Water by Design Desalination: From Saltwater to Freshwater
Water, water everywhere...could the ocean be a reasonable source of freshwater for our communities? Philippe Cousteau travels to the West Basin Municipal Water District’s Water Education Center in Redondo Beach, CA.. Here Darryl Ramos-Young explains the process of desalination and the results of a multi-year pilot study examining the benefits and challenges of turning saltwater into freshwater.
Water by Design: Aquaponics 101
In Southern California, about 80% of the freshwater supply is used for farming. Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau meet with executive chef and farmer Adam Navidi from Future Foods Farms in Brea, CA. Chef Adam uses an innovative farming design called aquaponics to grow lettuce, vegetables, and even fish with less water than the average family uses at home on a daily basis.
Shell Shocked: Saving Shellfish
Washington’s Puget Sound provides a look into the future of coastal habitats across the world, due to the natural cycle of upwelling that occurs here. Join Philippe Cousteau as explores the links between the organisms that we rarely consider, such as oysters, to those that are symbols of the vast unknown of the ocean, like orca.
STEM Career Closeup: Research Coordinator
EXPLORE: Have you ever wanted to work at a Marine Sanctuary? Have you ever even heard about our country’s Marine Sanctuaries? Learn more about life as the Research Coordinator at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
Shell Shocked: Engineering Solutions
Go behind the scenes with Philippe Cousteau as he meets with scientists, judges, and semi-finalist teams for the multi-million dollar Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE. Pioneering the future of ocean acidification research, these teams of engineers have been challenged to "create pH sensor technology that will affordably, accurately, and efficiently measure ocean chemistry from its shallowest waters… to its deepest depths."