Atlas 4D premiered on DISC on March 21, 2010. This series transports viewers through millions of years of evolving geology and climate - past, present and future. Atlas 4D travels across time to tell the science and history of each stunning locale, uncovering extraordinary and surprising connections between the lanDISCape, natural history and indigenous peoples. Previously unknown connections include how the spread of Islam sparked the Italian Renaissance, how an ancient ice age provided Polynesian settlers in Hawaii with a breakthrough technology and how the formation of the Rift Valley forced a crucial evolutionary step for humankind.