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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, 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, EP3 "Ecosystems"
The Florida Everglades; Yellowstone's ecosystem; Earth as a giant ecosystem; the interdependency of all living things.
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, EP5 "Plants"
The Poconos of Pennsylvania; plants that eat insects; edible forest plants; how plants communicate.
