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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a large area of marine debris, which forms by rotating ocean currents. These currents, also known as gyres, act like whirlpools and collect floating pieces of microplastics. Part of the "Trash Talk" series.
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Timeblazers Sam and Jen look back at the squalid ways of old. For thousands of years people dumped garbage wherever they liked; food scraps were simply tossed onto the floor; and, in medieval times, garbage and human waste went right into the castle moat. All that garbage attracted the rats, which, in turn, spread a terrible disease called The Plague, The Black Death, or the Bubonic Plague.
Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, Mei-Lei takes Moko to the rice fields. The sky is blue and Moko thinks that in this country there just aren't any clouds. Mei-Lei tells him to wait until nightfall, that the rains will dance over the village. Moko doesn't believe her, there isn't a cloud in sight! Suddenly, the sky darkens and Mei-Lei wants to return to the village, but Moko wants to know more. He climbs the hill behind the village to get a better look at the sky. The wind picks up and a great wave of rain washes everything in its wake. Moko and Mei-Lei take shelter from the monsoon behind a rock. To make the rain stop Mei-Lei starts to sing and dance. Bit by bit the rain subsides and the two friends decide to return to the village. Moko thinks that Mei-Lei's dancing was magical and had the power to stop the rain.
As shown on the History Channel. From Alaska to New Mexico, the Rockies are one of the great mountain belts of the world--caused by tectonic forces of the Pacific Plate pushing against the North American continent. They have formed as the earth's continental crust has been shortened under pressure, by around one inch a year. What's more, they are still rising and they are still young in geologic terms: when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth they had not even started to form.
Self-taught scientists and engineers, Wilbur and Orville Wright taught the world how to fly and are one of America’s greatest success stories. Their first successful flight, on North Carolina's Outer Banks, took place in December 1903. Next, they returned to Dayton, Ohio and continued to develop and test the world's first practical airplane.
Scientists are conducting the first census of African savanna elephants in over 40 years. They want to determine how many elephants remain and where they are located. Scientists involved in the “Great Elephant Census” project are conducting aerial surveys across millions of square kilometers to obtain accurate elephant census data.
It is a hot summer night, and the children are unable to go to sleep. With the help of some of Suzie's magic, they find themselves floating on a large piece of ice in the ocean. They have a great time learning about the characteristics of polar climates. Part of the "My Little Planet" series.
Bill Nye goes deep inside Jupiter’s mysterious Great Red Spot. First discovered over three centuries ago, this super storm is a gigantic, swirling mass of gas and clouds that is bigger than three Earths combined. NASA’s “Juno” mission hopes to reveal many of the secrets of the Great Red Spot. Part of the “Why With Nye” series.
Part of "The Living Oceans" series. Captures the lives of several whale species, including the blue whale, the southern right whale, humpback whales, sperm whales, and California gray whales. Compares the migratory habitats of gray whales with the habitat of the others who tend to stay in the Caribbean or southern Atlantic ocean. Shows the whales nurturing their young and traveling in communities.
Ocean “dead zones” along the Washington and Oregon coasts are threatening critical U.S. fishing areas. These oxygen-depleted regions, that loose virtually all of their marine life in the summer, are expanding, and new ones are appearing in the Pacific Ocean. With support from the National Science Foundation, Oceanographer Jack Bath is also using an impressive new tool, an unmanned underwater glider that provides round the clock monitoring of these zones.
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef on the planet and exists in nutrient poor waters. How does the reef support all the diverse organisms that live on the reef? This episode discusses the relationship between coral and algae, which is the key to the survival of the entire ecosystem. Part of the "Nature's Microworlds" series.
Where does the flu come from? How can science make the flu vaccine better? A scientist armed with pipe cleaners and 10,000 RNA samples explains.
Australia is home to great biodiversity from the rainforests on land to the Great Barrier Reef in the sea. It is the world's largest coral system and is located off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Part of the "Around the World" series.
The team settles in for a month on the Great Barrier Reef, the largest reef in the world. One scientist is studying sharks, while another group explores the northern portion of the reef. The team discovers bleaching and severe die-off among corals at the reef. Part of the "Global Reef Expedition" series.
Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, Moko tells himself that it is time to leave Mei-Lei's land and he gets his raft ready. A man tells him that he must take the route of the great plains to continue his journey. As he walks a great gust of wind makes him fall and drop his precious stone. Seeing it on the ground, Moko thinks of Mei-Li and tells himself he must go on for those he has left behind. Moko's heart lightens as he thinks that one day his travels will bring him back to those he loves.
Updates the five kingdoms classification scheme with the latest understanding of life's organization based on DNA, fossil, and biochemical evidence, reorganizing all life into three great branches: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Shows concise animations and superb microscope footage of primitive cells.
Climb aboard the Cyclops, a microscopic research vessel, and investigate an amazing hidden world on which all living things depend. The Cyclops houses a team of scientists known as the Micronauts and guides them through their discoveries of biological classification, diversity, and ecology. In this episode, two crew members, Jonathan and Tara, investigate the maze-like catacombs of a termite gallery. In this dark maze, they discover that a termite’s gut is home to a protozoan that digests the wood for the termites. Part 10 of Microscopic Monsters Series.
Teamwork is the key when veterinarian Michelle Oakley works with colleagues to help an injured owl, examine a rowdy musk ox, and fight to save two emergency patients. Part of the "Wilderness Vet" series.
America’s largest recorded earthquake happened on March 27, 2014 in Alaska. United States Geological Survey (USGS) sent geologists to study the impact and effects of the earthquake. The information gathered from the aftermath was essential in resolving key mechanisms of the developing theory of plate tectonics.
The discovery of Archaeopteryx in a quarry in Germany in the early 1860s provided the first clue that birds descended from reptiles. In the last 40 years, scientists have identified many shared features between birds and two-legged carnivorous dinosaurs called theropods.
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