Earth: Flotsam Found

Season 1Episode 260 minOct 10, 2007
Earth: Flotsam Found
Flotsam Found Retired oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer and his colleague tracked thousands of plastic toys that fell off a freighter during a storm to map current patterns. Their work leads them to an unbelievable discovery; a mass of swirling garbage in the North Pacific as large as the state of Texas. Fired Up Firefighters put cutting-edge firefighting tools and techniques to the test. Zone Creep Gardeners reap global warming benefits by being able to grow species that aren’t native to their neck-of-the-woods. Chat: Cameron Sinclair Architect Cameron Sinclair connects smart design with war refugees, disaster victims and poor people of the world. Lie Detectors WIRED Senior Editor Adam Roger takes on new fMRI lie detecting technology to see whether or not he’s even thinking of a lie. Miracle Gro Chris Hardwick unearths what's inside a product that helps our gardens grow.
Earth: Flotsam Found has aired on Oct 10, 2007 at 8:00 PM
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