Xploration Awesome Planet
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Xploration Awesome PlanetPhilippe Cousteau Jr. is no stranger to exploration. The grandson of legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, Philippe hosts and serves as executive producer of this half-hour earth science series that examines the planet. He visits diamond and gold mines to see how gems and metals are formed, travels to active volcanoes to observe what happens inside the Earth's burning core, and checks out weather stations in mountainous areas to get an idea of how weather phenomena form in the atmosphere."Xploration Awesome Planet"Philippe Cousteau Jr. is no stranger to exploration. The grandson of legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, Philippe hosts and serves as executive producer of this half-hour earth science series that examines the planet. He visits diamond and gold mines to see how gems and metals are formed, travels to active volcanoes to observe what happens inside the Earth's burning core, and checks out weather stations in mountainous areas to get an idea of how weather phenomena form in the atmosphere.
S1, EP8 "Ocean Exploration"Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute makes discoveries under the deep sea; coral reefs off the Florida coast; the power of Maui's massive waves.
S2, EP16 "Food"New ways of cultivating fresh and nutritious food; a garden in a parking lot; distinguishing fruits from vegetables; food that is wasted.
S1, EP10 "Colors of the Earth"Red rock formations in Sedona, Ariz.; Hawaii's red, black and green beaches; colorful hot springs in Yellowstone National Park; colorful animals include the octopus, who can change color in an instant.
S2, EP14 "Rivers and Lakes"An exploration of the rivers and lakes that serve as a major source of recreation; featuring exciting waterways such as the canals of Chicago, Lake Seneca and more.
S5, EP2 "Marvels of Nature"Cousteau explores some of Earth's most incredible natural formations; corals in Fiji; a remote glacier; the arches of the Utah desert.
S5, EP1 "Helping Hands"Bull sharks in Fiji; planting native mangroves in South Florida; removing invasive plants along Miami's coastlines; Hawaiian monk seals.
S5, EP3 "Athletes"An Olympic snowboarder aims to keep mountain areas protected; a professional surfer teaches the importance of keeping oceans and beaches clean; a world champion boxer fights for water rights.
S1, EP12 "Croatia"Croatia's waterfalls and caves; Plitvice Lakes National Park; stalactites and stalagmites; the island of Brac's limestone quarries; a stone masonry school.
S8, EP1 "Teen Impact"Teens work hard to make the planet a better place with innovative ideas.
S1, EP4 "Extreme Weather"Mount Washington, N.H. -- "the home of the world's worst weather"; Florida's "Wall of Wind," where scientists simulate hurricane-force winds; a scientific research team pursues a tornado; destruction of debris thrown by tornadoes.
S1, EP1 "Rumbling Earth"An active volcano on Hawaii; a laboratory simulates a tsunami; tsunami history and damage; whether a tsunami will happen again on the West Coast.
S1, EP3 "Ecosystems"The Florida Everglades; Yellowstone's ecosystem; Earth as a giant ecosystem; the interdependency of all living things.
S2, EP13 "New England"New Hampshire; why leaves turn colors in the fall; Acadia National Park; Napatree Point.
S1, EP2 "Extinction Earth"Yellowstone National Park, the site of a potential supervolcano; Meteor Crater, in Arizona; powerful telescopes on Maui search the universe for meteors that might be headed Earth's way.
S1, EP11 "Awesome Hawaii"Hawaiian Islands: traditional methods of catching fish and collecting sea salt, sea creatures along the coral reef, a limestone cave where ancient artifacts are preserved.
S2, EP9 "Strange Planet"Petrified National Forest; Crater Lake; a giant forest of kelp off the Southern California coast; glowworms in New Zealand caves.
S2, EP17 "Forest"Scientists measure the health of forests; invasive plants; using sonic-tomography to look inside trees; why the pitch pine tree can withstand occasional wildfires; an urban forest in Los Angeles.
S2, EP2 "Deserts"The Mohave Desert; Death Valley; Joshua Tree National Park.
S2, EP7 "Earth's Views"NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; satellites; flight in a DC-3 aircraft; an observatory where new stars are discovered; a spacewalk.
S2, EP5 "Earth in Motion"Mount Saint Helens; how mountains are formed and earthquakes caused; oceans and waterways in constant motion; how the planet speeds through the galaxy.
S2, EP10 "Time Machine"Grand Canyon; an ancient cave on the island of Curacao; Lake Michigan; ice ages.
S2, EP8 "Alaska"Alaska: a brown bear hunting for salmon; Denali National Park; scuba diving in frigid waters; panning for gold.
S2, EP3 "Canyons"They can be hundreds of miles long and thousands of feet deep, and hiding some of the most mysterious creatures on Earth; a look at the world's most spectacular canyons, featuring the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Monterrey Bay.
S2, EP15 "Animal Engineering"Amazing feats of construction by animals; bees make precise honeycomb formations; the intricacies of a spider web; a Pennsylvania beaver builds dams all by itself; bird nests include one with a false entrance.
S6, EP3 "Student Explorer Contest"The winner of the third Student Explorer Contest; Philippe and the lucky student head to Hawaii to meet with conservationist Ocean Ramsey where they swim with sharks three miles off-shore in their natural habitat.
S1, EP9 "Awesome Iceland"Iceland: waterfalls and geysers, a volcanic mountain that may erupt at any time, producing electricity with geothermal and hydro power, a large glacier.
S1, EP7 "Evolving Earth"Dinosaur bones and footprints; how the Hawaiian islands evolved from volcanoes; an old coal mine; how fossil fuels were formed.
S6, EP8 "Power of Water"How water is the backbone of energy and resources in different areas across the planet.
S6, EP7 "Invasive Species"Researchers fight invasive plants, animals and materials in native habitats.
