Mount Nyiragongo lava | Dangerous Earth

01: Inferno | Earth

1: Volcano | A Perfect Planet

A look at how without volcanoes, there would be no life on Earth. Although destructive, magma from the planet's molten core builds land, and mi...

1958 Tallest Tsunami on Record | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates the highest Tsunami wave ever recorded in history.

2: Volcano | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. With shocking eyewitness footage of eruptions, and new thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography, we...

2004, Mega-trust Earthquake | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

A visual demonstration of what happened underwater to cause the Boxing Day tsunami.

2004, Tectonic Movement | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Experts examine the seabed following the 2004 Tsunami and discover an underwater cliff, the evidence of a massiv...

4: Ocean of Volcanoes | South Pacific

This edition looks at the birth, growth and death of an island, with images of an erupting underwater volcano.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Cascadian Fault Line | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates the Cascadian Fault Line and explains what causes super-thrust earthquakes.

Cold War Rivalry | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

During the Cold War, America's use of seismometers to record Soviet nuclear tests lead to important discoveries about p...

Controlled Avalanches | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Following the 'winter of terror' in 1951, many measures have been put in place to protect people from avalanches, ...

Deadliest Earthquake in History | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates the world's deadliest earthquake that happened in China in 1556.

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...

Edinburgh's secret volcanoes | Fierce Earth

Edinburgh castle and the neighbouring hill, "Arthur's Seat" sit in fact on long dormant volcanoes.

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.

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

Volcanologists predict that Yellowstone volcano will erupt again, yet there is uncertainty about when this will b...

Effusive and Explosive eruptions | Dangerous Earth

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

Encounters: Volcano

Volcanologist Mark Davies attempts to monitor the seismic activity of Soufrière on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The volcano is regarded as the wor...