Journey to Planet Earth

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10:00 Future Conditional: The Salton Sea: Crown Jewel of Biodiversity in Trouble Screenscope 50 views 1 month ago Rising out of a harsh brown landscape is a vast body of water called the Salton Sea. It seems almost too good to be true, an inland lake in the middle of the desert. This...
6:38 River of Dreams (State of the Ocean's Animals) Screenscope 256 views 6 months ago On the Klamath River, the Native American Yurok Tribe fight for their livelihood -- salmon fishing -- as the enormous water needs for agriculture and hydroelectric power pl...
2:43 State of the Planet's Wildlife: The Last Stand of the Grizzly Bear Screenscope 257 views 9 months ago Two hundred years ago the West was home to more than 100,000 bears. Today, there are about a thousand. Montana's Blackfoot River Valley community decided they'd rather ...
3:16 State of the Ocean's Animals: The Battle for Water Rights on the Klamath River Screenscope 283 views 9 months ago On the Klamath River, the Native American Yurok Tribe fight for their livelihood -- salmon fishing -- as the enormous water needs for agriculture and hydroelectric power pl...
1:37 Urban Explosion: Robert Kennedy, Jr. & Jimmy Breslin on What Makes New York an Environmental Model Screenscope 383 views 9 months ago Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Jimmy Breslin reflect on what makes New York an environmental model. Kelly McGillis narrates "The Urban Explosion," part of the PBS environmental...
1:11 Plan B: The Need for a Carbon Tax Screenscope 280 views 9 months ago Lester Brown, Thomas Friedman, and Paul Krugman discuss the need for a carbon tax in order to price carbon emissions at their true cost. The "Journey to Planet Earth" se...
2:39 State of the Planet's Wildlife: Climate Change May be a Death Sentence for Polar Bears Screenscope 1,656 views 10 months ago Climate change is not a theory. It's a reality here in the Arctic. For polar bears -- climate change may be a death sentence. To hunt for seals -- which is their primary so...
2:15 Future Conditional: The Grasshopper Effect: Toxic Pollution in the Arctic Screenscope 601 views 10 months ago In the phenomenon scientists call the "Grasshopper Effect," toxic pollutants released thousands of miles to the south evaporate in the warm climate then ride the winds unti...
0:54 "State of the Planet's Wildlife" Hosted by Matt Damon Screenscope 177 views 10 months ago Matt Damon narrates the PBS program "The State of the Planet's Wildlife" from the long-running environmental television series JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH. The program is an in...
1:49 "State of the Planet" Hosted by Matt Damon Screenscope 420 views 10 months ago Matt Damon hosts "The State of the Planet," part of the PBS environmental television series JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH. We investigate some of the most critical questions o...

About Journey to Planet Earth

Hosted by Matt Damon, Journey To Planet Earth is a current PBS series that explores the fragile relationship between people and the world they inhabit. The series is designed to help viewers cope with the complexities of developing an agenda to deal with the most important environmental issues of the 21st century.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, these programs reach beyond the physical sciences and draw connections to politics, economics, sociology, and history.

The series is produced by Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Marilyn and Hal Weiner of Screenscope Films in association with South Carolina ETV.