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The Desert Speaks
Sea of Cortez: Then and Now
Season 18
Episode 1
Host David Yetman and a group of international researchers including some from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, traverse the famed Sea of Cortez. The Gulf of California as it is also known, once showcased the greatest marine diversity in the world. In this land of enhanced biodiversity, two different worlds come together –the terrestrial and the marine.
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