A decade after the largest dam removal in history - on Washington State’s Elwha River- scientists are chronicling a story of ecological rebirth. Recovering salmon populations are transferring critical nutrients from the ocean into the forests, enriching the entire ecosystem. The Elwha’s revival is an encouraging model for the removal of larger dams in the region and around the world.
Up Next in Season 1
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Protecting Paradise
On Panama’s remote Pearl Islands, marine biologist Callie Veelenturf is using her research on endangered sea turtles to help the country enshrine the rights of nature into law—and help the communities living there protect their own environment and livelihood.
Saboga Island in particular is an “an... -
Seabird Sanctuary
All around the world, seabirds provide a critical link between land and sea. On Hawai’i, ecologists are working to protect two vital shearwater species that helped life first take hold across these islands.
While seabirds predominantly reside at sea, they return to land to breed and raise their ... -
Coral Comeback
Coral reefs around the world are threatened by rising ocean temperatures, but hope is growing off the coast of Hawaii. There, researchers at the Coral Resilience Lab selectively breed corals to withstand ever-increasing amounts of heat stress.
Corals are tiny animals that have a mutually benefici...
