EnhanceTV Geography Highlights RSS Feed http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvhighlights/?category=49 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:56:52 1000 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=143996 Seed Hunter is a one-hour documentary, as part of the ABC's Future Makers series, about the hunt for seeds that may help save the world from its greatest ever crisis - a global food shortage brought about by human-induced climate change. As Australia and much of the world wrestles with hotter weather and a dwindling water supply, mass starvation on a global scale is on the cards if we can't find ways to improve crop resilience. Scientists are exploring many solutions to adapt our food supply, including going back to Mother Nature herself to locate the genes that can withstand our changing climate; genes that, thanks to a high-yielding monoculture, have almost disappeared. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE) http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=148496 Reliable witness - should repressed memories be allowed in court?; how to control the latest in wheelchairs; our place in the universe put in perspective; and a fiery little frog that knows how to stick up for itself. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=148497 200,000 years ago a new species was born - us. The first men and women led a fragile existence in a dangerous world. So how did they flourish and go on to colonise first the African continent, and then the rest of the world? http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=148510 Delves into the lives of Filipino container ship seamen who represent a quarter of the world's maritime industry workforce. It also looks at a seafarers' school in the Philippines where teenagers learn about military-like discipline and acquire their education. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=148490 Griff follows the mighty Severn from its source in the Welsh Hills to the estuary 320 km later. He also follows its neighbour, the Wye, which starts and finishes nearby. He finds that rivers have furnished and carried the lifeblood of the nation for tens of thousands of years, from providing drinking water to carrying iron ore that drove the industrial revolution.