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Urban Ark

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Clip: S1 | 11m 19s | Urban Ark considers how Los Angeles has inadvertently become a sanctuary city. (11m 19s)

Earth Focus Season 1 Preview

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Preview: S1 | 1m | "Earth Focus" is an environmental news magazine featuring stories about our environment. (1m)

Urban Habitat Preview

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Preview: S1 Ep6 | 35s | Los Angeles species are thriving despite human interference; in some cases because of it. (35s)

Understanding How Species Adapt in Urban Habitats

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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 6m 38s | Los Angeles scientists work to catalog the city's evolving biodiversity. (6m 38s)

Students in High-Density Neighborhood Reconnect with Nature

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Preview: S1 Ep6 | 3m 9s | Esperanza Elementary encourages students to reconnect with nature through exploration. (3m 9s)

Coyotes and P22

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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 9m 22s | L.A.-dwelling species have adapted to survive in habitats much closer than we think. (9m 22s)

Proposed Fish Farms Seek to Counteract U.S. Seafood Imports

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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 12m 14s | The U.S. is the largest importer of seafood, which comes primarily from China. (12m 14s)

Harvesting Fog to Address Drought At Edge of the Sahara

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Clip: S1 Ep4 | 12m 24s | At the edge of Morocco's Sahara region, a new way of harvesting water has large potential. (12m 24s)

Future of Food Preview

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Preview: S1 Ep5 | 35s | Communities and innovators all over the world are creating new sustainable food sources. (35s)

A Fishing Community Allows Environment Time to Replenish

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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 12m 46s | Global demand for seafood is growing along with concerns about overfishing. (12m 46s)

Central Valley Uses Technology to Address Contaminated Water

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Preview: S1 Ep4 | 11m 49s | New technologies attempt to overcome political and cost challenges in filtering tap water. (11m 49s)

Adaptation to Global Water Shortages Preview

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Preview: S1 Ep4 | 35s | Regions on opposite sides of the world turn to technology to address future water needs. (35s)

Urbanization and Climate Change Lead to Deadly Consequences

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Clip: S1 Ep3 | 14m 27s | A deadly mudslide in Sierra Leone's capital exposed the city's failure to plan. (14m 27s)

San Francisco Builds On Land Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise

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Clip: S1 Ep3 | 9m 30s | San Francisco's developers are building expensive real estate on floodplains. (9m 30s)

City Planning (Preview)

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Preview: S1 Ep3 | 34s | Two cities, San Francisco and Freetown, brace for climate change with contrasting methods. (34s)

Mongolia Losing Nomadic Herding Lifestyle

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Clip: S1 Ep2 | 12m 6s | More than 600,000 nomadic herders have moved to the city in search of work after dzud. (12m 6s)

How Tijuana's Haitian Community Was Born

Clip: S1 Ep2 | 12m 18s | After a devastating earthquake and hurricane, people from Haiti began migrating. (12m 18s)

Climate Migration (Preview)

Preview: S1 Ep2 | 35s | Populations are dramatically shifting as climate change drives migration. (35s)

Sea Level Rising: Living with Water (Preview)

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Preview: S1 Ep1 | 35s | Forecasts are dire for Louisiana to experience the world's second-highest sea level rise. (35s)