NOVA

Season 45, Episode 11

Episode Title: Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink

Air Date: 2018-10-10

Overview:

Explore Nyamuragira, one of the world’s most active and mysterious volcanoes in Africa. Decades of civil strife have prevented scientists from investigating the volcano, but a brief pause allows an international team of experts to fly by helicopter to the summit to investigate. Discover the volcano’s hidden dangers and probe whether magma pressure is building up to threaten another eruption.