What is a volcano? | Fierce Earth

Edinburgh's secret volcanoes | Fierce Earth

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

Famous volcanoes | Fierce Earth

Around three-quarters of the worlds volcanoes are found around the Pacific Ocean and as such is known as the "ring of fire".

Geography: Mountains and Volcanoes | Bitesize Daily: 9-11 Year Olds

Learn about volcanoes, mountains, and living near an active volcano.

Living near a volcano | Fierce Earth

A volcano's lava is full of minerals that make the ground perfectly fertile for growing food. Dougal visits the Italian island of Stromb...

Mount Etna | Fierce Earth

Dougal explores the hidden tunnels created by the volcano under the surface of Mount Etna.

S1E7: Volcanoes | Fierce Earth

The team take on one of the most feared forces on the planet - the volcano. Dougal explores the secret lava tubes of Etna and climbs Stromboli...

S2E8: Boiling Earth | Fierce Earth

The team travel to Iceland to explore a country created by volcanoes. Dougal dives into the sea and touches the two tectonic plates of Eur...

Stromboli volcano | Fierce Earth

Dougal gets up to the top of the live volcano Stromboli in Sicily and sees it erupt.

Types of volcano | Fierce Earth

Dougal demonstrates different types of lava flow, particularly if the volcano is covered in rock and can add pressure and erupt.

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...