印度洋拯救任務
無窮無盡的印度洋是最後一個自然天堂的所在,碧綠清澈的海水中,密布絢爛的珊瑚,組成偏遠的環礁。
印度洋整個海域尚未完全經過探索,很多珊瑚礁在地圖上仍未標記。考察船阿拉古斯二號從留尼旺島出發,標誌我們這個時代,最偉大科學歷險之旅開始。
考察旅程由摩納哥親王阿爾貝二世基金會發起,歷時六週,船上滙聚了一百位世界級海洋科學精英。研究船沿著馬斯克林深海高原進入西印度洋,目的地是塞舌爾群島西南部的亞達伯拉環礁,蕯耶迪馬尼亞沙洲的沉没群島亦首次成為研究對象。
本節目跟隨科學家團的足迹,如實紀錄了他們檢測珊瑚礁,追踪瀕危綠海龜的過程。他們還發現了一些前所未見的生物。搜集到的資料數據仍有待分析整合,然而,這一次科學探險之旅無疑有助進一步掌握我們的海洋生態,從而了解全球暖化的後果。
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.