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Faced with extinction in many river systems of the West, a new genetic discovery could aid in the recovery of the chinook salmon population. This program examines the historical and ongoing causes of their depletion and their importance to the native peoples of the region. It also examines a recent scientific breakthrough that can turn the tide of their declining numbers and save this species from extinction.
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Examining the global freshwater crisis, this documentary exposes the worldwide cost and consequences of the destruction of nature. Show on location in Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Albania, and Poland, the program visits rivers, laboratories, farms, and corporations to present varied perspectives and to convey a strong message about one of the greatest threats to the environment.
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"From Kazakhstan's most celebrated author comes his powerful and timely English-language debut about a fisherman's struggle to save the Aral Sea, and its way of life, from man-made ecological disaster. Unfolding on the vast grasslands of the steppes of Kazakhstan before its independence from the USSR, this haunting novel limns the struggles of the world through the eyes of Nasyr, a simple fisherman and village elder, and his resolute son, Kakharman....
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"As climate disasters wreak havoc, a sister and brother take opposing sides on the fate of the human race. Syrah Carthan wants to save it. A tour guide for the Sequoia National Park, Syrah has an affinity for the millennia-old giants that extends to Rhiza, a subterranean world as ancient as Earth itself. Syrah is the reluctant heir apparent as its Keeper. Her duty is to maintain a balance between nature and humans. But Syrah's greatest adversary has...