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The Desert Speaks
Ageless Mud: Adobe Homes in the Desert
Season 17
Episode 1710
Adobe not only has a remarkable period of longevity but also has thermal capabilities, making it ideal for the hot dry desert. The team spends time at the San Xavier Mission to watch a restoration crew repair and restore an adobe exterior. Near Marana, Yetman visits a commercial brickyard to see how these “desert building blocks” are created from start to finish.
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Scientists come from all over the world to study at the Southwestern Research Station.
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How many mysteries are being solved and many benefits realized by the study of the desert.
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Explore some real desert islands where birds, plants and animals struggle to survive.
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Take a closer look a the animals and plants in and along the Sea of Cortez.
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Take a look at some fascinating ways people can learn about the desert.
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Spring in the Sonoran Desert is a time of beauty and abundant life.
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Some amazing research projects which help the wild inhabitants of the desert.
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Explore the hottest and driest region of North America, just south of the border.
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The arduous journey of water through the Sonoran Desert Valley.
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Over millions of years, geological formations have produced the Sonoran Desert.
