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Changing Seas
Mysterious Microbes
Season 4
Episode 402
On coral reefs, microorganisms are copious creatures. Throughout Florida, scientists painstakingly work to identify key players within this microbial community and directly link a devastating coral disease to a human pathogen.
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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.”
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Scientists spend a month in the Galapagos Islands to conduct research.
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The world’s largest known aggregation of whale sharks occurs just off the coast of Cancun.
