Australia has the most extreme climate variations of any continent on earth.El Nino: looks at how our diverse wildlife has adapted to the huge swings in climate - the heartbreaking droughts and fires, which La Nina is a climate phenomenon, the sister of El Nino. Where El Nino left drought, La Nina causes floods, massive cyclones and endless rain. This is the story of Australia's unique creatures and how they cope with this catastrophe.
Storms: from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean batter the southern shorelines; monsoons from Asia roll in across the north west, and from the Pacific come both the tropical cyclones of La Niña and the severe El Niños which bring extreme drought and fire to otherwise temperate zones.
Monsoon: is a natural history of Australia and how it responds to extreme climatic events: to the North West, a land of extremes, comes thunder and lightning to herald the arrival of the monsoons, depicted with incredible footage and 3D animation.
Southern Exposure: explores the four seasons in a year in southern Australia and how they are affected by the dramatic massing and shrinking of the polar ice-cap.
Episodes in playlist:
Australia - Eye of the Storm - El Nino
Australia - Eye of the Storm - La Nina
Australia - Eye of the Storm - Monsoon
Australia - Eye of the Storm - Southern Exposure