Global Warming Poop Train You may not give a second thought (or backward glance) to what the toilet whisks away after you do your business. But we got wondering -- where would we wind up if we thought of flushing as the start, and not the end, of a journey? In this short, we head out to trace the trail of sludge...from Manhattan, to wherever poop leads us. This all started back when we were working on our Guts show, and author Frederick Kaufman told us about getting sucked in to the mystery of what happens to poop in New York City. Want some more sewer fun? Read: As Robert and Pat report, some of that sewer sludge made it out into the ocean. Play: Try out our Poop Quiz:
Pollution Earth Observatory : Home World of Change Satellite images showing how our world— forests, oceans, cities, even the Sun— has changed in recent decades. Read more Blue Marble Composite satellite images of the entire Earth. Read more Earth at Night The night side of Earth twinkles with light in these composite global and regional views. Experiments Hands-on educational activities. Visible Earth A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet. NASA Earth Observations View, download, and analyze imagery of Earth science data. Earth Science Picture of the Day LogiCity - Introduction Earth Observatory : Home World of Change Satellite images showing how our world— forests, oceans, cities, even the Sun— has changed in recent decades. Read more Blue Marble Composite satellite images of the entire Earth. Earth at Night The night side of Earth twinkles with light in these composite global and regional views. Experiments Hands-on educational activities. Visible Earth A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet. NASA Earth Observations View, download, and analyze imagery of Earth science data. Earth Science Picture of the Day
Biodiversity Earth Observatory : Home World of Change Satellite images showing how our world— forests, oceans, cities, even the Sun— has changed in recent decades. Read more Blue Marble Composite satellite images of the entire Earth. Earth at Night The night side of Earth twinkles with light in these composite global and regional views. Experiments Hands-on educational activities. Visible Earth A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet. NASA Earth Observations View, download, and analyze imagery of Earth science data. Earth Science Picture of the Day Biomes Fitting Algae Into the Food Web The food web you created in the food web game was one that is found in the Antarctic. As you might imagine, a food web in the tropics looks very different from the one you created. Environmental conditions (temperature, light, nutrients) are different in the two areas, so it would make sense that the organisms that live in those areas might be different also. What might a food web from a tropical marine environment look like? How about one from a temperate coastal area? Divide into groups to create your own food web games. 1) The west coast of South Africa - This is an area often associated with phytoplankton blooms.