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Changing Seas
The Seals of Sable Island
Season 18
Episode 2
Each winter, Sable Island transforms into the planet’s largest gray seal breeding colony. The Canadian government has studied this seal population since the 1960s, and now experts from the U.S. are conducting a unique physiological study on mom and pup pairs to better understand how iron transferred during lactation influences a pup’s survival.
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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.”
