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Terraform

One Strange Rock

calendar_todayMay 7, 2018 schedule47 min star8.0

Earth's great paradox. For our planet to become inhabitable for life, you already need life. Ever since life emerged, microbes, plants and animals have all sculpted the planet's surface and air in the strangest of ways; fish poop creates islands; dead animals create mountains; lichen drive continents. But life also has the power to destroy our world. We are changing the climate, but we are not the first to do so. Long before us, microbes froze the planet and almost wiped out all life. The difference between us and them is we are conscious of our actions.

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National Geographic

star Guest Stars

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Omar Mednia Ramírez

Self - Paleontologist

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Isak Mathis Triumf

Self - Sami Reindeer Herder

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Chris Perry

Self - Coral Reef Geoscientist

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Ra Bun Theurm

Self - Buddhist Monk

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Caroline Ciavaldini

Self - Professional Climber

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Franco Barattini

Self - Cave Michelangelo CEO

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Minoru Kinoshita

Self - Former Resident of Hashima Island

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Rocky Robinson

Self - Motorcyclist

Nicole Stott

Nicole Stott

Self - Astronaut

Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield

Self - Astronaut

Michael J. Massimino

Michael J. Massimino

Self - Astronaut

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Leland Melvin

Self - Astronaut