Earth from Space

00:00:00 NARRATOR: Our planet: Earth.

00:04:35 How do the natural forces that surround us work together

00:08:40 that goes far beyond the familiar colors of the rainbow.

00:12:37 At this temperature, the sea is evaporating fast

00:16:53 which is generated within the clouds

00:21:29 Each moves in a fixed position relative to the earth

00:26:26 And that together shows us

00:31:55 and it's driving an ocean circulation

00:36:39 The surface of the ocean begins to freeze.

00:41:18 scientists can reconstruct what is happening

00:46:57 generating warm air.

00:52:09 We can see bulges and dips

00:56:40 MODIS detects an upwelling of cold water

01:01:43 Here they will remain for millennia

01:06:49 NARRATOR: The dust cloud is over a hundred stories high

01:11:57 for the special productivity of the soil.

01:16:22 Over two million square miles of lush rainforest

01:21:25 Within a few days the plankton die

01:26:28 Nitrogen doesn't like that.

01:32:02 The oxygen in the atmosphere fuels the flames.

01:36:19 That allows complex animals like us to survive.

01:41:03 destroy our fragile ecosystems and scorch the earth.

01:45:52 Our human footprint has grown so large

01:49:40 that human activity through our release of greenhouse gases