Next Animation Studio
Turkey fights back against ‘sea snot’ invasion
The Sea of Marmara is blighted by large areas that are covered in a thick, white mucus-like sludge.
Next Animation Studio
Italy covers melting glacier with reflective sheets
Conservationists say about 70 percent of Presena Glacier’s snow is saved over the summer by using protective geotextile sheets.
Next Animation Studio
Reef corals weathered dino extinction, may survive global warming
Reef algae are much older and more resilient than previously thought, and may well survive longer than expected.
Mediacorp
The Dangers of Frequent Plankton Blooms
This video discusses the potential water crisis in Singapore due to climate change. It explores the various ways Singapore obtains its water and how climate change can disrupt these sources. The focus is on the impact of plankton blooms...
NASA
NASA Explores Earth’s Connections
For Earth Day 2021, we explore the connections of Earth systems and NASA's ability to observe them in a changing world, highlighting the links between dust transport, vegetation, water quality, conservation and human health, the...
Next Animation Studio
356 dead elephants — killer finally found
Botswana government’s reaction to massive die-off disaster was slowed by Coronavirus lockdown rules
Next Animation Studio
‘Coral IVF’ could restore damaged parts of Great Barrier Reef
Scientists from Australia’s Southern Cross University have come up with a technique called “Coral IVF” to restore coral in damaged parts of the Great Barrier Reef.
NASA
Landsat Helps Warn of Algae in Lakes, Rivers
From space, satellites such as the NASA and USGS Landsat 8 can help scientists identify where an algal bloom has formed in lakes or rivers. It’s a complicated data analysis process, but one that researchers are automating so resource...
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Gastrotricha: Hairybellies
The phylum gastrotricha (also known as hairybellies) is a group of very small marine creatures that resembles a cross between a flatworm and a rotifer. Let's learn about the anatomy and reproduction of gastrotrichs. Spiralia part 5
Mediacorp
Alternative Protein Sources: Micro Algae and Cricket Flour
Micro algae is the grime we are used to seeing in fish tanks and other aquatic environments. It could also be an important ingredient in future foods. Learn about the nutrients in micro algae and about it's many food-use potentials. Lab...
TMW Media
The Everglades Ecosystem: Plantlife in the everglades
How was the land for farmers south of the lake? What is good and bad about peat soil? How does other plant life help the everglades? The Everglades Ecosystem, Part 3
Science360
Algae-fueled road trip
In episode 51, Charlie and Jordan explore what scientists at Texas A&M Agrilife Research studying a common green microalgae, found in every kind of water except salt water, have discovered. It's an enzyme they may be able to transfer to...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Does Coral Eat?
This video is answering the question of what does coral eat.
NASA
NASA Follows Changing Freshwater from Space
When we look into the vastness of space, our home planet stands out in many ways. One of the most crucial is the presence of abundant, accessible freshwater -- as a liquid, solid and gas. Water helps make our planet habitable. The first...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Remarkable Mystery of Land Plants
Somewhere around 470 million years ago, something happened that shouldn’t have been particularly striking. An algae found its way onto land. This algae turned the lands of this earth green, altered the chemistry of our atmosphere, and...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Aquatic Snails That Leave a Path of Destruction
It’s often said that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. And surely there is no greater proof of that than the home of our master of microscopes, James. All along the windowsills and bookshelves are jars and tanks full of...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Aeolosoma: Polka-Dotted Vacuum Worms
Worms, despite their seemingly simple bodies, are a diverse bunch. Which is why we thought that for today, it might be fun to visit with a less famous worm, and like one of those relatives you don’t know very much about, but every time...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Water Is Thicker When You’re Smaller
Water Is Thicker When You’re Smaller
Journey to the Microcosmos
These Algae Curl Up Into a Ball When They Get Stressed Out
These Algae Curl Up Into a Ball When They Get Stressed Out
Journey to the Microcosmos
Putting Coral Under the Microscope
James, our master of microscopes, recently received a package from a coral farm in Germany. We’ve explored some of the microscopic creatures and bristle worms that were living and thriving in those packages in previous videos. But today...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Kentrophoros: The Mouthless Ciliate With a Back Full of Snacks
This is kentrophoros, a ciliate that James—our master of microscopes—had been searching for, receiving samples from all over the world in the hopes of finding it gliding around. When you first look at it, it doesn’t seem particularly...
Journey to the Microcosmos
There's More Than Coral at the Coral Farm
When you’re in the business of hunting for microbes, sometimes you have to send some weird emails. That’s why James, our master of microscopes, sat down one day to send his own strange request to the people at Coralaxy, a coral farm in...
Weatherthings
Swim Water Quality - Algae and Bacteria
Water quality for swimming can be compromised by high levels of bacteria and harmful blooms of algae, in lakes and on ocean beaches. These can cause illness in people, along with harm to other creatures and plants. In this film, we look...
Science360
Researchers crack the ice to study the arctic marine food web
Scientists traveled to a town near the top of the world to study a creature at the bottom of the marine food chain--microscopic sea ice algae. Welcome to Barrow, Alaska, where a team of marine ecologists gears up to hit the sea...