Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Utah
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Forest Biomes: Forest Characteristics
Upon viewing the Exploring Forest Biomes video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that forest biomes vary greatly, but all are dominated by trees. Understand that forests receive moderate to high amounts of...
The Wall Street Journal
Bulking Up The Board
SFU Professor Stephanie Bertels and Director of Public Companies, Roy Dunbar, talk about sustainability credentials and how companies are going about obtaining them among their corporate directors.
The Wall Street Journal
Getting Ready for SEC Rules
With climate disclosure rules from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission due to come into effect soon, SEC Alumni Satyam Khanna and Kelly Gibson discuss how the Commission has been working with companies and preparing for enforcement.
Science360
Sea spray: Complex chemistry with big effects on climate
Take in a deep breath of salty ocean air and more than likely you're also breathing in naturally occurring sea spray aerosols. But, there's much more in each of those tiny bursting ""bubbles"" than salt. They're also bursting with ocean...
Professor Dave Explains
Core Principles and Concepts of Dendrochronology
Now that we know what dendrochronology is, it's time to dig into the core principles and concepts of this discipline, so that we can better understand how dendrochronologists think and what they do. Data acquisition and tree ring...
The Wall Street Journal
Breakout: Incorporating Biodiversity
Biodiversity is likely to become more of a focus for companies as investors focus on this area and as global initiatives take shape. A look at the elements of a biodiversity program with Walmart’s SVP of Sustainability, Jane Ewing.
Intelligence Squared
Why Capitalism and Climate Change are Not Enemies
In light of the potential collapse of our climate, momentum garnered by Greta Thunberg and raging Australian wildfires, Intelligence Squared hosted a climate...[Part 2/5] Adair Turner on Why Capitalism and Climate Change are Not Enemies
Healthcare Triage
Health Harms from Pollution Can Choke the Economy
The Trump Administration's EPA has shown a propensity to ease regulations on polluting industries, in hopes of increasing economic output. Pollution has a lot of very well studied impacts on health, and those health problems can decrease...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Runoff
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Curated Video
The Power and Impact of Wind
This video provides a comprehensive overview of wind, covering its formation, measurement, and various effects on climate and weather. It highlights the importance of wind measurement in engineering and architecture, as well as its...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Climate Change - This Week in Global Health
The 5th Episode of This Week in Global Health looks at Climate Change and health.
Science360
Sea spray Complex chemistry with big effects on climate
Take in a deep breath of salty ocean air and more than likely you're also breathing in naturally occurring sea spray aerosols. But, there's much more in each of those tiny bursting ""bubbles"" than salt. They're also bursting with ocean...
Financial Times
Crunched: is economic growth fuelling climate change?
FT data journalists Federica Cocco and John Burn-Murdoch look at the numbers behind George Monbiot's argument that pressures for GDP growth of 3 per cent are in conflict with the drastic changes needed to prevent the worst impacts of...
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Anthropocene Epic
This video explores the concept of the Anthropocene epoch, also known as the age of humans. The video discusses the negative impacts of human activity on the planet, including climate change, mass extinction, and environmental injustice....
The Economist
The Story Behind... trees and climate change
A closer look at one of the most familiar responses offered to the climate crisis. What is the real story behind trees and climate change?
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Summary
Water in the Air reveals the varied phases of water that surround us, fall on us, travel in air, and serve as a crucial component of the water cycle. Emphasis is on the fact that water in air can be vapor or solid, visible or invisible,...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Precipitation
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Visual Learning Systems
Impacts on Earth: Changes on Earth
Planet Earth is our home, but unfortunately humans have caused a great deal of damage to it. How have humans impacted Earth and what are the consequences? This clear and informative program answers this question through the use of...
Curated Video
Exploring the Science and Impact of Snow
This video explains the formation and characteristics of snow. They discuss how snowflakes are made up of ice crystals and how their size and shape depend on temperature and water vapor. The video also highlights the impact of snow on...
PBS
How Much Energy Does the Internet Use?
About half the world has internet access. That's 3.6 billion people surfing the web. How much energy is that using? And what is our online world doing to our planet's climate?
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Oceanic Economics
At a time when the world faces a multitude of potential calamities ranging from climate change to water pollution and plastic pollution, to rapid population growth, the solution may well be in the sea around us. “It is water, the world’s...
Independent Producers
The Changing Ecosystem of the Bering Sea
Ice is an essential component of the ecosystem of the Bering Sea region. For example, sea ice cover can dramatically affect the levels of phytoplankton which has enormous effects on the entire food web. In this public radio story we hear...
National Parks Service
Glacier National Park - A Changing Landscape: Glacier's Warming Climate
Climate change is changing landscapes and creating impacts throughout the world. Glacier National Park is no exception. Around 1850, an estimated 150 glaciers existed within the present boundaries of the park. Today, only 25 glaciers...