth has evolved over time and how humans, animals and plants experience and manipulate time.

Volcano Live
This is a BBC documentary series presented by Kate Humble and Iain Stewart, finding out about the awesome power of volcanoes in some of the most geologically active places on Earth.

Inside the Volcano
For four billion years, volcanoes have impacted life on earth. Empires have been destroyed, civilizations decimated - not to mention the possible extinction of dinosaurs and spurring of Ice Ages.

Ancient Apocalypse
This is a BBC documentary series narrated by Hermione Norris, explaining how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature.

The Secret Life of Caves
Set against the back drop of awe inspiring geological beauty, a strange scientific adventure sets out to discover how a mineral clad cave network.

Ice Age Giants
This is a BBC documentary series presented by Alice Roberts, journeying 40,000 years back in time on the trail of the great beasts of the Ice Age.

Walking with Dinosaurs
This is a BBC nature documentary series narrated by Kenneth Branagh, showing the life of dinosaurs from their emergence to extinction.

Walking with Monsters
This shows nearly 300 million years of Paleozoic history, from the Cambrian Period (530 million years ago) to the Early Triassic Period (248 million years ago).

Prehistoric Park
In this film, Nigel Marven travels back to various geological time periods and rescues a number of live specimens just before they were extinct.

Wild Europe
Wild Europe is a BBC nature documentary series looking at the events which have shaped the natural history and wildlife of the European continent over the past three billion years.

Titan - A Place Like Home
Investigation of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, after the Cassini spacecraft's seven-year trek landed the Huygens Probe on its surface. Does it reveal how life on Earth began?