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Untold Earth
This Volcano Won't Stop Erupting
Season 1
Episode 8
Kilauea in Hawai’i has been in a state of near-constant eruption for decades, providing researchers with a uniquely reliable setting to study one of our planet’s most unpredictable and destructive forces. In a time of climate panic and tangible ecological destruction, what can we learn about the survival of our planet from one of the harshest environments on Earth?
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10:06
Meet Pando, an ancient tree in Utah that has grown into one of Earth's largest living wonders.

7:11
How are truffles key to the survival of the forest ecosystem at large?

6:49
What does it mean to preserve a place that is defined by it's impermanence?

5:57
Microbial warfare has been raging for thousands of years deep below the Chihuahuan Desert.

6:41
At 87º Celcius, the Grand Prismatic Spring is a beacon of microbial life and discovery.

6:57
At 50 million years old, the origins of Devils Tower or Bears Lodge remains a mystery.

8:26
An ancient and modern mystery, what about bioluminescence inspires such obsession?

8:54
Over half a million years old, the story of Mono Lake is one of survival.

5:44
At 450 million years old, moss may hold the key to surviving our rapidly warming planet.

7:05
What are icebergs doing so close to land and why must we keep an eye on them?

7:30
What makes the Coast Redwood, a tree as old as the dinosaurs, epically singular in nature?