National Geographic - Strange Days on Planet Earth (2008.720p.HDTV.AC3-SoS)

Originally aired: 2008.04.23

Torrent includes both parts of the 2008 season.



"Imagine a healthy planet with healthy humans living on it: the world has embarked on a path to clean energy, clean air and fresh water; we are feeding ourselves without compromising land or sea and parents are starting to believe that their children will inherit a better, safer world.'Strange Days on Planet Earth' is a multi-year landmark undertaking inspired by this vision of the future. Climate change. Ecosystem degradation. Clean energy. Poverty. Disease. Strange Days on Planet Earth connects some of the greatest issues of our day. It presents problems, currently perceived to be disconnected, hopeless or even harmless, as globally connected, personally relevant and urgent. It brings into focus the realization that the decisions we make today will affect all life on Earth for years to come, and asks the simple but profound question: how do we move these decisions from minor to monumental? At the heart of Strange Days on Planet Earth is the award-winning PBS series, hosted and narrated by Academy Award nominee Edward Norton. Strange Days first aired in the spring of 2005, reached 20 million viewers and won fourteen prestigious awards, including Best Series at Wildscreen, the environmental equivalent of the Oscars. It became known for exposing the web of invisible connections of the Earth’s life support systems. In its second season, the series reveals the profound global consequences of our simple everyday actions, with special focus on global ocean and freshwater issues.



Part 1: Dangerous Catch

Plenty of fish in the sea? Not anymore. As wild supplies dwindle, the long hidden ties binding all life to the ocean are clearly coming into view. Can we ignore these powerful connections? What can we do to protect the ocean, ourselves and our future? Our massive demands on the ocean’s bounty impacts life far beyond the shoreline: bushmeat hunting is on the rise in Ghana while in Namibia; fishing grounds struggle to recover as putrid fumes explode from the ocean depths and poison the waters; and radical new fish farms are sprouting up from Puerto Rico to Canada. Across the globe, all life is feeling the effects of overfishing. Can we protect fish in time to safeguard the ocean, life on land and ultimately ourselves? Find out how we all can make a difference.



Part 2: Dirty Secrets

Each day, we add a steady dose of pollutants into our world's water supply. What detrimental impacts is this having on wildlife and ourselves? And what can we do to stem the tide? Something is amiss in our global world water supply: Striped bass are succumbing to flesh-eating bacteria in Chesapeake Bay; seabird chicks are starving in Hawaii; coral reefs are weakening under a growing assault of invisible contaminants and an increasing variety of aquatic animals are showing signs of developmental disorders. Experts and citizens are racing to find clues to the causes—and the solutions. Find out how we all can make a difference.



more info: http://www.pbs.org/strangedays/
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Runtime: 54:00

Source: OTA High Definition 1080i

Video Encoding: xvid.1280x720.3990kbps

Audio Encoding: ac3.384kbps-5.1chan

File Size: 1.65GB



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