And the continent of africa on the move the stories about to move a vision of change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. D. W. Multimedia series food for. D. W. B. Dot com africa. Hitchin to the science show on t. W. Well come to you tomorrow today coming up. A look back in time to a flying reptile as big as a truck and. A critical view of Virtual Reality is poised to change our world. And we celebrate the artists return to switzerland and the citizen scientist who was stalking them. But first we head to the dark and mysterious world of the deep sea. Only around five percent of the worlds oceans have been explored their home to a vast range of creatures from delicate jellyfish to terrifying predators. Off the coast of North Western africa a team of researchers has discovered it gigantic structure on the sea bed built by corals. Of this amazing underwater landscape is being researched by a team from the university of braman a reef four hundred kilometers long and up to o
these colonies are home to starfish sea urchins lots of different fish and countless other kinds of animal. that s why i m here in our cold water corals are called the bio engineers of the deep with a hundred many species of fish including ones at a commercial. we fish to use these coral reefs as spawning grounds as a place to feed and also this shelter so they play an important role in shaping the deep sea ecosystem in nets you see researchers have identified four thousand six hundred species that live in cold water coral reef ecosystems that each expedition uncovers more but how cold water corals reproduce is still something of a mystery. the world down there in the depths is astoundingly diverse and passing it would be terrible if it were lost before we managed to understand it.
extensive reefs. these colonies are home to starfish sea urchins lots of different fish and countless other kinds of animal. that s why me and our cold water corals are called the bio engineers of the deep with our many species of fish including ones that are commercially fish use these coral reefs as spawning grounds as a place to feed and also this shelter so they play an important role in shaping the deep sea ecosystem in nets you see researchers have identified four thousand six hundred species that live in cold water coral reef ecosystems that each expedition uncovers more but how cold water corals reproduce is still something of a mystery. the world down there in the depths is astoundingly diverse and puzzling