The BEST episodes written by David Sington
#1 - Mystery Beneath the Ice
NOVA - Season 43 - Episode 3
Tiny, transparent, and threatened, krill are crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem. But the population of krill is crashing for reasons that continue to baffle the experts. A leading theory says that krill’s life cycle is driven by an internal body clock that responds to the waxing and waning of the Antarctic ice pack, and as climate change alters the timing of the ice pack, their life cycle is disrupted. To test it, NOVA travels on the Polarstern, a state-of-the-art research vessel, to the frigid ice pack in the dead of winter. From camps established on the ice, scientists dive beneath the surface in search of the ice caves that shelter juvenile krill during the winter. There, they hope to discover what’s causing the krill to vanish and, ultimately, how the shifting seasons caused by climate change could disrupt ecosystems around the world.
#2 - The Ghost Particle
NOVA - Season 33 - Episode 5
A 40-year hunt for solar neutrinos leads to a new understanding of matter itself.
#3 - Magnetic Storm
NOVA - Season 30 - Episode 16
Is the magnetic field protecting Earth from deadly radiation about to reverse direction or even dissapear?