Dynamic Planet

Episode 1

Earth

Wed, Dec 20, 2023

As our Earth's climate changes, the once-stable natural systems that we rely upon are being thrown into chaos. Insect plagues are destroying farmlands, extreme weather events and floods are hitting land with increased frequency, and normality for our planet is constantly being re-defined. As temperatures rise and weather patterns change, the world as we know it transforming. Ancient connections between plants, animals and people are undermined. The rules that dictated stability have been re-written with new climate change winners and losers exposed. But despite this grim prognosis, an extraordinary group of people living and working on the front line of climate change offer hope for the future. We join scientists traveling to the frozen continent to discover how animals are creating new opportunities in a fast-changing world. We follow butterflies as they take part in nature's most spectacular migration and meet indigenous landowners in the Amazon and on the great plains of America who are healing their homelands, creating resilience and supporting nature as it finds its own solution. Their efforts show that it's not too late to adapt, to fix past mistakes, and to care for and protect the places we live. They reveal how science, nature and tradition can help prepare us and our Dynamic Planet for a fast-changing future.