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Discover the Gulf of Maine and how its bounty was forever changed by a global appetite for fish. Now with the Gulf warming faster than 97 percent of the world’s oceans, witness how wildlife and people are adapting to rapid change.

Discover the lasting impact of how international trade forever changed the Gulf of Maine’s bounty.

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Discover the Gulf of Maine and how its bounty was forever changed by a global appetite for fish. Now with the Gulf warming faster than 97 percent of the world’s oceans, witness how wildlife and people are adapting to rapid change. A three-part NOVA special presentation premiering July 24, 2024 at 10 pm.

Discover the lasting impact of how international trade forever changed the Gulf of Maine’s bounty.

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Dive into Cashes Ledge with scientists as they race to discover if this remote and relatively pristine part of the Gulf of Maine is vulnerable to rapid warming. Can Cashes still offer hope for the Gulf’s more than 3,000 species?

Explore Cashes Ledge - part of the Gulf of Maine that helps power the Gulf’s more than 3,000 species

Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine

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Dive into Cashes Ledge with scientists as they race to discover if this remote and relatively pristine part of the Gulf of Maine is vulnerable to rapid warming. Can Cashes still offer hope for the Gulf’s more than 3,000 species? Episode 2 of a three-part NOVA special presentation premieres July 31, 2024 at 10 pm on PBS.

Explore Cashes Ledge, a part of the Gulf of Maine that helps power the Gulf’s more than 3,000 species.

Explore Cashes Ledge, a part of the Gulf of Maine that helps power the Gulf’s more than 3,000 species.

Now at a crossroads for the future of the Gulf of Maine and our oceans, Indigenous peoples and scholars practice climate resilience and adaptation, scientists track developments, and entrepreneurs find new ways to make a living from the sea.

Meet the people leading new efforts to shape the future of the Gulf of Maine and our oceans.

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Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine

Now at a crossroads for the future of the Gulf of Maine and our oceans, Indigenous peoples and scholars practice climate resilience and adaptation, scientists track developments, and entrepreneurs find new ways to make a living from the sea. Episode 3 of a three-part NOVA special presentation premieres August 7, 2024 at 10 pm on PBS.

Meet the people leading new efforts to shape the future of the Gulf of Maine and our oceans.

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7500 miles long, 1000 feet deep, stretching from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, the Gulf of Maine is a 36,000 square mile underwater Eden whose abundance drove the development of colonies, states and a nation, changed the way we lived. Today, this treasure is in peril. Warming faster than 97% of the global ocean, what happens here will likely happen everywhere. This is far more than a story of peril – it’s also a story of remarkable biodiversity and adaptation. Over three episodes, we meet scientists, fishers, native Americans and innovators working to help the Gulf bounce back. A three-part NOVA special presentation premiering July 24, 2024 at 10 pm on PBS.

The story of one of the planet’s most spectacular, bountiful and endangered bodies of water - the Gulf of Maine.

The story of one of the planet’s most spectacular, bountiful and endangered bodies of water - the Gulf of Maine.

Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine

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