Heavy rain outpours have cut the much-awaited summer months
short. Due to rising sea levels, floods have become everyday occurrences in some
parts of the country. The dwindling number of marine resources has caused an
alarm to local fishing communities. Meanwhile, a new virus strain is taking
lives in some countries. What is happening to this planet?
Weird phenomena have been experienced throughout the world.
In Ghana, olive baboons, which are known to live in savanna woodlands, are now
ransacking crops and terrorizing villagers. Incidentally, a once rich fishing
ground in Namibia is struggling to recover from putrid fumes exploding from its
very own ocean depths.
Chesapeake Bay’s famous striped bass are dying due to an
unknown illness brought by flesh-eating bacteria that marine scientists have not
encountered before. A hormone-disrupting chemical is showing up in rivers,
streams and other bodies of water as more trash is dumped atop unknown bodies of
water. Meanwhile, the potentially harmful Bisphenol A abound the oceans as it
leaches from plastic and plastic products.
In Strange Days on Planet Earth, National Geographic Channel
attempts to unravel the most bizarre scientific mysteries around the planet.
Join National Geographic researchers as they zero in the focal point of the
changes—the oceans. Strange Days on Planet Earth’s Dangerous Catch and
Oceans-Dirty Secrets will respectively premiere on May 24 and May 31, both at 10
p.m.
