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Bodies In Motion: The Biomechanics of Sports
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:54:36

Using athletics, QUEST takes a fresh look at the way our bodies move. Bridging the gap between research and the playing field, coaches, trainers and athletes themselves discover how to optimize performance and what to do when injury causes that performance to fail.

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Biomechanics
Sports -- Physiological aspects
Human mechanics
Human locomotion

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Climate Change: In Our Backyard
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:45

Using close-to-home examples, the views of leading scientists come alive as they show how climate change can affect almost every aspect of our lives - and in turn, how we affect the climate.

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Climatic changes
Ecology/Energy

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Bioinvasion
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03

As human activity silently globalizes our world, our modern day ecology is under onslaught from spreading alien organisms. These plants and animals are capable of moving aggressively into a habitat and monopolizing resources to the detriment of other species. Can scientists help us win the war against this bio-invasion?

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Invasive species
Ecology

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Winter
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:43

For those plants and animals that don't migrate south for winter, a lot of preparation goes into getting ready for winter. When it comes to dealing with winter, plants and animals know things we humans don't.

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Winter -- New England
Ecology/Energy
Seasons -- New England
Natural history -- New England

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Spring
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03

Because spring comes so late to northern New England, things have to happen quickly and profusely. Spring is the time of year that wildlife and plants come to life again and get right to the business of creating new life.

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Spring -- New England
Seasons -- New England
Natural history -- New England
Ecology/Energy

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End and Credits - Gulf of Maine
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:01:51



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Farming/Agriculture
Oceanography
Marine ecology
Marine resources conservation
Biogeochemical cycles
Maine, Gulf of

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Turtles
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:00:50

All marine turtles, no matter what kind they are, are considered to be endangered or threatened. The New England Aquarium rehabilitates cold shocked marine turtles in the Gulf of Maine.

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Sea Turtles
Oceanography
Marine ecology
Biogeochemical cycles

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Gulf of Maine
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image

As QUEST takes us into the Gulf of Maine, we see a dynamic web of life, not as an extension of our world, but as its own ecosystem. What is going on down there? Can more be done?

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Ecosystem health
Marine ecology
Marine resources conservation
Coastal zone management
Ecosystem management
Biogeochemical cycles
Fishing/Fisherman
Oceanography
Maine, Gulf of
Ocean bottom
Habitat (Ecology)

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What Is Natural?
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:01:07

Even if we had the power to return the Gulf to a more pristine state, how would we know what to return it to? We’re starting to ask the question: what is natural?

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Ecology/Energy
Oceanography
Ecosystem health
Marine ecology
Biogeochemical cycles
Natural resources

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The Muddy Bottom
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:02:00

There are a lot of muddy bottoms in the Gulf of Maine. If you look at them more closely, then you start seeing interesting things.

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Ampharetid
Oceanography
Ocean bottom
Maine, Gulf of
Biogeochemical cycles
Ecosystem health

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