Curated Video
How the Ocean Powers Life from Reef to Rainforest
The marine ecosystem intricately connects with life on land through processes like the production of DMS gas by algae, which seeds clouds and nourishes inland rainforests—rainforests that in turn return nutrients back to the sea. As...
Curated Video
How Ocean Rivers Feed Life on Earth
The East Australian Current (EAC) is a powerful marine river that shapes the climate and supports biodiversity. Scientists aboard the research vessel Investigator explore how this current interacts with underwater mountains to create...
Curated Video
Geoengineering: The Riskiest Way to Save the Planet
How do we reduce the impact of climate change, and could geoengineering be the solution? Host Sinead Bovell is joined by sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson and other experts to examine the goal of Global Net Zero Emissions, direct air...
Curated Video
Food Chain - Energy Flow in Ecosystems
A food chain simply states which organisms consume each other, and shows how energy moves through living things in an ecosystem. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and...
Curated Video
Oceanic Food Chain
A journey through a marine food chain, from tiny plankton to the ocean's giants. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. Phytoplankton are the basis of the oceanic food chain. In the Pacific Ocean, millions of herring feed on these...
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Carbon Capture: Phytoplankton
Phytoplankon - microscopic marine plants - could help prevent global warming. How would they do this? And is it right for man to interfere with nature in a bid to save the planet? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points....
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Migration: Predation
Journey to the east coast of Africa as dolphins, sharks, whales and birds converge to feast on migrating sardines, the greatest shoal on Earth. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. From May to July, millions of sardines migrate to...
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Oceans: Sunlight Zone
The ocean's surface is teeming with creatures that live in water but need sunlight to survive. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. The sunlight zone is the area between 0m and 200m beneath the surface of the sea and is home to...
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The future of energy
Explore the ways in which scientists are developing new sources of energy. People and places -Future of energy - The future of energy Learning Points Science helps with developing cleaner and more efficient energy sources. A Twig...
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Non-renewable vs renewable
Investigate the pros and cons of non-renewable and renewable energy sources. People and places -Future of energy - Renewable and non-renewable energy sources Learning Points Non-renewable energy sources are those that will run out....
Great Big Story
The hidden heroes of the ocean, exploring phytoplankton
Uncover the crucial role of phytoplankton in our oceans and atmosphere, from oxygen production to bioluminescent tides.
Curated Video
From Food Chains to Food Webs
Dr. Forrester explains how all animals rely on producers, or plants, to provide a foundation for food chains and food webs.
Curated Video
Phytoplankton /Diatoms and Dinoflagellates
Learn about Phytoplankton's Diatoms and Dinoflagellates and their process of producing oxygen and feeding marine animals with the phytoplankton video.
Curated Video
I WONDER - Are Icebergs Important For Animals?
This video is answering the question of are icebergs important for animals.
Curated Video
Context Clues: Reading Strategy From the Ocean
Context Clues Strategies: definition, synonyms, and antonyms Parents and Teachers: 1. Use this video as an introduction to context clues. 2. Use this video during remediation to review context clues. 3. Send a link to parents to help...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Protists and Fungi
This video provides a brief overview of the characteristics and differences between organisms in the Kingdoms Protista and Fungi, emphasizing their cellular structure, mode of nutrition, and ecological roles. This video is part of the...
Science360
Sea spray: Complex chemistry with big effects on climate
Take in a deep breath of salty ocean air and more than likely you're also breathing in naturally occurring sea spray aerosols. But, there's much more in each of those tiny bursting ""bubbles"" than salt. They're also bursting with ocean...
Science360
Sea spray Complex chemistry with big effects on climate
Take in a deep breath of salty ocean air and more than likely you're also breathing in naturally occurring sea spray aerosols. But, there's much more in each of those tiny bursting ""bubbles"" than salt. They're also bursting with ocean...
Independent Producers
The Changing Ecosystem of the Bering Sea
Ice is an essential component of the ecosystem of the Bering Sea region. For example, sea ice cover can dramatically affect the levels of phytoplankton which has enormous effects on the entire food web. In this public radio story we hear...
Vlogbrothers
The Earth Shouldn't Have Oxygen
A balanced carbon cycle produces as much CO2 as O2, and yet, there are 209,460 ppm of oxygen in the atmosphere and only 440 ppm of CO2 (up from the recent baseline of 275). My first thought was that the CO2 is temporarily stored in...
EarthEcho International
Ocean Acidification: Threatening Our Water Planet
This video explores the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and the communities that rely on them. Through interviews with scientists, students, and fishermen in the Pacific Northwest, viewers learn about the causes and...
Science360
Protecting our forests. NSF Science Now 3
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we explore the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Site, phytoplankton and climate change, how silver turns people blue and, finally, why math hurts.
Science360
NSF Science Now 3
In this week's episode of NSF Science Now we explore NSF's Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Site, phytoplankton and climate change, how silver turns people blue and finally why math hurts.