Countdown to A Catastrophe
Scientists travel to the most extreme places on earth with the latest devices that may allow us to protect ourselves from violent storms, quakes, and volcanoes. Previously considered independent of one another, Scientists are now focusing on the interrelationships between these natural disasters.
- 2015-2015
- 1 season
- Documentary
Scientists travel to the most extreme places on earth with the latest devices that may allow us to protect ourselves from violent storms, quakes, and volcanoes. Previously considered independent of one another, Scientists are now focusing on the interrelationships between these natural disasters.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes
Episode 1
Volcanos
51 mins
1,900 volcanoes worldwide are considered active. Many are widely unknown, such as Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At an altitude of 3500 meters a hot lava sea boils and bubbles at 1000° Celsius.
Episode 2
Earthquakes
In many countries of the world, a little jolt of the ground barely raises an eyebrow. But since the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster In Japan at the very latest the issue of seismic security has taken on new urgency.
Episode 3
Storms
51 mins
Giant hurricane whirlwinds can have an effect on global climate. It has recently been established that over 80 percent of the hurricanes that slam the East Coast of the United States are first formed above the African savannah.