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Why Is Biodiversity Important?

YouthScienceEnvironmentNature
David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to humans.

The Rain Shadow Effect

AdultsEnvironmentNatureWorld...
Here’s how mountains control the weather.

Can YOU Fix Climate Change?

AdultsEnvironmentHumanLife...
This video was supported by Gates Notes, the personal blog of Bill Gates, where he writes about global health, climate change, and more.

How Wildfires Generate "Never-Ending" Storms

AdultsEcologyEnvironmentNature...
Under the right conditions, wildfires can form clouds and generate firestorms, which last far longer than normal thunderstorms.

How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll

AdultsEducationEnvironmentHistory...
Nuclear energy creates an uneasy feeling of danger for many people: ancient and dangerous minerals are concentrated to awaken seemingly unnatural powers, creating toxic elements that, if they escape, can and have killed people in horrible ways. How many people has nuclear energy killed and how?

Can we build a "perfect" forest? - Jean-François Bastin

AdultsHumanNatureScience...
How can trees help in the fight against climate change? Dig into the efforts to rebuild damaged ecosystems and reduce carbon emissions.

Slow Down With Snow Monkeys

AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentNature
Take 3 minutes and slow down with snow monkeys, with this extract from Mindful Escapes.

Is the weather actually becoming more extreme?

AdultsScienceWeatherWorld...
Explore the differences between weather and climate – what they are, how we predict them, and what those predictions can tell us.

The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World

AdultsEnvironmentGeneticsNature
Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it shares with all grasses and its unique cell wall layering adaptation, allowing it to shoot up to 100 ft (30m) in just 8 weeks.

What Mud From Glacial Lakes Can Tell Us About Our History | National Geographic

AdultsHistoryHumanScience...
See what challenges face a team of scientists gathering core sediment samples from a glacial lake in the Himalayas.

How To Turn Poop Into Power

AdultsAnimalsHumanScience...
We could generate a lot of usable energy from human and animal poop through greater adoption of a process for using microbes to break down poop into methane gas.

The Great Acceleration

AdultsPhysicsScienceWorld...
We’re in the middle of a rapid, unprecedented, and world-changing increase in the intensity and scale of human activity on this planet.

Employee Missing for 10 Years Found Inside Supermarket

AdultsEnvironmentHumanMedia...
Would you be okay with grocery shopping at a store with a corpse behind the walls for 10 years? In today's video we are looking at how an employee went missing in a supermarket for 10 years before the body was discovered.

How to Plant 20 MILLION TREES

AdultsHealthHumanWorld...
Go to http://teamtrees.org and plant trees!

What's The Dirtiest Room In Your House?

AdultsEnvironmentHumanLife...
We're talking about germs, okay? How gross are we talking?

What If You Were Sent Back To The Ice Ages?

AdultsEnvironmentHealthNature...
What would happen if you traveled to the ice ages? Would you be able to survive the earth in it's dangerous icy state?

What If We Burned All Trash on Earth?

AdultsHealthLifeWorld...
With Starbucks banning plastic straws and zero waste on trend, is the solution to plastic pollution and climate change burning all the trash?

How Sustainable Plantations Help Save Uganda’s Decimated Forests

AdultsHistoryHumanLife...
Sustainable forestry is helping the country electrify, cutting down on firewood use—and providing livelihoods.

What If Earth Only Had One Season?

AdultsScienceWeatherWorld...
Everyone loves the summer season, but what if it was gone? What if Earth only experienced winter?

Why Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir?

AdultsConstructionDesignScience...
I took a boat through 96 million black plastic balls on the Los Angeles reservoir to find out why they're there.

The Real Reason Leaves Change Color In the Fall

AdultsEnvironmentNature
The chlorophyll breaks down, the green color disappears, and the yellow to orange colors become visible and give the leaves part of their fall splendor.