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The Nature of Things

Season 21 · Episode 4

Tar Wars

0.0October 29, 1980

The geology and relative impact of the Athabasca Tar Sands are examined, along with the problems involved in the extraction of oil from the deeper deposits

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Episode 1Volcanoes / Hovercraft / Curve Balls / Windshear / Xerography
Episode 2Cystic Fibrosis / Whooping Crane / Cold-Water Survival
Episode 3Skin – The Bare Necessity / Manatees / Ludhiana
Episode 4Tar Wars
Episode 5Going Without Gas / Surface Tension / Science Fair
Episode 6China Now – Its Roots in the Past (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 7China Now – The Four Modernizations (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 8Success Story / Sickle Cell Anemia
Episode 9Freak Waves / Invisible Astronomy / Hildebrand
Episode 10Prenatal Diagnosis / Hearing in Chinchillas
Episode 11AAAS Report / One of the Family / Oyster Culture
Episode 12Birds' Eggs / Newfoundland Oil / John Polanyi
Episode 13Poisoned Playgrounds / Charlie
Episode 14The Moving Still
Episode 15Sri Lanka: Island of Serendib
Episode 16Blackfly / Desalination / Memory – Come to think of it / Dr. Karl Illmensee
Episode 17The Foxes' Earth