In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and volcanic rock twelve miles into the air, and blasted one cubic mile of earth from the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range. Illustrates the terrifying fury of the most destructive volcanic disaster in American history through aerial photography and survivors' own words. Shows examples of nature's plant and animal recovery seventeen years later.
Features volcano watches in Iceland from 1984-91, showing the country's highlands, Askja, Kverkjoll,...

Starting off a kilometre high, travelling at the speed of a jet aircraft, and heading for us. It doe...

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

An innovative documentary that illustrates how weather works by performing brave, ambitious (even un...

In the 6th century AD, large parts of the world were affected by mysterious weather events causing t...

Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washingt...

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...

Hawaii, with its tropical rainforests and diverse coral reef is a spectacular natural paradise for t...

In the depths of the Colombian jungle, the skeleton of an immense abandoned cement bridge is tucked ...

Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tintin...

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restor...

Three farming families in Hanyuan, China, strive to give their children a good life in the midst of ...

Follows the deadly Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer’. Burning is an explora...

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there,...

As California's largest lake approaches a point of no return, one man will attempt to become the fir...

Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the plane...

A documentary about a proposed military training area in Rothenthurm, Central Switzerland, and the v...

The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twel...