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Changing Seas
Reefs of Rangiroa
Season 5
Episode 504
The Changing Seas team meets with researchers in French Polynesia, where scientists conduct extensive habitat mapping to create a one-of-a-kind sea floor atlas. Experts also assess the health of the reefs to compare and contrast human impacts on reef systems over a large geographical area.
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Scientists work to identify and link a devastating coral disease to a human pathogen.
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Examine the important role seagrasses and mangroves play in the ocean’s web of life.
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The Changing Seas crew shadows a team of research divers in Dry Tortugas National Park.
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Scientists develop sustainable aquaculture methods to take the pressure off wild fish.
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Scientists scan the ocean floor to find deep sea corals threatened by bottom trawling.