Angry Planet

Will climate change make Australia uninhabitable? Follow storm chaser George Kourounis as he explores the now brutal Australian summer and imbeds with the firefighters battling one of the biggest bushfires in recent years.

Climate change deniers claim volcanoes produce more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels do. George investigates this claim while revisiting the active volcano of Marum in Vanuatu. He dons a fire-suit and descends 1200 feet into the volcano.

If melting polar ice continues to raise the world's ocean levels, the low-lying island of Tuvalu in the South Pacific will be one of the first to vanish. George visits the vanishing island, and looks back on two major ocean storms of recent years.

In 1914, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt became the first person to navigate Brazil's "River of Doubt." The Angry Planet team returns to follow in his wake and investigate the changing climate in this remote part of the Amazon wilderness.

When the Fogo volcano in the Cabo Verde Islands suddenly becomes active, George rushes to investigate. He returns with stark images and tragic stories from one of the most destructive volcano eruptions in recent years.

On his first-ever expedition to Siberia, George witnesses the alarming effect of melting permafrost, visits a 12,000-year-old dog, and camps out with reindeer herders on the chilliest night of his life.

Ground zero for climate change and literally at risk of being wiped off the map, George is in Bangladesh during monsoon season to see how resilient and creative locals are adapting to their increasingly hostile environment.

George heads to Newfoundland, Canada, the iceberg capital of the world, for an up-close look at these floating giants from above, from below, and from the very top of a frozen mountain on the move.

George explores Laos to witness a nation entering the modern world. He comes across ancient farming techniques, visits a conservation center that provides elephants a new way of life, and paddles an underground river that holds some timely secrets.

The world's largest land predator is under threat, and George is heading to Canada's far north to see how polar bears are coping with their rapidly changing climate.