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The Desert Speaks
Season 2, Episode 5: Research in the Desert
Season 2
Episode 5
Research in the Desert focuses on some amazing research projects which help the wild inhabitants of the desert. Explore how humans affect the desert environment and how desert animals adapt to survive cohabitation with people.
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The new science of “restoration ecology.”

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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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Explore riparian areas surrounding the Colorado River.

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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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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.

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What makes a desert, a desert?