S2 Ep 14 - Rivers and Lakes
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Philippe Cousteau visits Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan, and discovers the canals that run through this city. Then we go to Lake Seneca in New York, where high school students test the water quality. Philippe travels to Philadelphia where scientists monitor a creek by gathering fish in an unusual way. Then we head north to Quebec City, where in the winter, the St. Lawrence River becomes a frozen river.
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S2 Ep 15 - Animal Engineering
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S2 Ep 16 - Forests
Philippe Cousteau looks at ways scientists are measuring the health of our forests. In New England, Philippe visits a white pine forest that is being threatened by invasive plants. At the University of California - Santa Cruz, students use sonic-tomography to look inside trees in order to detect ...
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S2 EP 17 - Food
Philippe Cousteau looks at new ways of cultivating fresh, nutritious food. He visits a farm in Los Angeles where they grow food on a parking lot, just to show that fresh food can be grown in an urban environment. We also look into what distinguishes fruits from vegetables. The results can be surp...
