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Changing Seas
Humpback Health
Season 14
Episode 1402
How does the body size and overall health of humpback whales change across their migratory cycle? A team of researchers studying the animals, which spend part of the year feeding in Alaska and a few months fasting while in their Hawaiian breeding grounds, is making remarkable discoveries.
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Changes to the ocean environment affect the way carbon is cycled through the seas.
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Lake Okeechobee, once the blue heart of Florida, now has putrid mats of blue green algae.
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Visit the remote Pacific, the islands of Maug - a natural laboratory for scientists.
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Some scientists are suggesting that ctenophores are the oldest sea animals.
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Researchers provide data necessary to protect fish populations from further decline.
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Researchers study what impact ecotourism might have on southern stingrays.
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Researchers are beginning to understand where turtles go during their “lost years.”
