Episode
A Perfect Planet: Weather
Overview
Weather controls the distribution of freshwater around our planet. In turn, shapes the lives of animals across the globe, rising to an incredible diversity of species and habitats.
Details
- Series
- A Perfect Planet
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2021-01-17
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
Weather is Episode 3 in Miniseries of A Perfect Planet. It aired on 2021-01-17. The runtime is 51 min.
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Episode 2: The Sun
From the frozen poles to the searing deserts, this episode shows how animals have come up with strategies to survive the uneven amounts of sunlight that fall on our planet.
Episode 4: Oceans
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More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Volcano
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Episode 5: Humans
Humans are changing our planet so rapidly, it’s affecting earth’s life support systems: our weather, our oceans and the living world.