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Discovery: Oceans - What Lies Beneath

Discovery: Oceans - What Lies Beneath: Episode 1: Oceans: What Lies Beneath: Part one

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Episode 1: Oceans: What Lies Beneath: Part one

Oceans - What Lies Beneath

Oceans: What Lies Beneath: Part one

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First aired in 2009. Gabrielle Walker investigates a 'golden age' of oceanic discovery

First aired in 2009. Gabrielle Walker talks to some of the world’s leading oceanographers about a new 'golden age' of oceanic discovery.

First aired in 2009. Gabrielle Walker talks to some of the world’s leading oceanographers about what they describe as a new golden age of oceanic discovery, and why we appear to understand so little about such a crucial part of our planet.

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Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we know about the oceans.

Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we understand the oceans, and talks to scientists making extraordinary discoveries.

It is an often quoted fact that we know more about the surface of the moon then we do about life beneath the ocean waves. They make up more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and remain the last great frontier of discovery on this planet. 

In this epic four-part series, Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we understand the waters on which human life depends, and talks to the scientists who are making some extraordinary discoveries deep beneath the ocean waves.

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