PLANET CLIPPERTON : The Invaders, how life colonised a volcanic island | WILDLIFE DOC
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When Clipperton was born, it was a lifeless volcanic rock.
Over millions of years, wind, ocean currents and humans helped dozens of species reach and colonise this barren land.
This episode retraces the extraordinary journey of life arriving, adapting and transforming an empty island into a complex ecosystem, one of the most isolated natural laboratories on the planet.
Directed by Luc Marescot, Brigitte Delahaie, Didier Touchette, Pascal Plisson
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Video Summary
AI GeneratedExplorer Jean-Louis Etienne and a team of scientists studied the remote Clipperton Atoll to analyze its biodiversity and the effects of human pollution. The expedition detailed how species colonized the volcanic island and how the endemic skink evolved. However, the findings also highlight the severe impact of plastic waste and illegal drug trafficking on this isolated ecosystem.