DVD Habitable Planet (2007)

Peter's DVD rating:
GE105 .H335 2007 (Circulation Desk)

4:00	Disc 1 Unit 1: Many Planets, One Earth Rise of oxygen 2,5 BYA - 580 MYA	5:20	Stromatolites 3.5 BYA seen today in Bahamas, Australia	7:00	Banded iron formed 1.8 BYA
7:40	Iron entered through geothermal vents	10:15	Sterol indicates eukaryotes	11:00	Oxygen is required in chemical pathway
13:00	Snowball earth : gliciers in Namibia; though solar radiation has increased 30% in 3.5 BY.	16:00	Volcanic activity provides CO2, weathering (temperature-dependent) consumes it - global thermostat.	18:15	Partial ice age 580 MYA left rocks in till (Squantum, Massachusetts), followed by sedimentary layers
22:00	2 episodes of Snowball earth 710 and 635 MYA.	22:30	Continents aound equator: weathering removes CO2 - global cooling	23:00	Albedo leads to snowball earth.
24:00	Plate tectonics counteracts albedo to warm earth, Cambrian explosion 530 MYA	0:00	Disc 1 Unit 2: Atmosphere	0:00	Disc 1 Unit 3: Oceans
0:00	Disc 1 Unit 4: Ecosystems	0:00	Disc 2 Unit 5: Human Population Dynamics	0:00	Disc 2 Unit 6: Risk, Exposure, and Health
0:00	Disc 2 Unit 7: Agriculture	0:00	Disc 2 Unit 8: Water Resources	0:00	Disc 3 Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline
0:00	Disc 3 Unit 10: Energy Challenges	0:00	Disc 3 Unit 12: Earth's Changing Climate	0:00	Disc 4 Unit 13: Looking Forward: Our Global Experiment

4:00 Rise of oxygen 2,5 BYA - 580 MYA	5:20 Stromatolites 3.5 BYA	7:00 Banded iron formed 1.8 BYA
7:40 Iron entered through geothermal vents	10:15 Sterol indicates eukaryotes	11:00 Oxygen is required in chemical pathway
13:00 Snowball earth : gliciers in Namibia;	16:00 Volcanic activity provides CO2,	18:15 sedimentary layers
22:00 2 episodes of Snowball earth 710 and 635 MYA.	22:30 Continents aound equator: weathering removes CO2 - global cooling	23:00 Albedo leads to snowball earth.
24:00 Cambrian explosion 530 MYA


Index	Nov 16, 2010	Peter Chen