Mazz Media
Biomagnification
This live-action video program is about biomagnification. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Mazz Media
Air
This live-action video program is about the word air. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word air through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Next Animation Studio
Millions die yearly because of air pollution
New information from the World Health Organization says that 7 million people die annually from exposure to polluted air.
Next Animation Studio
Cap and trade explained
Emissions trading or "cap and trade" is a market-based solution to control pollution. The government puts a limit, or "cap," on the total amount of polluting gasses that may be emitted. The government then issues or sells licenses to...
NASA
Air Quality: A Tale of Three Cities
Dr. Bryan N. Duncan is a deputy project scientist for the Aura Mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He recently presented the story of air quality in three cities: Beijing, Los Angeles and Atlanta....
Let's Tute
Noise Pollution: Prevention and Control
This video discusses the serious health consequences of noise pollution, including hearing loss, sleeping disorders, heart problems, and psychological issues. It offers practical solutions for controlling and preventing noise pollution,...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Earth and You
This video introduces the series Earth and You, which explores a wide variety of practical, easy-to-accomplish tasks we can do to make Earth a healthier place. Pollution prevention, natural resource use, and recycling are some of the key...
Next Animation Studio
220-pound ball of trash discovered in stomach of dead sperm whale
A sperm whale that became stranded and died on a Scottish beach had a large mass of marine waste found in its stomach.
NASA
NASA | Glory: Hello Crud
This segment provides an introduction to aerosols- their varied sources, brief lifetimes, and erratic behavior. Glory's APS will help researchers determine the global distribution of aerosol particles. This unique instrument will unravel...
NASA
NASA | The QWIP Detector; an Infrared Instrument
All objects emit infrared radiation and the characteristics of the infrared radiation are primarily dependent on the temperature of the object. One of the unique features of the new Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) instrument...
NASA
ATom Mission interview clips — Donald Blake
Snakes on a NASA plane! No, not that kind of snake. Donald Blake from the University of California Irvine with the #EarthExpedition ATom mission explains why "snakes" are part of the Whole Air Sampler from behind the scenes on the DC-8...
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Thousands of burning Porsches, Lamborghinis sink with ship
The 4,000 luxury cars that were stuck on a burning ship in the middle of the Atlantic, have stopped burning. They are now on the bottom of the ocean, with the ship, which has also stopped burning.
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Plastic eating bacteria discovered by U.S. undergrad
A U.S. undergraduate student has discovered a new kind of plastic consuming bacteria. Morgan Vague, a senior at Reed College in Oregon has developed a new bacteria that eats polyethylene terephthalate, or P.E.T.
NASA
NASA | Imported Dust in American Skies
NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and composition of tiny airborne particles that arrive in the air over North America each year. With a 3D view of the atmosphere now possible...
NASA
NASA | Glory: The Cloud Makers
This segment provides an introduction to aerosols- their varied sources, brief lifetimes, and erratic behavior. Glory's APS will help researchers determine the global distribution of aerosol particles. This unique instrument will unravel...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Can Seaweed Save the World: Alternative uses of seaweed
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. What does Rocky De Nys do with all the seaweed he's...
Next Animation Studio
Plastic pollution: researchers discover worms who can safely biodegrade various types of plastic
Researchers led by scientists at Stanford University in U.S. and Beihang University in China have found that the mealworm can safely biodegrade various types of plastic, Stanford News reported. Americans discard about 33 million tonnes...
FuseSchool
Green Chemistry - Principle 7
Learn the basics about the principles of green chemistry as part of the environmental chemistry topic.
Science360
A new robotic exoskeleton in town
In Episode 11, Charlie and Jordan talk about a new robotic exoskeleton, one of the world’s best suction cups and 1,4-dioxane contamination in the Cape Fear River Basin.
NASA
NASA | Ship Tracks Reveal Pollution's Effects on Clouds
NASA's MODIS satellite instrument reveals how air pollution may alter clouds, affecting global temperatures. This narrated visualization illustrates the effect by showing how ship exhaust leaves brights cloud trails in clean ocean air....
NASA
ATom Mission interview clips — Tom Ryerson
A flat line of data may not look interesting, but Tom Ryerson of NOAA with the #EarthExpedition ATom mission explains how it could reveal how tropospheric ozone is removed from the atmosphere. The ATom mission aboard NASA’s DC-8 flying...
NASA
NASA Studies How COVID-19 Shutdowns Affect Emissions
Pandemic-related shutdowns have affected how people act, so scientists began monitoring how that’s affected the planet — specifically nitrogen dioxide emissions. How do COVID-19 pollution patterns play into NASA computer models? NASA’s...
NASA
NASA | Discover-AQ
NASA's launching a new mission this summer designed to better understand air pollution and gather data that could allow pollutants to be monitored more exactly from space. The field study coined, "Discover-AQ", will take place over the...
NASA
ATom Postcard - Punta Arenas to Ascension Island
Atmospheric scientist Róisín Commane and Principal Investigator Steven Wofsy both of Harvard University sent back a video postcard from the Atlantic legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom, mission. The science team left...