SciShow
How to Avoid Corpse-Flavored Water
As organisms decompose their chemical and bacterial components can leach into the surrounding ground and water. The bodies buried in cemeteries are no exception.
Crash Course
Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Crash Course Geography
The Arab-Israeli Conflict, which is the ongoing political tensions and military conflicts between Arab nations and Israel, is one of the longest and most complex disputes in the world. Today, we're going to focus on more recent events,...
Wonderscape
Inland Bodies of Water: Lakes, Ponds, and Springs
Discover the differences between lakes, ponds, and springs, and learn how each forms. Explore how lakes often have deeper waters while ponds are shallower, and see how springs bring groundwater back to the surface, creating fresh sources...
Wonderscape
Understanding the Hydrosphere: Earth's Water Realm
Explore the hydrosphere, encompassing all forms of water on Earth, from oceans and seas to freshwater lakes, rivers, and glaciers. Learn about the distribution of water across the planet and its vital role in sustaining life. Earth's...
Curated Video
How to Rescue a Sinking Water Table
Permaculture Instructor Andrew Millison explains the different types of aquifers and the overall strategy for recharging depleted water tables.
Next Animation Studio
Mexico City is sinking fast and it can’t be stopped
North America’s most populous city is sinking fast under its own weight, and has already sunk too low to be saved.
NASA
Water in Helheim Glacier Makes Its Way to the Ocean
New NASA research found that large crevasses provide aquifer water upstream of Greenland's Helheim Glacier with a clear escape to the ocean. This discovery helps confirm that the water, which is held in a layer of crunchy, granular snow...
NASA
NASA | Science for a Hungry World: Part 5
This episode discusses dwindling groundwater resources in India.
NASA
Global Maps of Dryness Help Prepare for Water Use Around Globe
Using measurements from two satellite missions assimilated into a computer model, researchers have created global maps of terrestrial water around the planet. In addition, they can forecast water availability in the United States up to...
NASA
Connect the Drops with NASA Data
The varied landscapes of the United States have unique relationships with water. On the East Coast, rain is a regular occurrence. In the West, drought is a constant threat. Rivers and lakes fed by rainfall, snowmelt or a mix of both...
NASA
NASA Follows Changing Freshwater from Space
When we look into the vastness of space, our home planet stands out in many ways. One of the most crucial is the presence of abundant, accessible freshwater -- as a liquid, solid and gas. Water helps make our planet habitable. The first...
NASA
For 15 Years, GRACE Tracked Freshwater Movements Around the World
Between 2002 and 2016, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) tracked the movement of freshwater around the planet. NASA scientists used GRACE data to identify regional trends of freshwater movement, and combined that...
Espresso Media
The Environmental Impact of Everyday Household Activities
This video highlights the environmental impact of everyday household activities, such as using water, cleaning products, and consuming bottled water. It raises awareness about the pollution caused by these actions and emphasizes the need...
Curated Video
Year after Brazil dam collapse, effects of contamination remain
The 2019 mining dam collapse in Brumadinho killed 270 people and sent a wall of toxic mud and debris into the surrounding land.
Curated Video
Environment Minister Tracy Schmidt describes difference between two recent silica sand projects
Manitoba approved one silica sand mining project this week and then rejected another two days later. The environment minister explains the difference.
Curated Video
Bali water problems: Tourists to start paying entry tax in 2024
Starting next year, foreign tourists will have to pay a tax to enter the Indonesian island of Bali.
Curated Video
Chile drought enters critical phase
Almost half a million people in Chile struggle to access water
Curated Video
Severe water crisis looms over Afghan capital | Kabul could run out of water by 2030: report
Some 80% of ground water in Afghanistan capital Kabul is contaminated. Wells being dug deeper and deeper threatens a complete running out of water by the end of the decade, according to an NGO. For the economically weak, drinking water...
Curated Video
Kabul: severe water crisis looms over Afghan capital, aquifers drop by 30M
A report warns Kabul is facing a severe water crisis: over the past decade, aquifer levels have dropped by nearly 30 metres, drying up almost half the city's boreholes.
Curated Video
Kabul: major water crisis looms over Afghan capital, aquifers drop by 30M
A report warns Kabul is facing a severe water crisis: over the past decade, aquifer levels have dropped by nearly 30 metres, drying up almost half the city's boreholes.
Curated Video
Is Your Bottled Water Really That Much Different Than Tap Water?
Bottled water goes through a long journey before it gets to you, and that process has multiple ethical and environmental impacts.
Curated Video
Water banking in times of drought
AP Television
Madera, California, USA - September 2, 2011
1. Wide of water, ducks, cows
2. Mid of pond, frog jumping
3. Wide of cows and water
4. Pan right cracked soil
5. Mid low angle of Lance Johnson getting into truck
6. Close shot...
Curated Video
California is proposing broad changes in the way it protects underground water sources from oil and gas operations, after finding 2,500 instances in which the state authorized oil and gas operations in protected water aquifers. (Feb. 10)
California is proposing broad changes in the way it protects underground water sources from oil and gas operations, after finding 2,500 instances in which the state authorized oil and gas operations in protected water aquifers.
State oil...
Curated Video
Farmers in drought-stricken California are drilling more wells and extracting more groundwater to irrigate their crops, but experts say the increased pumping is causing land to sink and depleting underground water supplies. (Sept. 24)
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SOUNDBITE: Mike Maggiora, Owner, Maggiora Bros. Drilling
"The amount of work being done in our industry is probably at one of the peak levels in recent history."
SOUNDBITE: Claudia Faunt, hydrologist,...