Climate change is one of the most important issues facing our planet, and NASA has lots of space missions and programs in the works to monitor and understand its drivers and effects. Kate Calvin, NASA’s new chief scientist, is also the...

This animated science video lesson is all about fierce ocean animals. Students will love this engaging and interactive video as they learn more about and study oceans.

A series aimed at Primary School students learning all about the Ocean and its inhabitants in their science classes. This video in particular will take students through some of the rarest animals that live under the sea, introducing them...

A series aimed at Primary School students learning all about the Ocean and its inhabitants in their science classes. This video in particular will take students through some of the more fierce animals that live under the sea.

Major studies, including those by the Pew Commission and the U.S. Ocean Commission, have revealed that our oceans are facing a critical crisis, primarily due to overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate...

Earth’s oceans could be experiencing rates of climate change seven times higher than levels today by the second half of the century, according to a new study.

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.

What happens when a giant asteroid hits Earth?

It’s a fun Ocean Animals Song for children, on World Ocean's day today! Learn the names of the sea animals in this music video for kids, babies, toddlers, and students. Teach the names and have fun singing and speaking along with the...

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.

How much warming do we face, and what are the uncertainties involved?

Imagine that aliens landed and gifted us a clean, limitless energy source. Instead of killing each other over this technology, we decided to transform the world into a carbon-free society. This wondrous source would power our homes,...

What was proto-Earth like? How do Earth slowly form over time? Where were the first forms of life found on Earth? Searching for Life in the Galaxy, Part 1

What happens when human structures and nature come into conflict? Ocean Beach in San Francisco is naturally eroding, but the consequence of this shifting shoreline is that a sewage treatment plant is put in peril. Without intervention,...

"The Ocean's Green Machines" is Episode 3 in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. One tiny marine plant makes life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. These...

Would you take a trip to Mars knowing the risks? What if it were a one way trip? Should we colonize Mars? I took a trip over to the Planetary Society to meet with CEO and Science Guy, Bill Nye to discuss the potential for future human...

Ocean ""dead zones"" along the Washington and Oregon coasts are threatening critical U.S. fishing areas. These oxygen-depleted regions, that loose virtually all of their marine life in the summer, are expanding, and new ones are...

America’s contribution to the plastic trash crisis in the world’s oceans is a lot worse than previously thought.

What will increased carbon do to life in the oceans?

A series aimed at Primary School students learning all about the Ocean and its inhabitants in their science classes. This video in particular will take students through the damage that is happening to the oceans every day, and how they...

Earth's energy budget is a metaphor for the delicate equilibrium between energy received from the Sun versus energy radiated back out in to space. Research into precise details of Earth's energy budget is vital for understanding how the...

"Salt of the Earth" is Episode 4 in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity...

Professor Tim Flannery investigates how seaweed is helping to save the world. From growing the foods of the future, helping clean polluted water and even combating climate change. Dr. Pia Winberg shows some of the ways that seaweed can...

In this De-Natured segment of Nature League, Brit breaks down a recent scientific journal article about the impact of invertebrate motion on the mixing of water columns. Article citation: Isabel A. Houghton, Jeffrey R. Koseff, Stephen G....