How Life Survived When Earth Was Covered in Ice

Extras

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  Legacy of the Land

  Native American communities share their culture and knowledge to address climate change.
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  Harvesting the Future

  Ak-chin farming makes desert agriculture possible, and now, those practices help communities today.

  9:22
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  Megadroughts and Indigenous Voices

  The Southwest is in a megadrought, but Native Americans have survived them before.

  7:51
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  Standing the Heat

  Reintroducing the hogan, an earthen Navajo structure that stays cool in the summers without AC.

  8:44
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  Tides of Tradition

  Following a local Unangax̂ hunter, hear the realities of food access in the changing Arctic.

  9:47
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  Keepers of the Coastline

  In Northern California, Marine science is guided by Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation’s community and culture.

  11:56
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  Sands of Time

  Using photo archives and ancestral knowledge, witness coastal erosion in Bristol Bay, Alaska.

  6:47
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  What Did Dinosaurs in Alaska Eat During Winter?

  During the winter months, food for the plant eaters would have withered or died.

  2:36
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  This Rare Earth Metal Repels Sharks

  This is kryptonite for sharks. (2012)

  1:19
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  One of the Greatest Meetings of the Minds in History

  These scientists were the pioneers of quantum mechanics.

  2:28