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The Nature of Things

Season 37 1996 - 1997

  • 1996-10-04T00:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 45m
  • 10h 30m (14 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Hosted by the world-renowned geneticist and environmentalist, David Suzuki, every week presents stories that are driven by a scientific understanding of the world.

16 episodes

Season Premiere

1996-10-04T00:00:00Z

37x01 Skin Deep: The Science of Race

Season Premiere

37x01 Skin Deep: The Science of Race

  • 1996-10-04T00:00:00Z45m

An exploration into the issue of race and how it determines physical well-being and defines social groups.

1996-10-11T00:00:00Z

37x02 Three Gorges Dam

37x02 Three Gorges Dam

  • 1996-10-11T00:00:00Z45m

1996-10-25T00:00:00Z

37x03 Vanishing Wetlands

37x03 Vanishing Wetlands

  • 1996-10-25T00:00:00Z45m

The program documents what is now the most threatened biological community in the world, the wetlands. It shows the effects of industrial development, levees, and dams in Illinois, Mississippi and Ontario and documents successful efforts to restore wetlands in both rural and urban areas.

The growing populations of pelicans and cormorants on the prairie lakes of Canada are blamed for the collapse of inland fishery.

1996-12-06T01:00:00Z

37x06 Asthma: Air of Mystery

37x06 Asthma: Air of Mystery

  • 1996-12-06T01:00:00Z45m

A growing number of people are developing asthma, possibly caused by a combination of allergens and pollution.

Winter gathering of thousands of Bald Eagles north of Vancouver.

History of the nuclear power industry from the postwar days of fascination with the potential
of the power, through the era of protests in the 60's, the accidents of the 70's and 80's,
from Three Mile Island to Chernobyl, which have changed the public perception of nuclear power.

1997-02-21T01:00:00Z

37x09 Yukon to Yellowstone

37x09 Yukon to Yellowstone

  • 1997-02-21T01:00:00Z45m

The wildlife in the Yellowstone mountainous region to the Yukon.

1997-03-07T01:00:00Z

37x10 The Barrens Quest

37x10 The Barrens Quest

  • 1997-03-07T01:00:00Z45m

1997-03-14T01:00:00Z

37x11 The Day the Earth Shook

37x11 The Day the Earth Shook

  • 1997-03-14T01:00:00Z45m

A look at the earthquakes that occur on the same day but a year apart in different parts of the globe.

The lions in the area of Ngorongoro Crater, east of Africa.

1997-03-28T01:00:00Z

37x13 Infertility

37x13 Infertility

  • 1997-03-28T01:00:00Z45m

A look on reproductive hormones and the effects on humans and animals.

1997-04-04T01:00:00Z

37x14 April 3, 1997

37x14 April 3, 1997

  • 1997-04-04T01:00:00Z45m

Doctors fear that overuse of antibiotics will lead to resistant bacterias.

An examination of the lives of songbirds in the northern forests and a look at the scientists who work to preserve their continued existence.

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