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[wind gusting]
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[wind howling]
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[Cate Blanchett]
A jagged maze of rock and ice...
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[foreboding music playing]
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...where temperatures plunge to 40 below...
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and brutal blizzards dump 30 feet of snow.
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Winter in the Rockies
is not for the faint-hearted.
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[wolverine grunting]
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But for one creature...
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[snorts]
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...it's the challenge he's built for.
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Where we see treacherous slopes,
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this wolverine sees a playground.
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[quirky music playing]
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His thick fur sheds snow
like a winter jacket.
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His claws dig in like climber's crampons.
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[soft grunt]
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He plows through
the most punishing winters...
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with just a carefree shake of his coat.
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[bird cawing]
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But mountain solitude has its downsides.
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[grunting]
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There are few other animals around.
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And for a hungry meat eater,
that is a challenge.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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He treks up to 20 miles in a day...
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searching for a meal above...
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and below the snow.
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[huffing]
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But he needs
to keep an eye on the skies too.
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[wind gusts]
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Because the peaks above
hold a deadly threat.
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[wind howling]
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After months of heavy snowfall,
the mountain is about to unload.
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[loud cracking]
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[rumbling]
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A deluge of frozen violence.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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Over three million cubic feet
of snow and ice...
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thundering down its peaks...
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at up to 100 miles an hour.
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[suspenseful music rising]
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[rustling]
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[music fading]
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For pretty much any creature
caught in its path,
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the roaring snow...
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[rumbling]
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...is the sound of death itself.
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[wolverine snorting]
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But for this lucky wolverine,
it's a dinner bell.
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He locks into a scent
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and sets to work.
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[rustling]
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An avalanche may be bad news
for an unlucky mountain goat...
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but it's just what a hungry wolverine
has been counting on.
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Disaster for some...
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is salvation for him.
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[rousing music playing]
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Because life doesn't just need
our planet's soft side.
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It also relies on its rage.
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[trilling]
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[thunder cracking]
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[rumbling]
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{\an8}The most destructive forces on Earth
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{\an8}are the same forces
that bring our planet to life.
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Volcanoes are great destroyers.
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But they also release
vast amounts of steam.
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So much so that our oceans
are now filled with water
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once locked in the Earth's interior.
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[tranquil music playing]
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[hissing]
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Their lava cools to create new land.
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None more precious than volcanic islands.
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These remote archipelagos
churn the ocean's currents,
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drawing up nutrient-rich waters
from the deep,
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igniting an explosion of life.
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[squawking]
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Both above...
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and below the waves.
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[rousing music playing]
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Volcanic islands form oases of life
in the Big Blue...
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[music fading]
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...for those who know where to find them.
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This young hammerhead
is on her maiden voyage,
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traveling hundreds of miles
from her coastal nursery
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out into the vast Pacific.
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She might not know where she's heading...
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but she has a guide.
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Her strange snout bristles with receptors
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that can detect the magnetic signature
of the volcanic seabed.
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[mysterious music playing]
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Cooled lava signposts her way
across the ocean.
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She only has to follow her nose
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and let instinct lead the way.
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[rousing music playing]
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Cocos Island,
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the peaks of an ancient volcano
rising 12,000 feet from the ocean floor.
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And to her senses,
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it lights up like a magnetic beacon
in the wilderness.
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[buzzing]
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After a 300-mile journey,
she's earned a pit stop.
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So she sets her sights
on one particular Cocos resident.
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But the shark isn't browsing the buffet.
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She's serving the snacks.
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[whimsical music playing]
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Her first ocean voyage
has left her riddled with parasites.
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Clouds of butterfly fish pick them off
and clean up her infected scars.
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Their nibbles are like a mini massage,
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keeping her calm
while they feed and help her heal.
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And it's a timely service
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because this volcanic wonderland
isn't just a shark spa.
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[tranquil music playing]
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Other travelers have been drawn
to this special meeting place...
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forming a circling school hundreds strong.
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[rousing music playing]
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Scientists suspect that this gathering
is like the hammerhead summer ball...
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where they relax...
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socialize...
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and if they're lucky, find a mate.
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As this debutante joins the dance...
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it could be the start of a new journey
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towards motherhood.
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A journey made possible
by underwater volcanic trails
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millions of years in the making.
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[birds cawing]
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Our oceans are still home
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to some of the planet's
most violent natural phenomena.
