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The great migration of life

The Sardine Run, a sardine migration in southern Africa, is the world's largest and best-known underwater wildlife event. Its spectacular appearance has inspired several documentaries over the years, but, like the tree that hides the forest, it has more often than not prevented their authors from looking beyond its incredible scenes of predation, scratching the surface to understand and present the ins and outs of this phenomenon of colossal proportions.
To fill this knowledge gap, while preserving the visual appeal of Sardine Run and highlighting its threat, is the mission set by the 1 OCEAN team in this two-film mini-series.

The Noah's Ark of the deep, a future for biodiversity?

A scientific program from the 1 OCEAN Foundation to understand and preserve animal forests.

August 2022. After a particularly hot summer, amateur divers are warning of a major gorgonian sea fan die-off in the Mediterranean. In some places, populations have been completely decimated between 0 and 30 meters depth...

The lagoon of hope

Coral reefs could disappear before 2050. Inevitably, the temperature of our oceans is rising, gradually leading to the decline of this exceptional ecosystem and directly threatening a quarter of the planet's marine species. In search of solutions, a team of scientists is taking a close look at a small atoll in the Pacific. Against all odds, some fifty species of coral resistant to global warming are flourishing within its lagoon. Isolated from the rest of the world, this little speck of sand lost in the middle of the ocean could turn out to be a veritable biological treasure chest.

Cap Roux, the virtuous reserve

The Cap Roux fishing block is a 450-hectare marine protected area at the foot of the Massif de l'Estérel in the Var department. This reserve, created in 2003, prohibits all forms of harvesting: commercial fishing, pleasure fishing, angling, underwater hunting, etc. Only recreational activities are permitted.

20,000 volcanoes under the sea

For almost a year now, the Stromboli volcano has been redoubling its activity, generating a thick cloud of smoke and major landslides. Its daily eruptions, though minimal, bear witness to the intensity of volcanic activity in the Aeolian Islands. Although Stromboli is one of the last two active land volcanoes in the Sicilian archipelago, many of its counterparts lurk beneath the surface...

Entrecasteaux, the original ocean

In the far west of the Pacific Ocean, between the Australian coast and the Vanuatu archipelago, lies a sea from another time: the Coral Sea.

This natural setting, untouched by human interference, is one of the very last wild parts of our oceans...