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Length: 1:43
Accent: French
French scientists study 740,000-year-old Antarctic ice samples and find clues that point to a relationship between greenhouse gases and global warming. It is feared that the record high carbon and methane levels of today will cause severe climatic change in coming years.
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Length: 1:26
Accent: French
Two hundred suicidal sheep jumped to their death in the French alps. Even though no predator was seen, wolves in the alps have been causing a lot of controversy lately. Should we step away from “parks for sheep” and allow Mother Nature to maintain the circle of life? Or should wolves be hunted and killed to protect the sheep and the farmers who depend on them?
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Length: 1:15
Accent: French
Randy enjoys swimming in the bay of French coastal town La Rochelle. He enjoys accompanying boats and making friends with other swimmers. Experts, fearing he may get hurt in a propellor or harm someone accidently, are trying to persuade him to act a little less like Flipper and little more like the wild dolphin that he is.
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Length: 1:54
Accent: French
Excessive algae blooms are causing what is known as “green tides” off the coast of Brittany, affecting ten percent of its coastline. Agriculture is the culprit, due to its extensive use of fertilizers and production of animal wastes, both of which make their way to the ocean and feed the algae.
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Length: 1:22
Accent: French
It’s been suggested by some that global warming is a myth, but a large scientific study suggests otherwise. The first to suffer will be the animals that call the northern icecap home, such as polar bears and seals.
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Length: 1:21
Accent: French
Only four bears remain in Haut-Béarn, and all of them are male. Nothing can be done to save the population unless some females are introduced.
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Length: 1:33
Accent: French
Many French people claim they don’t like receiving junk mail, but marketers have done studies which indicate the opposite.
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Difficulty:
Length: 1:11
Accent: French
The summer months have been very dry in many parts of France for the past several years.
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Length: 1:42
Accent: French
In the tradition of the great Jacques Cousteau, two young Frenchmen have been crisscrossing the world’s oceans documenting their most marvelous encounters in a book. But the book is not just an ode to the beauty of the deep; it is a warning about the impact humans have had on this largely unknown world.
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Length: 1:50
Accent: French
Like old cheese and old wine, old wood is in high demand when it comes to building new chalets. A modern cabin built of ancient wood provides the perfect balance of the old and the new.
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Length: 1:53
Accent: French
Beautiful snow Leopards and Madagascar tortoises! The European Program protects rare species such as these in zoos, with the goal to eventually release them (or their children) back into the wild.
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Difficulty:
Length: 1:42
Accent: French
José Bové may be famous for having dismantled a McDonald’s, but it turns out he also knows a thing or two about building houses—all in line with his alterglobalist ideals!
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Difficulty:
Length: 1:15
Accent: French
A robot is sent into a deep ocean fault south of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. Its mission: to explore mineral chimneys and collect the organisms that can live there without sunlight.
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Length: 1:43
Accent: French
Two women – one French, one American – speak of their new careers as vineyard owners. With the increasing popularity of New World wines, land in the Bordeaux region of France is becoming cheaper.
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Length: 1:46
Accent: French
Brr! It’s hard to believe that anything could survive in waters as cold as minus two degrees. But recent research expeditions in the Antarctic Ocean have found life forms, like the icefish, that manage to thrive despite the chilly temperatures.
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