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The sun's energy
burns most fiercely in the tropics
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where much of its heat
is absorbed by the ocean.
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[seagulls squawking]
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But these warming seas
have a release valve.
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[thunder rumbling]
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Transferring their energy into the sky,
they vent their excess heat
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by feeding
the most devastating storms on Earth.
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[foreboding music playing]
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Hurricanes.
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This growing monster
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will transform the lives
of all those caught in its path.
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- [kids shouting]
- [dog barking]
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In a Miami park,
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one of America's
most fiercely territorial creatures...
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[squeaking]
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...is marking his turf.
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[screeching softly]
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[quirky music playing]
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Anole lizard.
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Tough guy.
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His push-ups show off his strength,
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warning his rivals to keep off his tree.
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So he gets more food and more females.
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But not everyone is getting the message.
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[intriguing music playing]
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An intruder...
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with his eye on the tough guy's tree.
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Has he got the moves to muscle in?
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[squeaking]
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Not bad.
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The tough guy
needs to show him who's boss.
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Behold.
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The ultimate lizard power move.
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[tense music playing]
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But two can play at that game.
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There's only one way to settle this.
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[tense music continues]
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[hissing]
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But while they do battle...
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the mega storm is closing in.
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[thunder rumbles]
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[hinges creaking]
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[squeaking]
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[thunderclap]
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They bolt for the treetops...
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to escape the inevitable flood.
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- [chimes ringing]
- [thunder rumbling]
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As the storm makes landfall...
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[rumbles]
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anole lizards cling to high branches.
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Lose their grip,
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and they lose everything.
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[strong wind gusting]
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The tough guy's future
hangs by a fingernail.
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[rousing music playing]
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And his rival is struggling too.
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[grim music playing]
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The champ has kept his grip
and his territory.
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[rousing music playing]
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In this battle...
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only the strongest survive.
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But it's a fragile victory.
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[tranquil music playing]
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Today, man-made climate change
is making hurricanes stronger
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and more frequent.
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[siren blaring]
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Faced with this growing rage,
these lizards' bodies are changing.
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Remarkably, over just a few generations,
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they've evolved larger toe pads
to help them keep a stronger grip.
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[skittering]
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Where a warming climate will leave
these creatures, we don't yet know.
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But we do know that it is pushing
our weather to even greater extremes.
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[water burbling]
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While some places drown, others scorch.
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Growing deserts are changing the face
of entire continents.
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All life must adapt
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or die.
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[grim music playing]
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West Africa, south of the Sahara Desert.
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The wet season has grown erratic
and unpredictable.
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Daytime highs of 110 degrees...
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transform this thorny scrub
into an open-air oven.
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[crackling]
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Wildfires rip through the landscape...
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leaving blackened skeletons in their wake.
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But one group won't give up
on their old home.
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This baby is growing fast.
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So she's always hungry.
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And if anyone can find food
in this wilderness,
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it's her clever family.
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There's a knack to extracting the seeds
from a woolly kapok fruit...
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even if they are a little dry.
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[fly buzzing]
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To survive here,
she must use that big brain of hers.
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She learns by example.
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A promising student...
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but still working on the basics.
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Knowledge and skills
passed down through generations
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have helped these survivors cling on
even in this desiccated landscape.
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But the one thing they can't do without
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is safe drinking water.
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And the most important lesson
is where to find it.
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[birds cawing in distance]
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The riverbed is bone dry.
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[tense music playing]
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[birds chirping]
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[tense music continues]
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[birdsong]
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They may know
where the best fruit still grows,
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but even her family
can't magic water out of the ground.
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[monkeys screeching]
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But grandma has roamed
these plains for 40 dry seasons.
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If anyone can lead them
out of this, it's her.
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[rousing music playing]
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And the family falls in behind.
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Their home is drying out.
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[crackling]
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Habitat loss and poaching
have seen this species decline by 80%
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in the last 30 years.
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Today, survivors need to be smarter
and more adaptable than ever.
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[rousing music continues]
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Grandma leads the troop to a water hole
that hasn't failed her yet.
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But even this reliable oasis
has dried to a stagnant pool.
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The water is undrinkable.
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[cicadas chirping]
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Grandma digs a hole
near the edge of the pool.
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It starts to fill.
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Water filtered clean by the sand.
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The family joins in.
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[rousing music playing]
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Grandma's wisdom has saved them.
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And baby has learned
another crucial lesson for her future.
