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Changing Seas
Reefs of Rangiroa
Scientists with the Global Reef Expedition are on a six-year mission to study remote coral reefs around the world. Organized by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, the expedition kicked off in 2011, with plans to conduct research in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. A coproduction with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.
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Scientists experimant to see if giant manta rays are impacted negatively by microplastics.
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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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Researchers provide data necessary to protect fish populations from further decline.
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Researchers are beginning to understand where turtles go during their “lost years.”