Crash Course Kids
Severe Weather
So, what's the difference between 'weather' and 'severe weather'? Is it just how hard the wind is blowing? Is it just thunder and lighting? Well, it can be some or all of those things. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks...
SciShow
How Can Microbes Protect Crops From Drought?
Solving food shortages caused by droughts is a big challenge that may benefit from a tiny ally. Turns out that the microbes living in the soil around plants can give them a boost when water's scarce, which means more food for us, which...
Curated Video
Millions face hunger as food crisis and drought continues
1. Wide of bare dry lands in Mandera, Northern Kenya
2. Mid of mud houses where residents in the area live, woman walking
3. Wide of residents waiting in queue for any food aid that may arrive
4. Mid of children waiting for food aid
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TED Talks
TED: The science of extreme weather -- and how to reduce the harm | Al Roker, Al Gore, David Biello and Latif Nasser
Floods, droughts, heat waves and cold blasts -- why is the weather becoming more extreme? Environmentalist and "America's weatherman" Al Roker discusses the link between climate change and disruptions to weather patterns worldwide,...
SciShow
The Great North American Megadrought
In a few decades, scientists predict that a widespread, severe drought will sweep across western North America -- and it'll last for decades.
TED Talks
TED: Why I must speak out about climate change | James Hansen
Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply...
SciShow
Earth, Two Degrees Warmer
A new report on climate change is pretty grim, but there is still a little hope.
MinuteEarth
Climate Change - The View From MinuteEarth - #OursToLose
Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here are some keywords/phrases to get your googling started: greenhouse gases, climate change, radiative forcing,
Crash Course Kids
Severe Weather
So, what's the difference between 'weather' and 'severe weather'? Is it just how hard the wind is blowing? Is it just thunder and lighting? Well, it can be some or all of those things. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks...
Curated Video
Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to BEAVERS!
The charismatic beaver is more than a charming, vegetarian stream-dweller. it’s actually a master architect, capable of restoring rivers, bringing back dwindling fish populations and even preventing wildfire. Travel with host Joe Hanson...
Curated Video
Global Warming
Earth has always had changeable weather, but now the world's climate is getting warmer. What is global warming, why is it a problem and how can we stop it? Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. Most scientists agree that human...
Curated Video
Could Climate Change Your Life?
Wherever you live, climate change could affect you. Discover how the predicted changes could affect peoples around the globe. Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Global atmospheric patterns are causing concern, as...
Wonderscape
The Impact of Rising Temperatures: Droughts, Wildfires, and Extreme Weather
This video explains the ripple effects of rising global temperatures, including more frequent droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather events like hurricanes. Discover how changes in the climate affect water availability, agriculture,...
Healthcare Triage
Climate Change Is Already Impacting Our Health
Massive storms, flooding, extreme heat, droughts, air pollution, increased rates of disease, changes to our food and water… global warming, and the changes to climate that come with it, are increasing human health risks. Our physical and...
Curated Video
Human and Environment Interactions
Dr. Forrester describes the ways that severe environmental conditions, such as earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides, and droughts, challenged settlers in the United States. She talks about how the Hoover Dam was built for flood control. She...
Curated Video
Droughts and Water Scarcity
Droughts and Water Scarcity investigates environmental issues by examining problems caused by droughts, challenges of water shortages, and ways to combat water scarcity.
Curated Video
What Is a Drought?
"What Is a Drought?" defines the term drought and discusses examples of the effects of a drought on the environment and the everyday lives of people.
Curated Video
'Flash drought brings dread to southern farmers
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Global Health with Greg Martin
Climate change and public health - why Trump should NOT have pulled out of the Paris Agreement
How will climate change impact on public health and global health? This video explores important reasons why climate change will affect population displacement, conflict, infectious disease and more. The impact of climate change on...
Next Animation Studio
Amazon goes from ‘carbon sink’ to carbon creator
The Amazon used to be praised as our planet’s lungs, absorbing a lot of Earth’s carbon dioxide, but things are going very wrong in the world’s last great wilderness.
Curated Video
Factors Affecting Food Security: Increasing Population, Changing Diets, Pests and Pathogens, Environmental Changes, and More
In this video lecture, the speaker discusses the concept of food security and the various factors that affect it. They begin by explaining that food security means having enough food to feed a population, and then go on to discuss the...
Economics Explained
No. China Is Not Going To Collapse... Yet: China's Economics Problems
Why is everybody suddenly predicting that China is on the brink of collapse? What are the chances these predictions will actually come true and why is this most likely totally overblown? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is A Drought?
This video is answering the question of what is a drought.
NASA
Global Maps of Dryness Help Prepare for Water Use Around Globe
Using measurements from two satellite missions assimilated into a computer model, researchers have created global maps of terrestrial water around the planet. In addition, they can forecast water availability in the United States up to...