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| Topic | I started a journey to watch all 40 seasons of Nature |
| Shotgunnova 12/09/24 12:13:24 AM #6: | [1983] S02E01: Forest in the Sea Re: underwater kelp forests, overharvesting, deleterious weather effects (El Nino), and the persecution of sea otters (what we'd now call keystone species) needed to prevent dead zones from forming. I meant to start watching in order, but as long as things get done, I guess it doesn't matter. This is another "throwback" episode in a sense, 'cause I've definitely watched latter-day programs about oceanic environments being overrun by those damn purple urchins. In fact, I think there was a startup trying to use the urchins as food for fisheries or something, which I'm sure many Californians would be in favor of. The show didn't mention that the forests bank tons of carbon for the planet, so maybe that wasn't widely known at the time. What do you bank, Todd? Pokemon cards? In humanity's war with the kelp, I root for the kelp. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2123fd51.jpg --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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