01.07.2008
Sinking Coasts
Around 10,000 years ago, people lived in the exact place where the waves of the Baltic Sea now break. Stone Age hunters and gatherers could still travel on foot to Scandinavia. How did the Baltic Sea come into being? A research team made up of geoscientists, biologists, climatologists and archaeologists went in search of facts.
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Sinking Coasts: Episode 12, 01/07/2008
Puzzle Work
Nice clear curves are the result of four years of interdisciplinary work. The graphics show how many metres the water level on the Baltic Sea coast has risen in the past 8,000 years. But project manager Lüth is still puzzled. Compared to the Wismar Bay, the sea level on Rügen island was much higher at the same date. Can the sea level really have been at such different heights in the same region?
24.06.2008
6,000 Years Deep
Drilling in the mysterious depths of the Baltic Sea: in the Darß-Zingst Region, researcher Michael Naumann reconstructs coastal evolution with the aid of sediment cores.
17.06.2008
Stone Age Treasures
A storm is brewing: a good time to inspect and sort the finds. It is meticulous work. What will the scientists find in the wet, sieved material?
10.06.2008
A Big, Stone Age Catch
A number of dives are planned for today. Time is tight; everything needs to be finished by dusk. The finds are first exposed using a vacuum hose and excavating trowel.
03.06.2008
Underwater Excavations
On course for the Great Jasmund Bodden. Here, in 2003, researchers discovered traces of a Mesolithic coastal settlement below the waves at the Breetzer Ort site. A journey in time, back 7,000 years.
27.05.2008
Baltic Sea History Book
In order to draw reliable conclusions on the future development of the Baltic Sea, the researchers must look at the past. But how can we retrace the climatic history?
20.05.2008
How Old is the Forest
The underwater archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Stone Age forest in the Baltic Sea. Thorsten Westphal now dates the forest using tree slices.
13.05.2008
C14 Clues
How can the finds from the sea bottom be dated as accurately as possible? Radiocarbon dating, or the C14 method for short, provides valuable information.
06.05.2008
Diving into the Past
First we head for the open sea, and then for the deep sea to an area where the scientists suspect the remains of a sunken forest. The side scan sonar fish helps them in their search....
29.04.2008
The Stone Age Under the Microscope
What tools did Stone Age people use to catch fish? Prehistorian Stefanie Klooß hopes to find answers at Wiligrad Castle. She is examining a Stone Age fish spear.
22.04.2008
Sea!
Schleswig State Archaeological Museum: by studying Stone Age bones zoologist Ulrich Schmölcke can draw conclusions on the evolution of the Baltic Sea coast. The objects he is investigating are animal bones from the Baltic Sea island of Rügen.
15.04.2008
At the Bottom of the Baltic Sea
Littorina littorea: the common periwinkle provides some important answers in the quest for information on the creation of the Baltic Sea. The Baltic's secrets are not even close to being completely explored.2008
The first series: The research diaries and interesting background information on the projects and the researchers themselves. Find out about humanoid robots, sinking coasts, and an animal invasion.-
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The City of 5 Million
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Blue Wonder
Getting to the bottom of the deep blue sea: The role of the oceans. -
Textile Concrete
How can you make something heavy light? Textile concrete opens up new prospects. -
Sinking Coasts
Around 10,000 years ago, people lived where now there are crashing waves. -
The Human Machine
Can a robot learn how to see, hear or feel from humans? -
Rainforest
Between Nature and exploi- tation: Is it possible to re- concile the needs of man- kind with those of nature? -
Temple Restoration
Stone doesn't last forever. Can the temple complex of Angkor still be rescued? -
Run, Lola, Run
Seeking the perfect two-legged robot. -
Giant Dinosaurs
Why did the sauropods grow to be the largest land-dwelling creatures that ever lived?
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