S6, EP6 "Animal Rescues"Animal rescue centers; coming to the aid of orphaned harbor seals; illegally caught gibbons are rescued in Thailand; help for an orphaned baby anteater in Panama; a family runs a rescue center for kiwi birds.
S6, EP5 "Slovenia"How karst rock has led to the formation of over 12,000 caves across the country of Slovenia; why Slovenia is a global leader in sustainability.
S4, EP16 "Environmental Engineers"Engineers use technology to replace more than 500 bridges; a facility offers protection from hurricanes; migrating salmon; Mayan ruins.
S4, EP12 "Grizzlies of British Columbia"Philippe Cousteau Jr. journeys to the remote wilderness of British Columbia and comes face to face with some of the animal inhabitants.
S4, EP11 "Animal Coexistence"Cousteau travels to Australia to catch the world's deadliest jellyfish; the California condor slowly rebounds from near extinction; the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
S4, EP10 "Farmers"An oyster farmer pulls in a harvest; an aquaponics farmer grows sustainable foods; training future farmers.
S4, EP9 "Guardians of the Environment"Ways in which scientists, students and regular citizens are helping to save the earth; from protecting New Zealand's endangered species to breeding clownfish in Australia.
S4, EP8 "Pennsylvania"A hidden wonder beneath the Appalachian Mountains; measuring air quality; rocks that make a ringing sound; mushroom farm.
S4, EP7 "Rangers"Rescue dogs at Yellowstone National Park, and how rangers manage trails in harsh winter conditions; rangers keep visitors safe at parks in Hawaii and Utah.
S4, EP6 "Student Explorer"The winner of the first Student Explorer contest; swimming with whale sharks.
S4, EP5 "Natural Wonders"In Hawaii, an incredibly rare waterfall pours lava into the ocean; the Antelope Canyon of Arizona; frozen lake in Alberta; scuba diving in Mexico.
S4, EP4 "New Zealand"In New Zealand, Cousteau explores Auckland's volcanic field and sees one of the largest insects on the planet.
S4, EP3 "Science on the Great Barrier Reef"Cousteau dives off the coast of Australia to explore the Great Barrier Reef; an up-close look at some of the country's deadliest creatures; the National Sea Simulator at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
S4, EP2 "Artists of the Environment"Cousteau explores the different ways an environmental painter, sculptor, photographer and craftsman blend nature with art.
S4, EP1 "Dramatic Landscape"How Yellowstone Park wildlife copes with the harsh winter environment; the top of Zion National Park's most famous peak; some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world, on a Pacific island; a crystal-clear nighttime sky in the Canadian wilderness.
S3, EP15 "Taking Flight"Catching and tagging bats in Congaree National Park; flight patterns of wood storks; the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly.
S3, EP14 "Microscopic World"The microscopic world of sand; fire ants; soil; some of the smallest known organisms in the ocean.
S3, EP13 "Nature's Classroom"Nature can sometimes be the best classroom; sea grass in Key Largo; aquatic insects; camera traps; an urban citizen science project.
S3, EP12 "Natural Disasters"Science helps people prepare for natural disasters: simulating a category 5 hurricane; avalanche safety; studying floods; designing buildings to hold up against earthquakes.
S3, EP11 "Insects"Researchers at the University of Texas look for ways to control invasive fire ant populations; ant societies; pollinators; mosquitoes.
S3, EP8 "Glacier National Park"Insect fossils dating back 45 million years; the geology of the park; wild huckleberries; citizen science expedition.
S3, EP7 "South Carolina"South Carolina: tagging tiger sharks; wild venus fly traps; examining ecosystem indicators through three different species of crab; Congaree National Park.
S3, EP6 "Planet Rescue"People helping the planet; Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation; Trilogy Excursions do coral reef cleanups; Olympic National Park's temperate rainforests.
S3, EP5 "Animal Migrations"The paths of animal migrations; humpback whale research; elk; horseshoe crabs migrate to lay eggs.
S3, EP4 "Predatory Myths"University of Miami shark research team; an antivenom lab is home to hundreds of venomous snakes; how snakes scare threats away.
S3, EP3 "Bahamas"The Bahamas; great hammerhead sharks; deep saltwater blue hole; tracking baby lemon sharks.
S3, EP2 "Cultural Science"Cultural science; early Hawaiian navigation; members of the Seminole tribe show uses of plants as tools and food in the Everglades; the Suquamish tribe teaches youth the importance of salmon conservation.
S3, EP1 "Winter Wonderland"Banff, Alberta; avalanche control at Ski Lake Louise; snowshoeing at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise; climbing a frozen waterfall.
S2, EP12 "Tides"Delaware Bay salt marsh; Pamlico Sound; tide pools in Hawaii; the Bore tide in Alaska.
S2, EP11 "Marine Restoration"Lionfish near the coral reefs off Curacao; oysters of the Chesapeake Bay; an oil spill's effects in Alaska; rebuilding the Louisiana wetlands.
S1, EP6 "Fire and Ice"The causes of forest-fires; lightning strikes; a glacier and an ice cave in Iceland; why glaciers are melting and how it will change the sea level.
S1, EP5 "Plants"The Poconos of Pennsylvania; plants that eat insects; edible forest plants; how plants communicate.
Philippe Cousteau Jr. is no stranger to exploration. The grandson of legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, Philippe hosts and serves as executive producer of this half-hour earth science series that examines the planet. He visits diamond and gold mines to see how gems and metals are formed, travels to active volcanoes to observe what happens inside the Earth's burning core, and checks out weather stations in mountainous areas to get an idea of how weather phenomena form in the atmosphere.
Original Air Date: Sep 8, 2014
Genres: Kids/FamilyTV Series
Rating: TVPG
Playback: HD
5 seasons available on demand (34 episodes)
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