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Changing Seas
Florida’s Blue Holes: Oases in the Sea
Season 12
Episode 1201
Blue holes scattered throughout the Gulf of Mexico inspire a team of exploration scientists and divers who set out to uncover the mysteries of what makes them ecological oases.
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26:44
Researchers provide data necessary to protect fish populations from further decline.
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26:42
Researchers study what impact ecotourism might have on southern stingrays.
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26:43
Researchers are beginning to understand where turtles go during their “lost years.”
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26:54
Scientists conduct research to save the Smalltooth Sawfish.
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27:02
Scientists spend a month in the Galapagos Islands to conduct research.
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26:54
The world’s largest known aggregation of whale sharks occurs just off the coast of Cancun.
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26:48
Discover Crinoids which have been around since before the age of Dinosaurs.
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26:46
The Changing Seas team meets with researchers in French Polynesia.
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New research sheds light on the lives of mysterious creatures of the deep.
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26:45
Divers from around the country learn how to map shipwrecks.
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26:45
Follow one scientist studying coral in Belize.
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27:14
Scientists studying the coastal Everglades make some perplexing discoveries.