Plastic in the antarctic. Cleaning up the Water Treatment for the future. And the bizarre plant life of New Caledonia. But first we head to the antarctic the fascinating eco zone around the south pole. One of the last bastions of pristine nature untouched by our Industrial Society or so you might think all the more worrisome to see what researchers have now discovered in antarctic waters. The Russian Research ship they make. On board the antarctic expedition is ecologist peter ryan. God of all schools science there due to technical problems ryan has had to revert to working with a bucket and a rope. That gives the specialist in conservation biology and Marine Ecology a chance to move around a bit. Of. Good exercise. His aim is to test the Water Quality here in the Southern Ocean theres very little Data Available for the antarctic it looks so clean. The sample is taken directly into the Research Vessels lab there to improvise ation is the order of the day ryans operators is made of larg
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We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Were getting it together and its going to happen. Right, mike . Right. The Gop Health Care bill collapses. Theres a couple wheels off this bus right now, but this is a bus full of republicans that are determined to ultimately deliver it to its destination. They are not going to give up on it. Ing to nothing is not an option, and i have confidence theyll Bring Solutions to the table to get us to yes. In central arizona, more crews join the search for a man missing after a flash flood. The death of a whom shot and killed by police in minnesota is ruled a homicide. Were desperate for information. A new clue in the unsolved killings of two deep age girls in indiana. Police released the sketch of a man they are looking for. A grand jury in texas indicting a former Police Officer on a murder charge in the shooting death of a high school freshman. We will prosecute this case vigorously. Investigators want to know the cause o
Watching us. To the fifth humans to mars summit. Not the center of the universe. Lease life this known fact is only been known and established 400 years every since because can person proved it mathematically. Humans can fly. Thats only uth with us for over a century. Humans can walk on the moon. A century than half of truth to us. Considering our times a human pecies on the planet those are all really short times to know these things. Now what i expect that in 16 small crew of 6 women and men will be on route mars. Think about it. Now. 16 years from that can be true too. Ut if we want that math to happen, we today, will have to we keep track with our human and mars program. Looking at you, my audience i know that im looking at the can make this happen. As you truly are the best and fields we st in all need to send humans to mars. Lets show our resolve and keep needed infrastructure and keep testing and improving. Humans on mars get us fact too and underway now. Pleasure tohe great int
Up out of a key time. To dry. Next upfor out of a key time. To dry. Next up for are world, we went to Antarctica Tojoin up for are world, we went to antarctica to join scientists monitoring wildlife. There will be a lot of penguins. The only continent on earth with no native human population. But antarcticas coasts are teeming with life. So how can scientists study and protect that Wildlife Year Round through the harshest winter on the planet . Im Victoria Gill and im following a team of scientists who are setting up remote cameras in Penguin Colonies here. Here in the antarctic peninsula, penguins are largely declining. Why . Thats ok, bud. I want to understand what the threats are to penguins in this region and how to get rid of those threats. Climate change is already having an impact on Penguin Populations here. So what can antarcticas most famous residents reveal about the future of our planets greatest wilderness . We are on the shortest possible crossing to antarctica from the s