Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Episode 1

Follow Greta as she sees impacts of climate change at three locations: melting glaciers and dying trees in Canada, and fire devastation in California. When a UN conference moves to Madrid, she sails across the ocean during life-threatening storms.

Episode 1

54m 21s

Follow Greta as she sees impacts of climate change at three locations: melting glaciers and dying trees in Canada, and fire devastation in California. When a UN conference moves to Madrid, she sails across the ocean during life-threatening storms.

Previews + Extras

  • Athabasca Glacier: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Athabasca Glacier

    S1 E1 - 4m 25s

    Greta joins Professor John Pomeroy and his team who have been studying the Athabasca Glacier. Greta learns that rising temperatures as well as soot from forest fires have caused the glacier to melt faster than the models suggest.

  • Greta and Svante's Atlantic Crossing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Greta and Svante's Atlantic Crossing

    S1 E1 - 5m 2s

    Greta and Svante sail across the Atlantic Ocean battling turbulent tropical storms to reach the UN climate conference in Madrid. Scientists explain why storms are becoming worse due to global warming and what other effects increased carbon emissions are having on ocean life.

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