I watched the episode about Volcanoes and realised that the series was actually about major geological and meteorological upheavals in our recent past (ie. thousands of years). And it was not about volcanoes (or floods or hurricanes) and all the people that died in the last few years.
The Volcanoes episode uses evidence to date and identify the massive volcanic eruption that caused thousands of deaths in London in 1250AD due to starvation.
The Floods episode looks at the cause of the Scablands (100 miles east of Seattle in the USA) - shear gorges, rock islands and huge depressions in the middle of an area consisting of flat plains. It also looks at what caused Britain to become an island and separate from France.
The Hurricanes episode looks at the 1780 Caribbean hurricane and whether hurricanes are becoming more frequent using analysis of recent sediments to find hurricane impacts over time vs ocean temperature estimates.
The series should be renamed:Geological and Meteorological Upheavals - An Analysis of Recent Volcanoes, Floods and Hurricanes
The Volcanoes episode uses evidence to date and identify the massive volcanic eruption that caused thousands of deaths in London in 1250AD due to starvation.
The Floods episode looks at the cause of the Scablands (100 miles east of Seattle in the USA) - shear gorges, rock islands and huge depressions in the middle of an area consisting of flat plains. It also looks at what caused Britain to become an island and separate from France.
The Hurricanes episode looks at the 1780 Caribbean hurricane and whether hurricanes are becoming more frequent using analysis of recent sediments to find hurricane impacts over time vs ocean temperature estimates.
The series should be renamed:Geological and Meteorological Upheavals - An Analysis of Recent Volcanoes, Floods and Hurricanes