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In this film, naturalist David Attenborough discusses the creatures of the deep. This film is suitable for older elementary, middle school, and high school students. Run time 0:57.
August 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM
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In this film, naturalist David Attenborough discusses the creatures of the deep. This film is suitable for older elementary, middle school, and high school students. Run time 10:00.
August 9, 2009 at 12:31 PM
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In this film, naturalist David Attenborough discusses the creatures of the deep. This film is suitable for older elementary, middle school, and high school students. Run time 10:03.
August 9, 2009 at 12:32 PM
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In this film, naturalist David Attenborough discusses the creatures of the deep. This film is suitable for older elementary, middle school, and high school students. Run time 10:01.
August 9, 2009 at 12:29 PM
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A drought in the West Bank is exacerbating the situation in the already conflict-riddled region.A drought in the West Bank is exacerbating the situation in the already conflict-riddled region. As Israelis experience unprecedented water shortages, res...idential wells in drought-stricken Palestinian regions continue to dry up due to decreased rainfall and Israel’s tightening grip on water use.Parts of major West Bank cities such as Jenin, Hebron, and Bethlehem have experienced a lack of running water for weeks at a time. Even faucets in parts of Ramallah, the occupied West Bank’s political hub, which rarely experiences cuts, have been known to go dry for days at a time.The Expedition team talks with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian students at the Arava Institute where they are studying environmental and water issues as a vehicle for diplomacy, cooperation and ultimately, peace. (6:29)
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September 11, 2011 at 03:23 PM
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Cambodia serves as another case study of an environmental phenomenon affecting the entire planet.A World Heritage Site, Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 square kilometers, the park ...contains the magnificent remains of the Khmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15th century AD.Today, researchers believe that water scarcity may have caused the demise of what was one of the largest and most important civilizations of its time. By destroying vast tracts of forest to enlarge their farmland, inhabitants of the city of Angkor lit the fuse to an ecological time bomb. Flooding ensued, and huge amounts of sediment and sand washed down the mountains, filling up canals, and possibly choking the vital water management system, thereby making the society vulnerable to attack and invasion.Furthermore,Cambodia serves as another case study of an environmental phenomenon affecting the entire planet: climate change is causing our glaciers, from the Arctic tundra to the Swiss Alps to the Himalayas, to melt away. As with the Ganges in India, Cambodia along with neighboring China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam will suffer tragic consequences if and when the great Mekong River becomes a seasonal river.
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September 11, 2011 at 03:16 PM
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Will America’s largest reservoir ever fill up again? Alexandra Cousteau’s Expedition Blue Planet: North America investigatesThe American Southwest as we know it does not exist without the Colorado River. This iconic river propelled the nation’s driv...e into the arid Southwest and shaped its culture. Today, its tamed waters power city lights and fuel urban growth and agriculture; its waters slake the thirst and energy demands of 30 million people across seven states.
Hoover Dam is the heart of the American west’s water supply, a powerhouse for irrigation and farming in the region. But today a combination of drought and overuse have drained it half dry leaving a 135 foot high “bathtub ring” mark around Lake Mead. Will America’s largest reservoir ever fill up again as the water wars between cities, farmers and nature play out? Alexandra Cousteau’s Expedition Blue Planet: North America investigates in Age of Limits. (7:26)
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September 10, 2011 at 11:53 PM
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The Expedition Blue Planet team explore the impacts of a broken river and disappearing wetlandsIn August 2010, Alexandra Cousteau’s Expedition Blue Planet crossed over the Arizona/Mexico border to follow the Colorado’s dry riverbed to its historic mo...uth in the Upper Gulf of California where its nutrient-rich waters no longer reach the sea.The stately Colorado, that same iconic river of history that carved out the Grand Canyon and made the deserts bloom in the American southwest, now ends in hypersaline mudflat rather than a punctuation mark of aquatic biodiversity. Our unsustainable demands and shortsighted management of the Colorado River literally exhaust its supply; its 1,450-mile long path now ends in the dust and shimmering heat of the Mexican desert.In Death of a River, Alexandra and her team join Ornithologist Dr. Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta and agriculture and water expert Dr. Yamillet Carrillo-Guerrero to explore the impacts of a broken river and disappearing wetlands. Our loss is not only calculated in the collapse of more than 2 million acres of wetland - a fertile delta the size of Rhode Island - but also the impoverishment of critical estuaries where the river once met the sea. (8:58)
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September 11, 2011 at 12:04 AM
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Alexandra and her Blue Planet team will bring the thrill of adventure and the wonders of nature to audiences across the globe.In July, Alexandra Cousteau and her international Expedition Blue Planet team will depart on a 14,500-mile journey across No...rth American to investigate global water issues “in the backyard” of one of the world’s leading economies.Living, working and exploring water stories together, Alexandra and her team will use everything from the underwater gear invented by her grandfather to the latest in satellite technology and live social media to bring thrill of adventure and the wonders of nature to audiences across the globe.Through the lens of this expedition, global audiences will have the rare opportunity to join the expedition from an entirely new angle: sitting down with the crew as they discuss the work of the day over meals they’ve prepared as a traveling “family,” experiencing the camaraderie and adventure of solving problems in the field, and experiencing firsthand the thrill of discovering grand places and meeting everyday people in cities and villages along the way.Throughout the journey, the team will explore some of the great water treasures of the region, investigate issues surrounding water conservation, as well as bear witness to stories of people from all walks of life working to solve one of the great challenge of our generation – the global water crisis. (5:48)
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September 11, 2011 at 12:24 AM
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In this short film, we speak with key voices and experts in the headwaters regionIn July 2010, Alexandra Cousteau’s Expedition Blue Planet: North America explored the headwaters of the Colorado River to investigate how this mighty river is over alloc...ated from the moment its waters touch the ground high in the Rocky Mountains, where the continental divide rises like spine and demarcates the Mississippi watershed that lies to the East from the Colorado watershed that falls to the West.
Today we find that this iconic river still means life for the 20 million people that live in its basin, just as it did for the Native Americans, just as it did for the settlers who drove West and claimed it as their own. But the truth is, the minute it touches the ground we’ve allocated every drop and too often we’re not even judicious in how we use it.
In this short film, we speak with key voices and experts in the headwaters region and chart the path of the river’s flow to investigate water use and management issues in the American West. Here, it’s all about what’s downstream.
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September 11, 2011 at 12:13 AM
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