Curated Video
CHINA: DROUGHT HITS COUNTRY
Mandarin/Nat
A severe drought has rattled China.
Crops are dying and the capital Beijing is struggling to find enough water to quench the thirst of its 13 million people.
The cause of the drought is believed to be the low rainfall this...
Curated Video
China's economic might divides rural community
Near Gunnedah - September 12, 2012
1. Close of a canola field
2. Wide of billboard reading "The Liverpool Plains. A Natural Treasure. No Coal Seam Gas"
Narrabri - September 11, 2012
3. Pan across machinery at mine
4. Close of wells at...
Curated Video
IRAQ: AL-MADEAN ARCH
Arabic/Eng
Al-Madean, the widest single-span vault of reinforced brickwork in the world, located in Ctesiphon, in Iraq, is under threat.
It's seriously decaying because of the effects of underground water.
Iraqi geologists are working to...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : La urbanizacion ilegal amenaza Xochimilco
VOICED : La urbanizacion ilegal amenaza Xochimilco
Curated Video
Environments say Spain's Donana nature park is under threat
LEAD IN: The World Wildlife Fund says excessive water extraction is putting Donana National Park, one of Europe's most celebrated conservation wetlands, at grave risk. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
California Academy of Science
Recharging Aquifers
The ninth lesson in a 10-part series on Fresh Solutions explains how aquifers develop and how people currently use them. The video also explores how aquifers are being depleted faster than they refill and the long-term concerns about...
California Academy of Science
How Do We Meet the Growing Need for Water?
Some aquifers took thousands of years to collect water, yet they have been depleted in only a hundred years. Viewers learn about where humans use water and the serious concerns for the future of the water supply in the second of 10...
NBC
Nbc Learn: Sustainability: Water
NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation explore the threats and challenges to our most vital natural resource.