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Climate Change Threatens Food Production in Senegal
This video highlights the impact of climate change on food production in Senegal and how the Africa Rice Center is developing rice varieties that can cope with more hostile conditions.
Next Animation Studio
Gulf Stream nearing ‘Day After Tomorrow’ tipping point
Scientists say the increased melting of arctic freshwater is causing an imbalance in the salinity of seawater, and this could lead to plummeting temperatures in the northern hemisphere.
NASA
NASA | Aquarius Climate
Sea surface salinity has a massive influence on Earth's climate. With Aquarius, scientists will have a new way to measure that influence in a consistent way. With its unprecedented accurate and consistent salinity measurements,...
Next Animation Studio
The oceanic current that regulates Europe’s climate might seize up within a century: Study
The North Atlantic Current is a vast flow of warm seawater from the Gulf of Mexico that makes northwestern Europe’s mild climate possible.<br/>
EarthEcho International
Youth in Action: Students Investigate Ocean Acidification and Salmon Decline in the Puget Sound
High School students from Seattle, WA, and Bainbridge, WA, area schools worked throughout the summer of 2015 on a seasonal pH monitoring project in Puget Sound. Through their citizen science efforts, a long-term partnership with the...
Science360
Ocean Temperatures -- Changing Planet
Observations document that the Earth's ocean is warming. As the ocean warms, it will also expand in volume, causing sea level to rise. This rise is in addition to the sea level rise that results from water added from melting ice and snow...
NASA
NASA | Aquarius Observations of Sea Surface Salinity
This visualization shows changes in global sea surface salinity, as measured by NASA's Aquarius instrument aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, from December 2011 through December 2012. Red represents areas of high salinity, while...
Science360
Changes in Ocean Salinity - The Water Cycle
How do changes in ocean salinity affect the ocean?
Curated Video
Why Is It Called "Dead" Sea? Why Does Everyone Float In This Sea?
Lying on the lowest point on the Earth, the hypersaline Dead Sea is one of the most fascinating places on this planet. People float effortlessly here and that is the major attraction of the Dead Sea. But besides this natural buoyancy,...
NASA
NASA | Aquarius Water Cycle
Scientists need a breadth of information to understand the ocean's processes. That's where Aquarius comes in: the sensor will use advanced technologies to give NASA its first space-based measurements of sea surface salinity, helping...
Professor Dave Explains
Unicellular Life Part 2: Archaea and Protists
Everyone knows about bacteria, but there are tons of other unicellular species! Archaea are prokaryotes just like bacteria, but they live in some pretty weird places, which teaches us a lot about the kinds of conditions life can thrive...
Learning Mole
The Ocean
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 basics of the Ocean, a perfect introduction to the rest of the...
NASA
NASA| Aquarius: One Year Observing the Salty Seas
This video provides a global tour of sea surface salinity using measurements taken by NASA's Aquarius instrument aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, from December 2011 through December 2012. Red represents areas of high salinity,...
Visual Learning Systems
Oceanography: Ocean Salinity and Gases
The physical and chemical characteristics of ocean waters are discussed including salinity, temperature, density, and pressure. Footage from Maine, the Canadian Maritimes, and the Pacific coast highlight dynamic characteristics of the...
After Skool
What Happens When You Drink SeaWater?
Over 2/3rds of the earth is covered in water, but only 2% of that water is pure. As clean drinking water becomes more scarce, you maybe wondering What happens if I drink seawater? Let's first examine how our bodies absorb water. You may...
Learning Games Lab
Unavailability of Water in Saline Soils
Viewers of a short video learn about salt and water molecules and how their characteristics determine how they interact with each other. Then, they watch a simulation of how the interaction limits the uptake of water in plant roots and...
PBS
Global Ocean Currents
What forces drive the ocean's currents? Science scholars observe global ocean currents at different depths to explore their characteristics and patterns. Part of PBS's Weather and Climate series, the resource includes teaching...
NASA
Science at Nasa: Science Casts: Power of Sea Salt
Aquarius is the first NASA sensor to track ocean salinity from space and aims to help uncover how the salinity of Earth's oceans is affecting our climate. [3:04]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Water Quality Testing
Students measure water quality in the NY-NJ Estuary using simple tools. Scientists explain the importance of good water quality and talk about what causes water quality declines. [5:44]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Louisiana Levees
Interview with Windell Curole, Levee Manager, South Lafourche Parrish one year before Hurricane Katrina. He discusses living in and around the estuary, and how the levee system affects the water quality there. [7:06]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Salinity Stratification Experiment
Learn a little about salinity differences in the estuary and watch a really cool but simple experiment to demonstrate salinity stratification. You can try this at home! [9:33]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Water Quality Specifics: Using a Hydrometer
Learn how students can use classroom tools to measure estuarine water quality. Students sample ocean, estuary and tap water for salinity using the Hydrometer. [5:09]