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Changing Seas
Costa Rica's Surfing Paradise
Season 17
Episode 1701
On Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, the surf break at Playa Hermosa is a world-class wave—and the heart of a vibrant ecosystem where endangered sea turtles nest. Recently named a World Surfing Reserve, it’s now the focus of a bold conservation effort, as community members work to restore forests, protect wildlife, and preserve the powerful waves that shape their way of life.
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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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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.
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26:48
Discover Crinoids which have been around since before the age of Dinosaurs.
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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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Divers from around the country learn how to map shipwrecks.
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Follow one scientist studying coral in Belize.
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Scientists studying the coastal Everglades make some perplexing discoveries.