TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What really caused the Irish Potato Famine | Stephanie Honchell Smith
For over 200 years, potatoes thrived in Ireland; roughly half the country’s residents lived almost entirely on potatoes. But when harvesting began in 1845, farmers found their potatoes blackened and shriveled. While this failed harvest...
Be Smart
Are We Running Out Of Food??
If you tried to sum up the last 150 years or so in one image, a chart of exponential growth would be a good place to start. It shows that some things change faster over time. You could apply it to life expectancy. Or compound interest....
SciShow
Climate Change
In which Hank details the five scariest things that will likely happen because of climate change.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: 1816: The year with no summer | David Biello
In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted and its emissions spread across the globe, blotting out the sun for almost an entire year. This wreaked havoc on agriculture, leading to famines all across the Northern hemisphere. It was the year without...
Curated Video
UN warns that Nigeria on the brink of famine
The United Nations has warned that if the international community and Nigerian authorities don't address an ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country there would be a large-scale famine.Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, Toby Lanzer, the...
Curated Video
China - Talks on food aid for North Korea
The Red Cross Societies of North and South Korea agreed Friday (27/3) on a 50,000-tonne aid package for North Korea, which will be delivered by the end of May. The aid will include flour, cooking oil and salt and fertilizer.
Earlier, the...
Crash Course
Drought and Famine: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you a little bit about drought, which is a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost always the result of human activity. Throughout human history, when food shortages strike humanity, there was...
SciShow
Fritz Haber: Great Minds
Hank introduces us to the brilliant and heartless Fritz Haber, a great mind who is considered "the father chemical warfare," but who also made discoveries and innovations that helped lead to the Green Revolution which is credited with...
Crash Course
World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History
Our look at World War II continues with a closer examination of just how the war impacted soldiers in the field, and the people at home. For many of the combatants, the homefront and the warfront were one and the same. The war disrupted...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich | Soraya Field Fiorio
In 1980, Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon bet $1,000 on a question with stakes that couldn't be higher: would the earth run out of resources to sustain a growing human population? They bet $200 on the price of five metals. If the price of a...
Be Smart
Is Inheritance Really All In Our Genes?
Epigenetic inheritance is really weird, but is it real?
Crash Course
Population, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History 215
In which John Green teaches you about population. So, how many people can reasonably live on the Earth? Thomas Malthus got it totally wrong in the 19th century, but for some reason, he keeps coming up when we talk about population. In...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The colossal consequences of supervolcanoes - Alex Gendler
In 1816, Europe and North America were plagued by heavy rains, odd-colored snow, famines, strange fogs and very cold weather well into June. Though many people believed it to be the apocalypse, this "year without a summer" was actually...
Curated Video
The Irish-Choctaw friendship
In 1847 the Choctaw, a Native American tribe, helped the people of Ireland who were struggling with famine. A friendship between the two nations was formed that is still alive today.
Curated Video
Cool Us or Kill Us? Did Geoengineering Cause a Huge Famine?
This episode of Weathered explores the controversial world of solar geoengineering by injecting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere, looking at both the controversial promises and profound risks associated with manipulating the...
Curated Video
Populating the World: Migration
Migration to other countries is more prevalent than ever. What human factors determine our movement around the world? Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. Emigration is the act of leaving one's country to...
Curated Video
LEDCs: Barriers to Development
Discover the vicious cycle which prevents Less Economically Developed Countries from developing - a loop which affects the lives and livelihoods of millions around the world. Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Less...
Wonderscape
Why People Immigrated to the U.S. and Their Ship Journey
Learn why many left their countries for the U.S. from the 1800s to early 1900s. Discover the hardships they faced, like famines and persecution, and the tough ship conditions they endured to start a new life in America. Ellis Island and...
Jabzy
Holodomor: Life during the Ukrainian Famine | Soviet Union, Genocide, Cannibalism, Stalin
Holodomor: Life during the Ukrainian Famine | Soviet Union, Genocide, Cannibalism, Stalin
Vlogbrothers
REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III
In which John Green completes his introduction to the history of the French Revolution, discussing the rise of the Committee of Public Safety, Maxmillien Robespierre, the reign of terror, the guillotine, the death of Marie Antoinette,...
Vlogbrothers
God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I
In which John discusses the causes of the French Revolution and its initial events, including the French debt crisis under King Louis XVI, the convocation of the estates general, the rise of the third estate, the formation of the...
Mazz Media
The Early, High and Late Middle Ages
The time period between 500 and 1500 CE in Europe is known as the Middle Ages. Historians have divided this era into three main sections; The Early, High and Late Middle Ages. This progam important events of each of the periods.