印度洋拯救任务
无穷无尽的印度洋是最后一个自然天堂的所在,碧绿清澈的海水中,密布绚烂的珊瑚,组成偏远的环礁。
印度洋整个海域尚未完全经过探索,很多珊瑚礁在地图上仍未标记。考察船阿拉古斯二号从留尼旺岛出发,标志我们这个时代,最伟大科学历险之旅开始。
考察旅程由摩纳哥亲王阿尔贝二世基金会发起,历时六周,船上汇聚了一百位世界级海洋科学精英。研究船沿着马斯克林深海高原进入西印度洋,目的地是塞舌尔群岛西南部的亚达伯拉环礁,蕯耶迪马尼亚沙洲的沉没群岛亦首次成为研究对象。
本节目跟随科学家团的足迹,如实纪录了他们检测珊瑚礁,追踪濒危绿海龟的过程。他们还发现了一些前所未见的生物。搜集到的资料数据仍有待分析整合,然而,这一次科学探险之旅无疑有助进一步掌握我们的海洋生态,从而了解全球暖化的后果。
The endless expanses of the Indian Ocean are home to the last natural paradises: Remote atolls surrounded by coral reefs in crystal clear water.
Whole regions of this ocean are still unexplored, many reefs are not marked on any map. The departure of the research vessel Agulhas II from the island of La Réunion marks the beginning of one of the greatest scientific adventures of our time. The expedition, initiated by Monaco Explorations with the support of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, lasted six weeks and led into the Western Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Plateau. On board are one hundred experts who are among the world's elite marine scientists. On their mission, they discover never-before-seen creatures like the Dumbo Octopus and fabulous animals like the State Jellyfish, which resembles a floating work of art. Several hundreds of gigabytes of data are still waiting to be processed, but one thing is already certain: the expedition will help to better understand the physics and biology of the oceans and thus the consequences of global warming.