简介：Aroundtheglobe,scientistsareracingtosolveaseriesofmysteries.Unsettlingtransformationsaresweepingacrosstheplanet,andcluebyclue,investigatorsaroundtheworldareassemblinganewpictureofEarth,discoveringwaysthatseeminglydisparateeventsareconnected.CrumblinghousesinNewOrleansarelinkedtovoraciouscreaturesfromsouthernChina.VanishingforestsinYellowstonearelinkedtothedisappearanceofwolves.AnasthmaepidemicintheCaribbeanislinkedtoduststormsinAfrica.Scientistssuspectwehaveenteredatimeofglobalchangeswifterthananyhumanbeinghaseverwitnessed.Whereareweheaded?Whatcanwedotoalterthiscourseofevents?NationalGeographic'sStrangeDaysonPlanetEarth,premieringinSpring2005onPBS,exploresthesequestions.Drawinguponresearchbeinggeneratedbyanewdiscipline,EarthSystemScience(ESS),theseriesaimstocreateaninnovativetypeofenvironmentalawareness.ByrevealingacauseandeffectrelationshipbetweenwhatweashumansdototheEarthandwhatthatinturndoestoourenvironmentandecosystems,theseriescreatesanewsenseofenvironmentalurgency.Award-winningactor,writeranddirectorEdwardNorton(PrimalFear,AmericanHistoryX,ItalianJob)hoststheseries.Adedicatedenvironmentalactivist,Nortonhasaspecialinterestinprovidingsolarenergytolowincomefamilies.Eachofthefourone-hourepisodesisconstructedasahigh-techdetectivestory,withthefateoftheplanetatstake.…