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Earth Focus
Future of Food
Episode 105
Communities and innovators all over the world are creating new sustainable food sources that are resilient to climate change and growing populations. In Madagascar, we see how villagers are closing off marine areas to allow the fish supply to replenish at a natural pace. In San Diego, California, aquaculturists are exploring open ocean farming as a more sustainable model for the fishing industry.
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Earth Focus
Fracking Goes Global
Episode 52
(Earth Focus: Episode 52) U.S. domestic gas production is on the rise because of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale rock by pumping millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals underground at high pressure. Environmentalists say this gas boon threatens water supplies and pollutes air. Now, as fracking expands around the world, so does growing resistance. "Earth Focus" looks at three countries on the new fracking frontline: South Africa, Poland, and the UK.
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Angry Planet
Iceberg Alley
George heads to the iceberg capital of the world—Newfoundland, Canada—for an up-close look at these floating giants from above, from below, and from the very top of a frozen mountain on the move.
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Earth Focus
Exposed: The Ugly Side of Food Production
Episode 37
Food and social justice. Human rights abuses, rape and corrupt practices in the Bangladesh shrimp industry. A report by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation uncovers the human and environmental cost of shrimp farming and shows why buying shrimp from Bangladesh where they are exposed to pesticides and injected with dirty water may be hazardous to your health. UK's The Ecologist investigates the plight of African migrant workers in Italy and looks how financial speculation is threatening the livelihood of Mexican farmers.
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American Rivers
Detroit River – From the Great Lakes to the Great Bust
The Detroit River, still one of the busiest rivers in the world and a witness to the glory times of American industrialization, today sees desolation and the occasional sunflower field in downtown Detroit.
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2018-05-29T15:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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Earth Focus
Unsafe: The Truth Behind Everyday Chemicals
Episode 59
There are tens of thousands of chemicals in our air, water, and in the everyday products we use. They are largely unregulated and few are adequately tested for safety. They contribute to disease and are linked to conditions such as asthma, autism, ADHD, diabetes, cancers, infertility, cognitive disorders, obesity, reproductive disorders and birth defects. "Earth Focus" looks at endocrine disruptors, ubiquitous chemicals that affect development, metabolism, fertility and intelligence at extremely low doses and at what measures could be taken to better ensure public safety.
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Angry Planet
Bangladesh Monsoon
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Earth Focus
Urban Habitat
Episode 106
With so much biodiversity in the highly urban area of Los Angeles, species are thriving despite human interference, and in some cases because of it.
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Earth Focus
Tackling Ocean Challenges
Episode 66
Oceans support life, yet they are overfished, polluted, and, with global climate change, are becoming increasingly acidic.
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American Rivers
Miami River - Crocodiles and Cruise Ships
The multi-cultural Miami River originates where Native Americans still value its resources, and ends where the super-wealthy park their yachts.
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Angry Planet
Polar Bears
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Earth Focus
Urban Habitat (Los Angeles)
Episode 101
Louisiana still is learning from Hurricane Katrina. Forecasts are dire for Louisiana to experience the second-highest sea level rise in the world. There is a big movement brewing in New Orleans to build adaptive "resilience zones." In Southeast Louisiana, the native peoples of the Isle de Jean Charles have become the first U.S citizens moving within their homeland displaced by climate change.
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Earth Focus
Toxic Environments: Us and China
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Earth Focus
Earth Focus
Episode 102
Populations are dramatically shifting as climate change drives migration. Droughts and floods are driving many people away from their rural, farming communities into big cities. We see how this is manifesting in Mongolia and examine the factors leading to the new community of Haitian people living in limbo at the border between Mexico and the U.S.
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Earth Focus
Arise: Women Protecting The Environment
Episode 42
(Earth Focus: Episode 42) A look at the award-winning film "Arise!" and its documentation of the intellectual and spiritual insights that women from around the world bring to solving today's environmental challenges. Mother/daughter filmmakers Lori Joyce, Candace Orlando, and executive producer Molly Ross reflect on the making of the film.
