Everglades: Decades of Damage

Sciences     Ecology     Life Sciences     Biology     Social Studies 

Two scientists wade through the Everglades, evading alligators, one of its many wonders, while other investigators explore its topography and history. Human intervention in the last century had good intentions (hurricane control, swamp drainage) but resulted in increased storm damage, loss of natural water cleansing, and other unintended consequences. We fly above to see how the Everglades’ source river became a straight concrete ditch, resulting in potential floods and ocean contamination beyond expectation. Now the most ambitious and expensive ecological restoration in history begins.