Life from Above

Science and Nature Series / 1 Season

Behold Earth as it’s never been seen before. Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand-new perspective, revealing its incredible movements, colors, patterns and just how fast it’s changing.

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The Disappearing Lake

2m 21s / TV-PG

As the water levels drop at Poyang Lake thousands of birds arrive to feed on the roots of aquatic plants that are uncovered. Critically endangered Siberian cranes travel the furthest; a month long journey for the unique feeding opportunity brought about by the changing water levels.

Episode 4 Preview | Changing Planet

30s / TV-PG

Cameras in space show just how fast our planet is changing. Cities are growing, forests are disappearing and glaciers melting but in Tanzania locals have regenerated the landscape, saving a family of chimpanzees.

Reforestation

1m 21s / TV-PG

The reforestation of trees in Tanzania could save a community of Chimpanzees. Deforestation around their reserve left the community isolated but now new chimps have been seen using the newly forested corridors to move into the area. Potential mates and a sign of a brighter future.

The Desert Transforms

2m 52s / TV-PG

A paninga turtle heads deep into the burning desert for an extraordinary weather event. Rain fill the dunes, creating hundreds of pools. Only from space can we appreciate the scale of the transformation.

Using Satellites to Make Discoveries

1m 58s / TV-PG

The world’s longest beaver dam in Alberta and an island of unexplored forest on top of vertical cliffs in Mozambique are two incredible discoveries made using satellite images.

Episode 3 Preview | Patterned Planet

30s / TV-PG

From space earth’s surface is covered in weird and wonderful shapes. Wombats design their own landscape in Australia and hundreds of forest elephants create a tear in the endless green of the Congo forest canopy.

China’s Yellow Fields

1m 23s / TV-PG

Thousands of rapeseed flowers bloom en masse transforming the landscape on a scale that can only truly be appreciated from above. Nomadic beekeepers arrive in time for the bloom to make honey but their window of opportunity is short. The fields will be sprayed with pesticides in just two weeks.

Episode 2 Preview | Colorful Planet

30s / TV-PG

From space earth is not just a blue planet but a kaleidoscope of color. Swirls of turquoise phytoplankton trigger an oceanic feeding frenzy, China turns yellow as millions of flowers bloom and at night the waters off the coast of Argentina are spotted with mysterious green lights.

4,000 Parakeets

1m 57s / TV-PG

When Joseph Sekar put out food for two parakeets struggling in the city little did he know that 15 years later he would be feeding 4,000 birds. He and his granddaughters prepare their rooftop for the arrival of the parakeets.

Preview

30s / TV-PG

Behold Earth as it’s never been seen before. Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand-new perspective, revealing its incredible movements, colors, patterns and just how fast it’s changing.

Episode 1 Preview | Moving Planet

30s / TV-PG

Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective. Our planet is constantly on the move; from individual animals to powerful weather systems. Follow an elephant family struggling through drought and marvel as thousands of Shaolin Kung-Fu students perform in perfect synchronicity.

Elephants Struggling Through Drought

2m 34s / TV-PG

Drought has forced a family of elephants from the safety of Samburu National Reserve to look for food dangerously close to a busy main road. One of the females has a calf, just a week old, but with so little food available she’s struggling to provide enough milk for her baby. The family desperately need the rains to arrive and the view from space shows that they are just days away.

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