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Earth Focus
Shades of Gray: Living with Wolves
Episode 51
Gray wolves once ranged across North America. But by the 1930s, they were nearly extinct — trapped, poisoned and hunted by ranchers, farmers, and government agents. With protection under the 1973 Endangered Species Act, the wolf population rebounded. But wolves lost federal protection in 2011. Now, with hunting permitted in many Western states, the future of this once endangered species may again be in question. Can we live with wolves? "Earth Focus" travels to Montana and Wyoming to find out.
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Angry Planet
Angry Planet
Professional storm chaser George Kourounis goes on a global adventure,travelling to some of the most dangerous places on Earth. As the planet heats up, natural disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, George experiences the most extreme forces of nature and reports back from the front lines of climate change.
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American Rivers
Chicago River – A River In Reverse Gear
The flow of the picturesque Chicago River was reversed to move polluted waters out of sight.
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2018-06-14T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Earth Focus
City Planning
Episode 103
Two cities, San Francisco and Freetown, brace for climate change using vastly different methodologies. San Francisco's developers are building expensive real estate on floodplains as officials try to heed expert projections on future sea levels. On the other side of the world, a deadly mudslide caused by torrential rains and deforestation in Sierra Leone shows the consequences of city planning that doesn't take climate change into account.
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Earth Focus
Biodiversity and Health
(Earth Focus: Episode 41) What do plants, snakes, molds, marine sponges, and cone snails have in common? They have helped develop medicines that save human lives. Biodiversity -- the variety of life on Earth -- is key to human survival. But plants, animals, and microorganisms are disappearing at unprecedented rates. What impact will this have on human health? Find out in this Earth Focus special report produced in collaboration with the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School.
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Earth Focus
Restoring The Earth
Episode 53
(Earth Focus: Episode 53) It is possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems, to improve the lives of people trapped in poverty and to sequester carbon naturally. John Liu presents "Hope in a Changing Climate," which showcases approaches that have worked on the Loess Plateau in China, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Produced in collaboration with the Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP).
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2018-06-20T00:30:00-07:00KCETLINK
American Rivers
Los Angeles River – From Mountain Wilderness to Cement Corset
The spirited Los Angeles River gushes from the mountains only to be forced into a concrete corset in downtown LA.
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2018-06-21T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Earth Focus
Adaptation to Global Water Shortages
Episode 104
Anticipating future water needs, two regions on opposite sides of the world turn to technology for answers. Western Morocco, near the Sahara Desert, is currently facing unprecedented drought and groundwater mismanagement. But an ancient method of gathering moisture from fog is being taught to 13 villages, allowing people to have a level of local control over their most basic need. In Central Valley, California, the food basket of the world uses nearly 80 percent of the entire state's water supply.
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2018-06-24T09:30:00-07:00KCET-HD
Recent Stories
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Proposed Fish Farms Promise to Reverse High Number of U.S. Seafood Imports
Researchers are turning to aquaculture to look for ways to breed seafood in sustainable — and scalable — fish farms off the U.S. coast to improve our access to quality seafood without the carbon footprint of imported fish.
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A Fishing Community Shuts Down Periodically to Give Environment Time to Replenish
A seaside community in Andavadoaka, Madagascar is exploring the most sustainable ways to continue nurturing the sought-after seafood that occurs naturally along its coast.
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New Cameras Offer Peek Into L.A. River's Role as Wildlife Corridor
The National Park Service is installing wildlife cameras in both remote and urban spots along the L.A. River to learn about how mammals use this area. So far, a dancing coyote, a tawny bobcat and a curious deer have been spotted.
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Iceberg Alley
George heads to the iceberg capital of the world—Newfoundland, Canada.
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E5: Future of Food
Episode 105
Communities and innovators all over the world are creating new sustainable food sources that are resilient to climate change and growing populations.
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Colorado River – The Strangled Giant
The untamed wilderness of the Colorado River is squeezed to a trickle with the push of one button.
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