PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Oil Spill: Exxon Valdez, 1989
This video segment adapted from NOVA follows the clean-up effort after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska. Also featured is a marsh where an oil spill occurred 20 years earlier; analysis suggests that environmental...
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Ocean Pollution
This learning module explores the effects trash, toxins, oil and sound pollution are having on our oceans. Includes two short videos along with a brief exploration and two interactives. A brief assessment follows each interactive.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Oil Fingerprinting
Do you know how scientist find the origin of oil spills? This video discusses oil fingerprinting which is used to find the origin of oil spills. [5:00]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Oil Contaminants Hidden From View
This video adapted from KTOO explores why the beaches of Latouche Island and Knight Island, Alaska, contain remnants of an oil spill and discusses its resulting impact on the Alutiiq community of Chenega Bay.3m 37s
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Oil Spill and the Limits of Science
Are there some challenges that are beyond us, despite money, intelligence, and desire?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Oil Spill Update
What do researchers want to know about the Gulf oil spill, but haven't been able to learn?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Oil Spill Update: Cleanup and Long Term Effects
There's not much oil lingering on the surface of the Gulf these days -- but where did it go, and what's going to happen to the oil that remains in less obvious parts of the ecosystem?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Science in the Gulf
Are researchers being shut out of gathering valuable data in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Undersea Oil Eating Bacteria
We'll hear about research into undersea bacteria in the Gulf, and their oil-eating capabilities.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Magnetic Soap May Help Clean Up Spilled Oil
Scientists have created an iron-containing soap that can be removed from solution with a magnet.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Nature Videos: Cleaning an Oil Spill
Learn about the innovative solution an Alabama zoo had to clean up oil spills by using alpaca fleece. [3:21]
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Bio Inspiration: Hair Mats
Hairdresser Phil McCrory had an idea twenty years ago while watching news footage of the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Human hair absorbs oil naturally, why not in large oil spills? Hair mats and hair booms were created and...