Mega Disasters

  • Premiered: May 2006
  • Episodes: 39
  • Followers: 5
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Season 2
2x1
Comet Catastrophe
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Air date
Sep 04, 2007
A comet is imagined to strike the Earth and cause major devastation.
2x2
Gamma Ray Burst
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Air date
Sep 11, 2007
Every few seconds, a supernova emits jets of deadly gamma rays somewhere in the galaxy. If one of these gamma ray bursts should happen sufficiently close to the solar system, all life would perish.
2x3
Krakatoa's Revenge
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Air date
Sep 18, 2007
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, claiming over 36,000 lives by the tsunamis it triggered. Another volcanic eruption at .. show full overview
2x4
Hawaii Apocalypse
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Sep 25, 2007
The shield volcanoes that make the Hawaiian Islands will erupt again and cause major destruction by earthquakes and massive lava flows.
2x5
Methane Explosion
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Oct 02, 2007
Methane gas precipitates out of the Earth's crust but is easily diluted in the air and in the oceans. Yet, according to one scientist, certain oceanic conditions could trap the gas in .. show full overview
2x6
Glacier Meltdown
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Oct 09, 2007
As temperatures rise, a global meltdown has begun. From the Andes to the Himalayas to the Alps, glaciers are vanishing. In Antarctica and Greenland, vast ice sheets are turning into .. show full overview
2x7
Alien Infection
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Oct 16, 2007
Could an alien infection cause an epidemic on earth? Some experts believe that spacecraft returning from Mars could bring back a harmful sample or comet dust falling into our atmosphere .. show full overview
2x8
New York Earthquake
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Oct 23, 2007
An earthquake in New York City may seem like the plot of a bad movie, but a magnitude 5 quake occurred in 1884 and could happen again. Two faults run under Manhattan Island, including .. show full overview
2x9
Mega Drought
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Oct 30, 2007
Trends indicate that a major drought event is looming in the not-too-distant future. In as few as three decades we could experience conditions that would make the Dust Bowl of the 1930s .. show full overview
2x10
Super Swarms
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Nov 07, 2007
The locust is one of the most destructive and dreaded life forms on Earth. American pioneers faced the largest swarm of locusts ever recorded. The 1,800 mile long and 110-mile-wide cloud .. show full overview
2x11
Oil Apocalypse
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Nov 14, 2007
The oil that our world runs on won't last forever. The gap between supply and demand is ever increasing. Will alternative energy save us or is it already too late? What would happen to .. show full overview
2x12
L.A.'s Killer Quake
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Nov 20, 2007
It has been a century since the infamous 1906 San Francisco earthquake and Californians live with the knowledge that it's only a matter of time before they're hit again. Los Angeles is .. show full overview
2x13 Season finale
The Next Pompeii?
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Nov 28, 2007
In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii and killed 5,000 people. The volcano is quiet at the moment, but the only consistency in Vesuvius' eruptive history is a lack of consistency. The .. show full overview

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