Top review. Real insight into the Past This fine series is a fascinating look into the shaping and adaptation of our world Our guide is a very coherent Geologist, who tells the stories of the history and Future of the planet.
He does so in a captivating, logical and brilliant manner, highlighted by a pleasant Scottish burr. So much more than simply Geology is explained. Rather flora and fauna and the effects that earth-events had on them is made clear.
This is a treat for all the senses! Details Edit. Release date March 20, United States. United Kingdom. Science Channel United States. But he also shows how this deep history has left its mark on the modern day Africa and the world.
Professor Iain Stewart uncovers the mysterious history of Australia, and shows how Australia's journey as a continent has affected everything from Aboriginal history to modern day mining, and even the evolution of Australia's bizarre wildlife, like the koala. Professor Iain Stewart uncovers clues hidden within the New York skyline, the anatomy of American alligators and inside Bolivian silver mines, to reconstruct how North and South America were created.
We call these two continents the New World, and in a geological sense they are indeed new worlds, torn from the heart of an ancient supercontinent - the Old World of Pangaea. Two hundred million years ago the continent we know as Eurasia - "the vast swathe of land that extends from Europe in the West to Asia in the East" - didn't exist. Prof Iain Stewart shows that where the South of Eurasia is today there was once a ninety-million-square-kilometre Ocean known as the Tethys. It is the destruction of the Tethys Ocean that holds the key to Eurasia's formation.
Piecing together clues from across the globe and using cutting edge CGI, Professor Iain Stewart puts the giant jigsaw puzzle of Pangaea back together; uncovering the turbulent story of each continent and revealing why each one is so unique.
Geologist Professor Iain Stewart shows how the continent of Africa was formed from the wreckage of a long lost supercontinent. He discovers clues in its spectacular landmarks, mineral wealth and iconic wildlife, that help piece together the story of Africa's formation. But he also shows how this deep history has left its mark on the modern day Africa and the world. From the top of Victoria falls, to the bottom of a diamond mine, Professor Stewart reveals the forces that created Africa and how they might well tear it apart.
Professor Iain Stewart uncovers the mysterious history of Australia, and shows how Australia's journey as a continent has affected everything from Aboriginal history to modern day mining, and even the evolution of Australia's bizarre wildlife, like the koala. Once part of a huge landmass called Gondwana, Iain shows how Australia used to be covered by a vast forest of now extinct trees and how, if the continent continues its northward journey, it might well become forested again.
From the bedrock the Empire State Building is built on, to the Spanish empires in South America, the two land masses of North and South America are linked by geology and history. Today North and South America has some of the most spectacular landscapes on earth. They're the product of a violent geological past that shaped an equally turbulent human history. Europe and Asia; geologically they are part of the same vast landmass, Eurasia.
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