The U.S. Reintroduced Sea Otters Into an Empty Ocean Then Everything Changed

Описание: The U.S. Reintroduced Sea Otters Into an Empty Ocean Then Everything Changed

Join us as we explore the remarkable story of how sea otters, once pushed to the brink of extinction, were reintroduced into struggling coastal waters and triggered a powerful chain reaction that transformed the entire marine ecosystem.

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00:00 Intro
01:11 Monterey Bay – A Crisis Beneath the Surface
02:01 Kelp Forests – The Green Cathedrals of the Pacific Coast
03:17 The Disappearance of the Kelp Forests
04:17 Sea Star Disease and the Ecological Domino Effect
05:35 Sea Urchins – The Destroyers of the Kelp Forest
06:35 Human Actions and a Century of Ecological Mistakes
07:55 The Return of the Sea Otters
09:40 The Limits of Nature’s Solution
10:47 Manual Removal of Sea Urchins
11:47 Sea Otters vs. the Invasive European Green Crab
13:12 The Sea Otter Surrogate Mother Program

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