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...
Iain Stewart investigates the highest Tsunami wave ever recorded in history.
Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. With shocking eyewitness footage of eruptions, and new thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography, we...
A visual demonstration of what happened underwater to cause the Boxing Day tsunami.
Experts examine the seabed following the 2004 Tsunami and discover an underwater cliff, the evidence of a ...
This edition looks at the birth, growth and death of an island, with images of an erupting underwater volcano.
Iain Stewart takes a grand tour of the world's most extraordinary volcanoes, rightly considered among the most de...
Iain Stewart investigates Indonesia's largest volcano Krakatoa and it's devastating eruption in 1883.
Iain Stewart explains what caused the Boxing Day Tsunami and discusses its devastating impact.
Iain Stewart investigates the Cascadian Fault Line and explains what causes super-thrust earthquakes.
During the Cold War, America's use of seismometers to record Soviet nuclear tests lead to important discoveries a...
Following the 'winter of terror' in 1951, many measures have been put in place to protect people from avalan...
Iain Stewart investigates the world's deadliest earthquake that happened in China in 1556.
Iain Stewart investigates the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and how buildings are now being engineered in Mex...
Edinburgh castle and the neighbouring hill, "Arthur's Seat" sit in fact on long dormant volcanoes.
Iain Stewart investigates the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history and its effect on global weather.
Volcanologists predict that Yellowstone volcano will erupt again, yet there is uncertainty about when this ...
Dr Helen Czerski demonstrates the differences between effusive and explosive eruptions.
Volcanologist Mark Davies attempts to monitor the seismic activity of Soufrière on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The volcano is regarded as the wor...
Chris Jackson, Xand van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an expedition to Nyiragongo - one of the world's most dangerous and spectacular vo...
Kate Humble joins a team of geologists at Tanna in the Vanuatu archipelago, where they travel right to the heart of one of the worl...
Chris Jackson and his fellow geologists head for the volcano Nyamulagira - one of the most active yet least explored volcanoes on the planet.
Kate Humble goes on an awe-inspiring adventure to Ambrym in Vanuatu, where she abseils into a volcano containing one of only five l...
Kate Humble and Professor Iain Stewart present live from Kilauea on Hawaii. They broadcast from the site of the 1969 Mauna Ulu eruption.
Kate Humble and Professor Iain Stewart present live from Kilauea on Hawaii. They explore how our active planet triggers eruptions, earthquakes and t...
Kate Humble and Professor Iain Stewart present live from Kilauea on Hawaii. Broadcasting from the summit crater, they look to the future of volcanic...
Mount St Helens' in Washington State stood almost 10,000 feet high and in 1980 had not erupted for over one hundred years.
At Pompeii, a new excavation continues to unearth rich discoveries, while a pioneering new investigation finds evidence that some Pompeiians su...
Around three-quarters of the worlds volcanoes are found around the Pacific Ocean and as such is known as the "ring of fire".
Iain Stewart explains the complex conditions that produce an avalanche.
Learn about volcanoes, mountains, and living near an active volcano.
Iain Stewart explains why the Pacific Ocean is most prone to tsunamis.
The different experiences of people in Herculaneum and in Pompeii when Mount Vesuviu...
Kate Humble heads to Iceland and meets the scientists monitoring the country's most dangerous volcanoes. She also inves...
Iain Stewart explains how an avalanche caused by global warming forced a large section of the Kolka glacier to break...
In 1986, people and animals living around Lake Nyos in Cameroon suddenly died, due to carbon dioxide released ...
A volcano's lava is full of minerals that make the ground perfectly fertile for growing food. Dougal visits the Italian island of Stromb...
Iain Stewart visits the team that is constantly monitoring the biggest volcano in Indonesia, Mount Merapi.
Iain Stewart climbs Mount Merapi and demonstrates the process of monitoring the volcano's activity.
Dougal explores the hidden tunnels created by the volcano under the surface of Mount Etna.
Iain Stewart explains the geographical conditions in which Mount Kilaueu was created.
Mount Merapi erupts, followed by an earthquake.
Dr Helen Czerski investigates the distinctive qualities of the lava from Mount Nyiragongo.
Iain Stewart investigates the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, explaining how many lives were sa...
In 1980, after 100 years of stillness, Mount St Helen's erupted sideways and produced devastating pyroclastic flow...
In 1815 Tambora erupted, it was the largest known eruption of the last millenia. Dr Iain Stewart views Tambora from the sky.
An exploration of what happened when Mount Vesuvius first erupted in 79AD.
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