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[rousing music continues]
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As this part of Africa dries out...
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it has consequences for life far beyond.
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Even on the other side of the planet.
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[crickets chirping]
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As deserts grow,
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they can pump ever more dust and sand
into the atmosphere...
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where high-altitude winds
carry it into weather systems
268
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,880
that spread across the globe.
269
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:25,400
Towards the poles,
it settles on glaciers and ice caps.
270
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,720
Dulling their sheen,
271
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,600
absorbing more solar radiation...
272
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,640
and warming up their icy surroundings.
273
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,040
[sniffs]
274
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,080
[low growl]
275
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,080
The world's largest land predator
276
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,520
has spent a hungry summer foraging
along the shoreline.
277
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,480
[tranquil music playing]
278
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,920
Now the season is changing.
279
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,320
He checks out the sea ice.
280
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:12,200
[huffs]
281
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,560
He can only reach
the seals he'd rather prey on
282
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,480
when it freezes hard enough
to support him.
283
00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:23,960
But this autumn is warm.
284
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,520
And the sea ice is late.
285
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,440
[birds cawing]
286
00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:36,600
And he's not the only one hungry
for the chance to hunt.
287
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:45,040
Hundreds of polar bears
gather on Canada's northern shores
288
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,160
to wait for the freeze-up.
289
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,280
[low growls]
290
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,640
For a curious adolescent,
291
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,800
it's an irresistible chance
to test his strength.
292
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:00,320
[both growl]
293
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:05,720
[snarls, growls]
294
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,640
Either of these
thousand-pound heavyweights
295
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,560
could land a fatal blow...
296
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,880
[growling]
297
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,080
...if they were fighting for real.
298
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,760
[roars, growls]
299
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,560
[roars]
300
00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:25,960
[low growls]
301
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,080
Sparring kills some time,
302
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,400
but he's still hungry.
303
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,840
[low growling]
304
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,880
There's only one place left
where he might find something to eat.
305
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,600
He turns his back on the sea
and heads the other way.
306
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:53,440
Inland.
307
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,320
Towards the forest.
308
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,560
[crow cawing]
309
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:01,320
[croaks]
310
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,200
Who knows what he might find here?
311
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,080
[tense music playing]
312
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,000
- [huffs]
- [wolf howling]
313
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:23,080
Wolves.
314
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:26,560
Pack hunters.
315
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,800
[whines, whimpers]
316
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,280
They rule the northern forests.
317
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:32,920
[moaning]
318
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,520
[howling]
319
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,240
[whining]
320
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,760
Patrolling their
thousand-square mile territory every day...
321
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:47,440
in search of food and intruders.
322
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,320
[suspenseful music playing]
323
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,360
[barking]
324
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,440
[suspenseful music continues]
325
00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,400
[growling]
326
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,680
Wolves and polar bears
do not usually cross paths.
327
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,880
[wolf growling]
328
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,160
But today, encounters are on the rise.
329
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,040
- [polar bear chuffing]
- [wolf growls, whines]
330
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,440
A lone wolf is no match for a bear.
331
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,480
But the pack is closing in.
332
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,160
[ominous music playing]
333
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,120
[both growling]
334
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:33,960
[chuffing]
335
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,520
Who's top dog now?
336
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,520
Are you a meal...
337
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:41,440
[wolves growling]
338
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,880
...or a mortal threat?
339
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,120
[polar bear roaring]
340
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:52,520
[snarling]
341
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,600
[polar bear growling]
342
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:00,920
[polar bear roars]
343
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,080
[wolf whines, howls]
344
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,720
There's easier pickings
to be had elsewhere.
345
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,960
[wolves howling]
346
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,560
By standing his ground,
this intrepid bear wins the day.
347
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:19,960
[huffs]
348
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,280
[exhales, growls]
349
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,480
[throaty rumbling]
350
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,760
Forced to spend more time
away from the sea ice,
351
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:34,200
polar bears must figure out
their place in a strange new world.
352
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,560
[moans]
353
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,720
His gamble in wolf territory
has paid off this time.
354
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:47,880
[whimpering]
355
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,880
An abandoned moose carcass.
356
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,280
Enough food to keep him going
until the sea freezes again.
357
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,360
[moaning]
358
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:08,880
But not all creatures have the skills
to keep up with their fast-changing world.
359
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:18,960
Climate change is creating
ever more extreme conditions,
360
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,880
breaking fundamental connections
in the webs of life.
