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Planet H20

Restoring H20 Ecosystems: Saving Chesapeake Bay (#103)

Polluted waters can have damaging economic and social effects as well as destroy wildlife habitats. Chesapeake Bay is one of the most polluted bodies of water in America, but local students are working with commercial crab catchers and scientists in the Baltimore area to help restore its health.

Program Description: This timely series shows how young students and professionals are helping to solve the growing problem of global overuse and abuse of Earth’s most precious and limited resource--water. The programs explore both the positive and negative scientific and social implications of global water use.

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