Planet Earth. Seasonal forests. Episode 10
Description
The Taiga forest, on the edge of the Arctic, is a silent world of stunted conifers. The trees may be small but filming from the air reveals its true scale. A third of all trees on Earth grow here and during the short summer they produce enough oxygen to change the atmosphere. In California, General Sherman, a giant sequoia, is the largest living thing on the planet, ten times the size of a blue whale. The oldest organisms alive are bristlecone pines. At more than 4,000 years old they pre-date the pyramids. But the baobab forests of Madagascar are perhaps the strangest of all.
Runtime
50 minutes
Series
Subjects
- Natural history (124)
- Forest ecology (9)
- Forests and forestry (26)
- Physical geography (411)
- Animals (402)
Geography
Genre
- Science television programs (123)
- Nature television programs (152)
- Documentary television programs (6848)
Database
Alexander Street
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