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Reimagining the Los Angeles River

Season 5 Episode 1
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Transforming the Los Angeles River

Transforming the Los Angeles River

Season 5 Episode 2
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The Tortoise, the Raven, and Us

The Tortoise, the Raven, and Us

Season 5 Episode 3
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Loving Joshua Tree

Loving Joshua Tree

Season 5 Episode 4
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We Are Where We Live

We Are Where We Live

Season 4 Episode 1
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For the Love of the Land

For the Love of the Land

Season 4 Episode 2
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Fighting for Air

Fighting for Air

Season 4 Episode 3
26:47
A miner emerges from an abandoned mine in South Africa carrying a heavy sack of coal on his back. | Courtesy of of Thomson Reuters Foundation

Coal Mining in South Africa

Season 3 Episode 2
26:39
A member of a military operation to crack down on illegal gold mining in Peru. | Max Baring/Thomson Reuters Foundation

The Price of Gold in Peru

Season 3 Episode 3
26:40
The Price of Gold in Peru

The Price of Gold in Peru

Season 3 Episode 3
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Earth Focus

Tackling Ocean Challenges

Oceans support life, yet they are overfished, polluted, and, with global climate change, are becoming increasingly acidic.

The XPrize Ocean Initiative seeks to solve some of these critical threats by bringing in teams from around the world for high-profile competitions to find the best new technologies and stimulate investment in research and development. After the massive Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Wendy Schmidt Oil Clean up XCHALLENGE in 2011 awarded $1.4 million to a team that demonstrated an oil recovery cleanup rate four times greater than the industry's previous best recovery rate.

A second $2 million Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE is spurring innovators to develop accurate and affordable pH sensors to deepen our understanding of ocean acidification, which threatens the growth of shellfish and coral reefs. Click HERE about the Montana team of chemists and engineers who won the two grand prizes of the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE in 2015.

For more information on the issue and what you can do, visit our Oceans page.

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"Earth Focus" looks at three countries on the new fracking frontline: South Africa, Poland, and the UK.
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