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Earth Focus
Combating Climate Change with Trees
Season 6
Episode 4
Community organizations are planting trees in long-neglected neighborhoods to cool them down. These efforts are aiming to create healthier, more sustainable environments across Southern California.
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26:39
South Africa faces a stark reality as the continent’s largest greenhouse gas emitter.

26:39
In-depth profiles of four young environmentalists: Alexandria Villaseñor in California, Carl Smith in Alaska, Ayakha Melithafa in South Africa and Litokne Kabua in the Marshall Islands.

26:40
Entire aquatic ecosystems are beginning to collapse.

26:30
Solar power is changing lives in unexpected places.

26:40
The realities of milk production are forcing dairy communities across the globe to rethink the dairy production process.

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This episode explores lumber poaching in the forests of Brazil and Oregon, where citizens and scientists are working together to combat the illegal lumber trade.

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The popular demand for avocados is having a devastating impact on a drought-stricken community in Chile.

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This episode of "Earth Focus" examines how the worldwide demand for oil and gas is impacting the communities that supply it.

24:28
Los Angeles is one of the biggest biodiversity hotspots in the world, despite its smog, urban sprawl and snarling freeways.

25:44
Communities and innovators all over the world are creating new sustainable food sources that are resilient to climate change and growing populations.

25:44
Anticipating future water needs, two regions on opposite sides of the world turn to technology for answers.

25:26
Two cities, San Francisco and Freetown, brace for climate change using vastly different methodologies.