361
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,920
And it's causing havoc...
362
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,280
in ways that you'd least expect.
363
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,560
[bird screeching]
364
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,480
[birds cawing]
365
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,800
Deep in the heart
of the Sierra Nevada Forest...
366
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,600
this pine tree is under siege.
367
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,160
[buzzing]
368
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:58,560
Its foe,
369
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,600
a western pine beetle.
370
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000
[chirping]
371
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,320
This tiny assassin searches
for a weakness...
372
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,760
to drill in and lay her eggs.
373
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:20,920
[intriguing music playing]
374
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:31,560
If she succeeds, her hungry larvae
will destroy the tree from the inside.
375
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,480
But this isn't just a tree.
376
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,600
It's a battle-ready fortress.
377
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,560
Behind its barricades
flow hidden supply lines.
378
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,960
A hundred gallons of rain water pump
from its roots to its crown every day.
379
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,040
[intriguing music continues]
380
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,720
And this water powers
another line of defense.
381
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,240
Resin.
382
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,440
It flows to the breach.
383
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,760
And repels the invader.
384
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:20,480
She's programmed to keep drilling,
and a bit of liquid won't stop her.
385
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,200
But the tree's resin...
386
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:28,280
has another trick.
387
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:31,920
As it dries,
388
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,200
it hardens.
389
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,360
Stopping even the most determined beetles...
390
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,040
in their tracks.
391
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,120
[ominous music playing]
392
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,240
But the pines can't always mount
such a powerful defense.
393
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,120
A changing climate
is seeing Pacific weather patterns
394
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,560
shift to the north.
395
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,480
Storms that once rained
on these Californian forests
396
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,600
now hit the Canadian coast.
397
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,680
[birds chirping]
398
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:22,160
In recent years, these trees received
just two-thirds of the usual rainfall.
399
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,200
[beetle buzzing]
400
00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:28,800
And without enough water
to keep their resin flowing...
401
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:30,680
[droning]
402
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,440
...the balance of power
has tipped in the beetles' favor.
403
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,480
They breach the defenses...
404
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,560
and their larvae
tunnel through the trees' supply lines...
405
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,880
cutting off the water it needs to survive.
406
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,400
It's the tree's last stand.
407
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,200
In a silent scream...
408
00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,240
the forest is dying.
409
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,960
All it takes is a single spark.
410
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:17,760
[lightning cracks]
411
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:18,920
[thunder rumbling]
412
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:36,000
A million acres burning at 2,000 degrees
for months on end.
413
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:38,720
[crackling]
414
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:45,640
In some places more than 80%
of the dead trees fueling these fires
415
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:50,080
is ponderosa pine killed by beetles.
416
00:35:56,120 --> 00:36:00,600
But even as burning forests paint
the San Francisco skies orange...
417
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,680
[siren wailing]
418
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,760
...the trees have a glimmer of hope.
419
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,200
[rustling]
420
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:18,080
They're starting a slow exodus
northwards to safety.
421
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,000
Some at a rate of a mile
every three years.
422
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:32,120
Pine trees now grow in latitudes
once too cold for them to survive.
423
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,960
As the tree line moves north
424
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,880
it opens up opportunities
for others to follow...
425
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,840
which could have
surprising consequences for us all.
426
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:54,360
[beaver huffs]
427
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:03,720
{\an8}This pair of intrepid beavers
are following the march of the trees,
428
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:09,760
{\an8}pioneering further north
than any other beaver before them.
429
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,440
[quirky music playing]
430
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:14,840
[beaver grunts]
431
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,400
As far as the Alaskan tundra.
432
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,000
[whines]
433
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:30,600
And this new neighborhood now provides
everything they need to get busy.
434
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,080
[playful music playing]
435
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:44,080
They must build
their brand-new lodge and dam.
436
00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:48,280
By tooth...
437
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:52,920
and by paw.
438
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,360
In just a few short months,
439
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:07,400
these meadows will be locked
in the frozen grip of an Arctic winter.
440
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:08,960
[grunts]
441
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:19,080
To survive this far north,
their dam needs careful construction.
442
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:25,600
Hold back too much water,
and it could drown their lodge.
443
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:33,760
Too little, and their pond
will freeze solid, trapping them inside.
444
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,000
It's a delicate balance
of precision engineering
445
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,400
and furious gnawing.
446
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,000
And only the elements
will decide if they've got it right.
