National Geographic - Strange Days on Planet Earth (2004)

Index
Peter's DVD rating: 3.5 stars
1. Invaders
2. The One Degree Factor
3. Predators
4. Troubled Waters
0:00Invaders 10:55 Formosan Subterranean Termite introduced from Japan to New Orleans, can nest above ground, away from insecticides 20:30 Nile Crocodile is native to Lake Victoria, Uganda but how to explain increased attacks on humans and rise in diarrhea, dysentery, malaria, Schistosomisis?
23:20Introduced Nile Perch extinguished 200 endemic fish species, also brought more fishermen 24:40Introduced Water Hyacynth clogs lake, fouling drinking water, and breeds mosquito, snail hosts 27:20Introduced Water Hyacinth Weevil s
27:50 Monitor Lizard introduced to control nocturnal rats on Pacific Islands, but ate poultry 28:40 Cane Toad introduced to control monitors, but the posonous toads were eaten by cats, and rat population exploded 32:40 Asian Tiger Mosquito arrived in North America in used tires and carry West Nile virus
32:50 Fire Ants 32:55 Africanized Bee 33:05 Brown Tree Snake
38:30 Miconia erodes soil in Hawaii, spread by Japanese White-eye 44:35 Ice Plant in California 0:00The One Degree Factor
4:50 Caribou Porcupine River herd migrates 1500 miles, declined from 187K in 1989 to 120K from aerial census. 12:40Climate change leads to more Mosquitoes and more snow that buries lichen 21:00Nightly migration of zooplankton
24:30Zooplankton populations change due to regime shift in ocean temperatures 33:30 Rise of asthma in Trinidad 36:30Decline of corals and Sea Fan in Virgin Islands caused by Saharan dust storms
37:30Drought reduced Lake Chad in Nigeria due to global warming? 44:00Pathogenic Aspergillus fungus borned on dust may be agent for Sea Fan disease 46:30 North Atlantic oscillation of high and low pressure air masses propel storm
50:30Aarming of Indian Ocean fixed the oscillation to blow African dust to Americas 0:00Predators 6:30Hydroelectric project killed many organisms in Lake Guri , Venezuela
9:00 Howler Monkey are overcrowded, aggressive, not social 10:20 Iguanas at 10x normal density 11:35 Leaf Cutter Ants population at 100x normal numbers
12:40 Flood had caused big predators to flee 13:50 Baby boom of tortoises 14:05 Jaguar
19:50Yellowstone has lost much of its vegetation, such as willows along stream banks 21:30 Aspen has stopped regenerating since 1930's, when wolves were extirpated 28:50 Willows and aspen regenerate after elk are hunted by re-introduced wolves
29:50 North American Beaver also returns to live off willows 38:35 Coral reefs have declined , covered by algae since 1980's in Discovery Bay, Jamaica 43:40 Fishing of large predatory fish like groupers and snappers also removed algae grazers
48:00Marine reserves in St. Lucia Grouper in just a few years 0:00Troubled Waters 4:45 Northern Leopard Frog becoming hermaphrodite
9:30Frogs are deformed when raised in insecticide Atrazine (.1 ppm dosage) turning testosterone into estrogen 16:35 Beluga Whales are canaries of the sea : each pod has its own dialect/melody; high cancer rates in St. Lawrence Marine Park, Canada 21:00 Beluga healthy immune cells multiply and engulf bacteria, but chemical cocktails can harm these cells
25:00 Semen quality from Columbia, MO is lowere than NY, LA, and Minneapolis, due to exposure to farm chemicals from tap water 31:30Bacteria transform industrial mercury into methy mercury which builds up in food chain (Lake Hartwell, Georgia) 33:30 ferns can remove arsenic
33:35 Alpine herbs can remove zinc 33:40 Mustard plants can remove lead 33:45 Clovers can remove motor oil
34:30 GM plants can remove mercury 39:00Nitrogen runoff may be causing ourbreak of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish that devour corals; caused by algal bloom that feed Crown-of-thorns larvae 48:00 Ocean sunfish can grow to 5,000 pounds, spend a lot of time close to shore
Coptotermes_formosanus.jpg
10:55 Formosan Subterranean Termite
Crocodylus_niloticus.jpg
20:30 Nile Crocodile
Lates_niloticus.jpg
23:20 Nile Perch
Eichhornia.jpg
24:40 Water Hyacynth
Neochetina.jpg
27:20 Water Hyacinth Weevil s
Varanus.jpg
27:50 Monitor Lizard
Bufo_marinus.jpg
28:40 Cane Toad
Aedes_albopictus.jpg
32:40 Asian Tiger Mosquito
Solenopsis.jpg
32:50 Fire Ants
Apis.JPG
32:55 Africanized Bee
Boiga_irregularis.jpg
33:05 Brown Tree Snake
Miconia_calvescens.jpg
38:30 Miconia
Zosterops_japonicus.jpg
38:30 Japanese White-eye
Carpobrotus_edulis.jpg
44:35 Ice Plant
Rangifer_tarandus-Porcupine.jpg
4:50 Caribou Porcupine River herd
Culicidae.jpg
12:40 Mosquitoes
zooplankton.JPG
21:00 zooplankton
regime_shift.JPG
24:30 regime shift in ocean temperatures
asthma.JPG
33:30 Rise of asthma
Gorgonacea.jpg
36:30 Sea Fan
dust_storm.JPG
36:30 Saharan dust storms
Lake_Chad.JPG
37:30 Lake Chad
Aspergillus.jpg
44:00 Aspergillus
North_Atlantic-oscillation.JPG
46:30 North Atlantic oscillation
Saharan_storm.JPG
50:30 African dust to Americas
Lake_Guri.JPG
6:30 Lake Guri , Venezuela
Alouatta.jpg
9:00 Howler Monkey
Iguana.jpg
10:20 Iguanas
Atta.jpg
11:35 Leaf Cutter Ants
flood-Jaguar.JPG
12:40 Flood had caused big predators to flee
tortoise.JPG
13:50 Baby boom of tortoises
Panthera_onca.jpg
14:05 Jaguar
willows.JPG
19:50 willows along stream banks
Aspen.JPG
21:30 Aspen
Willows-elk.JPG
28:50 Willows
Castor_canadensis.jpg
29:50 North American Beaver
Coral-algae.JPG
38:35 Coral reefs have declined , covered by algae
predator-fish.JPG
43:40 Fishing of large predatory fish
Epinephelinae.jpg
48:00 Grouper
Rana_pipiens.jpg
4:45 Northern Leopard Frog
hermaphrodite.JPG
4:45 becoming hermaphrodite
Atrazine-tadpole.JPG
9:30 Atrazine
Delphinapterus_leucas.jpg
16:35 Beluga Whales are canaries of the sea
Beluga_WBC.JPG
21:00 Beluga healthy immune cells
semen_quality.JPG
25:00 Semen quality
methy_mercury.JPG
31:30 methy mercury
fern-arsenic.JPG
33:30 ferns can remove arsenic
herbs-zinc.JPG
33:35 Alpine herbs can remove zinc
mustard-lead.JPG
33:40 Mustard plants can remove lead
clover-oil.JPG
33:45 Clovers can remove motor oil
GM_plant_mercury.JPG
34:30 GM plants can remove mercury
Acanthaster_planci.jpg
39:00 Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
Mola_mola.jpg
48:00 Ocean sunfish
 
Index Mar 23, 2010 copyleft Peter Chen