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Earth Focus
Sea Level Rising: Living With Water
Season 1
Episode 1
Louisiana still is learning from Hurricane Katrina. Forecasts are dire for Louisiana to experience the second-highest sea level rise in the world. There is a big movement brewing in New Orleans to build adaptive "resilience zones." In Southeast Louisiana, the native peoples of the Isle de Jean Charles have become the first U.S citizens moving within their homeland displaced by climate change.
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A transformed L.A. River is envisioned by the communities that live at its edge.
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The L.A. River is reimagined through explorations of history, hydrology, and architecture.
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Everyday people are standing up against the e-commerce giants polluting the Inland Empire.
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A look at the Peruvian government's Operation Mercury, a decisive action to shut down an entire town built around an illegal gold mine.
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South Africa faces a stark reality as the continent’s largest greenhouse gas emitter.
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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.
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Entire aquatic ecosystems are beginning to collapse.
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Solar power is changing lives in unexpected places.