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<p>The Alps’ majestic summits hide a mortal danger: Avalanches. These torrents of snow sweep away everything in their path with enormous speed and power causing loss of life and damage to property. Scientists across Europe are studying avalanches in order to forecast them better but climate change seems set to make the situation worse.</p>

The White Death

The Alps’ majestic summits hide a mortal danger: Avalanches. These torrents of snow sweep away everything in their path with enormous speed and power causing loss of life and damage to property. Scientists across Europe are studying avalanches in order to give be able to forecast them better but climate change seems set to make the situation worse.

The loss of biodiversity is highly alarming: our planet is currently experiencing the greatest extinction since the age of the dinosaurs. This film documents the extinction of species currently happening around the world. But it also highlights hopeful initiatives as committed men and women on every continent fight to save endangered species and work towards improving biodiversity.

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Cynthia Rosenzweig, a climate scientist at NASA, explains why we can't just continue consuming meat the way we have.

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Biodiversity is good for the environment but also for our taste buds. In Alsace, a winegrower practices "complantation", the mixing of several grape varieties on the same plot to avoid pesticides. In southern Italy, Mario relies on the coexistence of plants and livestock to enrich the biodiversity of his fields and produce a mozzarella with a unique taste.

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Massive protests engulf Greece after a deadly train crash, with the public pointing fingers at the government.

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Palestinian prisoners in Israeli gaols have fathered around one hundred children over the last ten years. Their sperm is smuggled out of prison to be used in IVF with their partners.

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