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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

But over thousands of years, our numbers grew exponentially, until we were crankingout...

But over thousands of years, our numbers grew exponentially, until we were cranking
out enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
to warm the whole world

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But over thousands of years,
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our numbers grew exponentially,
00:00:05.304 --> 00:00:07.064
until we were cranking out enough carbon dioxide
00:00:07.673 --> 00:00:10.844
into the atmosphere to warm the whole world.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:18
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
12
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E08 But when the King placed his new observatory at Cassini's disposal, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
But when the King placed his new observatory at Cassini'...
S01 • E01 Maybe it was a random zap from a cosmic ray, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Maybe it was a random zap from a cosmic ray,
S01 • E03 For the anaerobes, oxygen was poison, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
For the anaerobes, oxygen was poison,
S01 • E02 In fact, she will retrieve almost anything placed near the nest. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
In fact, she will retrieve almost anything placed near the n...
S01 • E06 Big ideas about things far beyond our solar system, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:18
Big ideas about things far beyond our solar system,
S01 • E11 Were their new population pressures? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
Were their new population pressures?
S01 • E07 But around the time the plants began to venture out - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
But around the time the plants began to venture out
S01 • E10 And foreseeing as no one else, their gravest consequences. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
And foreseeing as no one else, their gravest consequences.
S01 • E09 Which itself is so small that - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:21
Which itself is so small that
S01 • E11 Did they begin to exhaust the resources of their island - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Did they begin to exhaust the resources of their island
S01 • E02 Including ping pong balls and beer bottles. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
Including ping pong balls and beer bottles.
S01 • E08 For the next 125 years, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
For the next 125 years,
S01 • E01 Whatever it was, it led to a change in our species that - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
Whatever it was, it led to a change in our species that
S01 • E02 The value of this behavior for goose genes is clear. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
The value of this behavior for goose genes is clear.
S01 • E12 Did the Anthropocene begin with - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Did the Anthropocene begin with
S01 • E04 Half a million Russians perished, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
Half a million Russians perished,
S01 • E03 For the anaerobes, and nearly all of the other - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
For the anaerobes, and nearly all of the other
S01 • E05 In a place of broken minds and shattered dreams... - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
In a place of broken minds and shattered dreams...
S01 • E02 She understands something, but by our standards, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
She understands something, but by our standards,
S01 • E11 Or was it simply something innately human in them that - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Or was it simply something innately human in them that