447
00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:54,240
[wind howling]
448
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:57,760
Winter.
449
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,520
Has their lodge prevailed?
450
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,880
Or have they built their own icy tomb?
451
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,400
[ice crackling]
452
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,680
[snow crackling]
453
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,200
[huffing]
454
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,320
[grumbling]
455
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,040
[sniffs]
456
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,440
[tranquil music playing]
457
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,040
They've pulled it off.
458
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,480
A perfectly crafted home.
459
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,080
Fit for a new frontier.
460
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:08,080
Only when spring arrives do we see
that their dam has had another effect.
461
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:18,160
Our beavers have
turned their pond into a lake.
462
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:27,840
It absorbs the spring sun,
heating up the frozen ground beneath.
463
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:37,320
As the soil thaws, more streams flow
and more trees can take root.
464
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,280
A gold rush of building material
465
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:46,440
for more beavers moving up from the south.
466
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:55,280
Turning this virgin land
into a bustling frontier community.
467
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,400
[quirky music playing]
468
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:36,400
But this budding utopia
isn't everything it seems.
469
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:46,600
Alaska's frozen bog land
holds a dark secret.
470
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:50,120
As it thaws...
471
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,880
[cracking]
472
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,400
...it releases methane.
473
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:03,320
A greenhouse gas with the power
to tip our climate out of balance.
474
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,240
[burbling]
475
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:15,640
It traps up to 80 times more heat
in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide,
476
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,520
speeding up the thawing
of underground ice.
477
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,640
Which can release still more methane
478
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:31,280
in a vicious cycle
of ever-increasing temperatures.
479
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,760
Ninety percent of this excess heat
480
00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:41,000
feeds back into our oceans...
481
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,280
[seagulls squawking]
482
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,800
...fueling more hurricanes,
483
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:52,040
and in some places,
something far more insidious.
484
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:56,800
The legs of an abandoned oil rig
485
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:00,840
provide the perfect anchor point
for this tiny polyp.
486
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,000
From its prime location...
487
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,440
it scopes out new spots
488
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,880
to deposit a clone.
489
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:18,960
[grim music playing]
490
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:25,600
In a warming ocean,
491
00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:31,840
it doesn't take long for a single polyp
to create a clone army.
492
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:45,920
But that is just the first step
in their relentless expansion.
493
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:55,640
After a few short weeks,
the clones start to transform.
494
00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:06,880
Losing their tentacles and remodeling
their bodies into tiny towers.
495
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,480
[suspenseful music playing]
496
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,120
Each clone becomes a production line.
497
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,160
[suspenseful music rising]
498
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,320
A conveyor belt of babies.
499
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,840
A warm and overfished ocean
has fewer predators.
500
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:07,000
So these babies
can survive in record numbers.
501
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,080
[grim music playing]
502
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,680
They grow to adulthood
in just a few weeks.
503
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,200
Becoming jellyfish.
504
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:37,040
Without a shell or a skeleton,
they can endure
505
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:42,480
even as a changing climate
makes our oceans ever more acidic.
506
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,040
The planet's ultimate survivors.
507
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:53,120
[intriguing music playing]
508
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:05,040
And these simple gelatinous creatures
will eventually produce more polyps,
509
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:12,480
each with the power to create
its own army of clones, millions strong.
510
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:14,560
[rousing music playing]
511
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,440
Our changing oceans
are now bearing witness
512
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:32,320
to what some scientists call
"the rise of slime."
513
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,240
Oceans of jelly.
514
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:38,760
[squeaking]
515
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:40,480
Legions of rodents.
516
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,280
Swarms of insects.
517
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,360
[rustling]
518
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:51,160
All warnings that nature's network
is at breaking point.
519
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:54,920
[foreboding music playing]
520
00:46:55,960 --> 00:47:00,280
We are all starting
to feel the knock-on effects.
521
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:11,880
But there are still ways to nurse
our sick planet back to health.
522
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:13,640
[rousing music playing]
523
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:21,000
We share our home
with extraordinary species
524
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,560
whose struggles to feed their families...
525
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:29,680
save their children,
526
00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:32,920
and protect their homes
527
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,120
can help nature's network to recover.
528
00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:38,720
[spouting]
529
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:42,600
Our living world's most powerful healers.
530
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,440
They hold our future in their hands.
531
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:50,400
[music fading]
532
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:53,880
[closing theme music playing]
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