SciShow
Reforestation Does Not Begin With Planting Trees
New ReviewReforesting unneeded farmland could be a huge key for getting the climate crisis under control. Which is why Pat Brown, creator of the Impossible Burger, is trying to figure out the best way to do it. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him)
TED-Ed
What would happen if the Amazon Rainforest disappeared? | Anna Rothschild
As of 2022, humans have deforested 17% of the Amazon, and scientists warn that we may be approaching a tipping point. It’s like removing bricks from a house: take a few and the house remains standing; remove too many and the whole thing...
TED Talks
TED: How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation | Neil Vora
Clearing tropical forests isn't just dangerous to the natural world — it's also a threat to human health and wellbeing, says physician Neil Vora. Tracing how environmental devastation led to deadly epidemics like Ebola, he presents three...
TED Talks
TED: Ecology from the air | Greg Asner
What are our forests really made of? From the air, ecologist Greg Asner uses a spectrometer and high-powered lasers to map nature in meticulous kaleidoscopic 3D detail -- what he calls "a very high-tech accounting system" of carbon. In...
TED-Ed
The world's largest organism | Alex Rosenthal
The largest animal in the world is the blue whale, which weighs a massive 150 metric tons. Even so, it's not remotely close to being the largest organism by weight. That title goes to an organism so huge that it's estimated to weigh the...
SciShow
Cutting Beef Could Reduce Emissions. No, Like, a Lot
Switching from beef to a specific kind of vegetarian protein just once a week could have huge environmental benefits, according to a study out this week in Nature. And, in a study in Nature Communications, researchers in the US have...
MinuteEarth
The Great Acceleration
We’re in the middle of a rapid, unprecedented, and world-changing increase in the intensity and scale of human activity on this planet.
TED Talks
Ashwin Naidu: The link between fishing cats and mangrove forest conservation
Mangrove forests are crucial to the health of the planet, gobbling up CO2 from the atmosphere and providing a home for a diverse array of species. But these rich habitats are under continual threat from deforestation and industry. In an...
SciShow
5 Ways Humans Have Changed The Earth
We are approaching a whole new era! . . .or at least a new epoch. Michael Aranda explains how humans are leaving their mark on the Geologic Time Scale.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What if there were 1 trillion more trees? | Jean-François Bastin
Today humanity produces more than 1,400 tons of carbon every minute. To combat climate change, we need to reduce fossil fuel emissions, and draw down excess CO2 to restore the balance of greenhouse gases. Like all plants, trees consume...
Be Smart
How Many Trees Are There?
It may be an impossible questions, but we can at least get close.
TED Talks
TED: Hopeful lessons from the battle to save rainforests | Tasso Azevedo
Save the rainforest is an environmental slogan as old as time — but Tasso Azevedo catches us up on how the fight is actually going these days. Spurred by the jaw-dropping losses of the 1990s, new laws (and transparent data) are helping...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How smart are orangutans? - Lu Gao
Along with humans, orangutans belong to the Hominidae family tree, which stretches back 14 million years. But it's not just their striking red hair that makes orangutans unique among our great ape cousins. Lu Gao shares some amazing...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Which type of milk is best for you? | Jonathan J. O'Sullivan and Grace E. Cunningham
If you go to the store in search of milk, there are a dizzying number of products to choose from. There's dairy milk, but also plant-based products such as almond, soy, and oat milks. So which milk is actually best for you? And which...
Crash Course
What Are Ecosystems? Crash Course Geography
Today we're going to take a closer look at ecosystems -- which are communities of living organisms in an area interacting with their environment -- and how this relationship between the amount of energy a place receives and the movement...
Bozeman Science
Forestry and Rangelands
In this video Paul Andersen explains how forests and rangelands are managed to provide renewable lumber and cattle. Threats to renewability of forests include old-growth logging, forest fires, and tree plantations. Threats to renewable...
Bozeman Science
Environmental Science
In this video Paul Andersen outlines the AP Environmental Science course. He explains how environmental science studies the interaction between earth and human systems. A planetary boundary model is used to explain the importance of...
Curated Video
The Biggest Climate Scam Ever?
New ReviewWhat happens when a study goes viral? After the “trillion tree” campaign captured the internet's imagination, YouTube sensation, MrBeast, raised 20 million dollars to plant 20 million trees. But did they survive? We went to check in on...
Curated Video
Why This Unusual Pattern May Save the Rainforests
New ReviewThe Choco region in northwest Ecuador is hosting a groundbreaking experiment to try and help it’s rainforests recover from rampant deforestation. A multinational team is planting small “tree islands" to attract natural seed dispersers....
Curated Video
Women Make Science: Ecuador's Hidden Treasure | Featured Documentary
Scientists work to protect Ecuador's endangered spider monkeys while supporting local women.
Curated Video
Endangered Red Wolves Receive Dental Treatment to Save the Species
Thanks to some incredible breeding and reintroduction programs, red wolves, the world’s most endangered wolf species, that are native only to the United States, are slowly growing back in numbers. One of these programs, at the Point...
Curated Video
This Organization is Leading the Fight to Save the Red Panda in the Wild
Learn how Red Panda Network is protecting red panda populations in the wild.
Curated Video
How Red Panda Network is Protecting Red Panda Populations
Learn how Red Panda Network is leading the fight to save the red panda in the wild.
Curated Video
These Are the Products You Should Stop Using to Help Save Great Apes
There are four species of great apes: bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. With their numbers dwindling in the wild due to habitat loss, here's how you can help save them.