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Changing Seas
Toxic Waters
Season 11
Episode 1102
Harmful algal blooms come in many forms, from toxic outbreaks impacting the health of animals and humans, to non-toxic but expansive sargassum mats devastating local economies and tourism. Scientists are working to understand what causes these blooms, how they impact us, and how we can stop them.
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Visit the remote Pacific, the islands of Maug - a natural laboratory for scientists.
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Scientists take advantage of manatee gatherings to study them.
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Some scientists are suggesting that ctenophores are the oldest sea animals.
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Discover how some fish species change their sex.
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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 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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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.