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Ways to Save the Planet: Forest Bomb Experiment Video

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Ways to Save the Planet: Forest Bomb Experiment
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The Discovery team need to find the perfect delivery system for bombing seedlings from an aircraft to achieve perfect reforesting conditions.
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Mar 3, 2009
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Duration:
03:51

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Rocket Launch
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04:24
Summary:
An experiment to see if ultra-thin space shield lenses can stand the stress of a rocket launch is not going well.
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The Moulin
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Duration:
02:57
Summary:
To find out just how quickly Greenland is melting, the Discovery team must hang over an almost bottomless pit, a Moulin.
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On the Melt Lake
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03:41
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During an experiment to see if a reflective blanket can protect a Glacier from melting the team must first test the local envirnment for danger.
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Melt Lakes
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Duration:
03:08
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The best place to test the effectiveness of a reflective blanket on a glacier is also a most unstable and dangerous place, a Melt Lake.
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Wind Turbines
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04:21
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Could helium-filled aerial turbines be the answer to humanity's reliance on fossil fuels?
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Turn Down the Sun
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Duration:
02:09
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Roger Angel has a radical plan to diffuse the sun's energy with a giant sun shield in space
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Space Sunshield
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Duration:
04:51
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Not everyone is so sure a sun shade in space is the answer to Earth's problem of global warming.
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16 Trillion Space Lenses
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Duration:
02:59
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The logistics of covering one million square miles with light refracting lenses are astronomical.
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Seed Bombs
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Duration:
03:42
Summary:
The Discovery team test different low tech seed cannisters for large scale reforestation via airdrop.
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Customising Clouds
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Duration:
02:49
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Can customised clouds help to reflect more sunlight and therefore cool the planet?

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