PBS
The Curious Case of the Cave Lion
A mysterious, large feline roamed Eurasia during the last ice age. Its fossils have been found across the continent, and it’s been the subject of ancient artwork. So what exactly were these big cats?
PBS
How To Survive the Little Ice Age
Nunalleq, a village in what’s today southwest Alaska, seemed to have thrived during the Little Ice Age. How did this village manage to survive and prosper during this time period? And what caused this period of climate change in the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What's hidden in Arctic ice? | Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard
In June 2022, a gold miner in the Canadian Yukon made a remarkable discovery. While working on the traditional lands of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation, he uncovered the exceptionally well-preserved, frozen remains of a wooly mammoth...
TED Talks
TED: 10 years to transform the future of humanity -- or destabilize the planet | Johan Rockström
For the first time, we are forced to consider the real risk of destabilizing the entire planet, says climate impact scholar Johan Rockström. In a talk backed by vivid animations of the climate crisis, he shows how nine out of the 15 big...
TED Talks
TED: How ancient Arctic carbon threatens everyone on the planet | Sue Natali
What will happen to the planet if climate change melts what's left of Arctic permafrost? Shedding light on this overlooked threat, Arctic geologist Sue Natali reveals the true danger of heating up the iciest place on the planet: the...
SciShow
5 Things We Can Learn From Alaska
Science probably isn’t the first thing that pops into your head when you think about Alaska, but it has a lot to offer when it comes to learning about the world, from cold corals to our behavior.
SciShow
Best Nap Ever: Rotifers Wake Up After 24,000 Years
Tiny creatures called rotifers seem to have no problem continuing their lives after waking from a refreshing 24,000-year nap. And DNA samples from goats that lived 30,000 years ago tell us a bit about how humans were managing them back...
SciShow
Megatsunamis Worlds Biggest Wave
Megatsunamis are not only much larger than your average tsunami, they also form under different conditions. Good news: they're extremely rare. Bad news: they might not be for long.
SciShow
Arctic Bison Mummy!
SciShow News explains how Wikipedia has been used to track, and even predict, outbreaks of disease all over the world, and then introduces you to the most complete naturally mummified bison ever found.
TED Talks
TED: The world's oldest living things | Rachel Sussman
Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.
TED Talks
Hendrik Poinar: Bring back the woolly mammoth!
It’s the dream of kids all around the world to see giant beasts walk the Earth again. Could -- and should -- that dream be realized? Hendrik Poinar talks about the next big thing: the quest to engineer a creature that looks very much...
TED Talks
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe: A climate change solution that's right under our feet
There's two times more carbon in the earth's soil than in all of its vegetation and the atmosphere -- combined. Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe dives into the science of soil and shares how we could use its awesome carbon-trapping...
Curated Video
What Will Earth Look Like When These 6 Tipping Points Hit?
A “tipping point” is when a system, with just a small amount of additional energy, is pushed from one stable state to another suddenly and dramatically. This can be a chair falling backwards. Or it can be a major earth system collapsing....
Curated Video
Is Permafrost the Climate Tipping Point of No Return?
Arctic air is warming, causing scientists to worry that melting arctic ice and snow could also lead to a sudden permafrost thaw and release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) that forms a climate tipping point or feedback loop....
Curated Video
Clathrate Gun Hypothesis
The largest volumes of methane on Earth are frozen deep underground. Learn how global warming could melt these stores and start the irreversible process predicted by the Clathrate Gun Hypothesis. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning...
Curated Video
Tundra
Find out what animals and plants do to survive in Earth's coldest biome. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. The tundra is Earth's coldest biome. The Arctic tundra is found near the North Pole. The alpine tundra is found around the...
Curated Video
Mars: Under the Ice
Scientists have found microbes frozen deep in the Antarctic ice sheets, in conditions very similar to the red planet's surface. Could life exist on Mars, in suspended animation? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. In 2001, a frozen...
Curated Video
Living Green - Episode 70 - Russia Permafrost
In a remote corner of Siberia, climate change is having a visible impact. Vast expanses of soil, frozen for tens of thousands of years has started to thaw; and the process could dramatically increase the rate of global warming. The...
Professor Dave Explains
Terrestrial Biomes Part 2: Forests and Tundra
In our journey through the terrestrial biomes, we've covered rainforest, desert, grassland, and shrubland. Now let's take a look at deciduous forest, evergreen forest, and tundra. Where are these located? What sorts of organisms live...
Physics Girl
After 15,000 years, it's waking up
Why did the US military dig a tunnel in the Alaskan tundra? What is the tunnel used for now?
Next Animation Studio
Arctic ice cap melt could release vast amounts of methane
As seawater temperatures rise, the Arctic ice cap has been shrinking. From 2003 to 2010, records show Arctic ice melting rapidly. This year it shrank by 27,000 square miles from its record 2007 low to 1.5 million square miles, the lowest...
Next Animation Studio
Methane fueled lake discovered in Alaska
Researchers have discovered a lake in Alaska that is bubbling due to methane emissions.
Next Animation Studio
Climate change might be behind powerful explosions in Siberia
In Siberia’s thawing tundra, huge craters are being punched out of the Earth’s crust from below — by huge explosions. Scientists suspect that global warming is the culprit.
Next Animation Studio
Permafrost melt releasing stored methane
Researchers from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks (UAF) have identified tens of thousands of methane seeps in areas along the coast of Alaska and Greenland. Some experts believe the escape of large quantities of previously frozen...