Instructional Video6:32
Ancient Lights Media

Iceland

6th - 8th
This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Iceland.
Instructional Video6:07
Science360

Are There Surprises In The Carbon Cycle? - The Carbon Cycle

12th - Higher Ed
Are there surprises in the carbon cycle that could lesson climate warming or make it much worse?
Instructional Video4:13
Ancient Lights Media

Atlas of the United States: The Southeastern Region: Florida

6th - 8th
This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Florida.
Instructional Video2:38
Science360

Water Isotopes Leave Fingerprints For Climate Scientists

12th - Higher Ed
This project observes and analyzes the stable isotope composition of water vapor and precipitation, primarily at the 300 meter Boulder Atmospheric Observatory tower. The measurements are made using an optical measurement technology which...
Instructional Video1:01
NASA

NASA | Projected U.S. Temperature Changes by 2100

3rd - 11th
The average temperature across the continental U.S. could be 8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer by the end of the 21st century under a climate scenario in which concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide rise to 800 parts per million....
Instructional Video1:01
NASA

NASA | Projected U.S. Precipitation Changes by 2100

3rd - 11th
The climate of the southwestern U.S. could be a lot drier by 2100. The climate of the northeastern U.S. could be a lot wetter. New visualizations of computer model projections show how precipitation patterns could change across the U.S....
Instructional Video2:30
NASA

NASA | PIG Ice Shelf: First Contact

3rd - 11th
This past January NASA scientist Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica that may be one of the best places to gauge how global warming is affecting the continent. Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf...
Instructional Video3:46
NASA

NASA | NOAA's GOES-O: The Future of Hurricane Forecasts

3rd - 11th
The GOES-O satellite is set for launch in 2009, and will be the latest in a series of satellites that have forecasted the development of severe weather for over 25 years. Operated by NOAA and launched by NASA, GOES-O will continue...
Instructional Video3:26
NASA

NASA | GPM Wraps Up Cold Season Field Campaign

3rd - 11th
For six weeks in Ontario, Canada, scientists and engineers lead a field campaign to study the science and mechanics of falling snow. The datasets retrieved will be used to generate algorithms which translate what the GPM Core satellite...
Instructional Video2:20
NASA

NASA | Exploring Ozone

3rd - 11th
This short video combines dynamic ozone visualizations with an interview with leading atmospheric NASA scientist, Dr. Paul Newman. Dr. Newman explains why ozone is important, he cites the ingredients that cause an ozone hole to form, and...
Instructional Video1:29
NASA

NASA | Earth Science Week | How is the Global Earth ...

3rd - 11th
Earth is currently in a period of warming. Over the last century, Earth's average temperature rose about 1.1 F (0.6C). In the last two decades, the rate of our world's warming accelerated. Scientists predict that the globe will continue...
Instructional Video2:06
NASA

NASA | ARISE Arctic Mission Takes Shape

3rd - 11th
Crews at NASA Goddard’s Wallops Flight Facility are hard at work integrating a suite of instruments into a C-130 aircraft in preparation for the start of the ARISE campaign later this month. ARISE, which stands for Arctic Radiation...
Instructional Video1:11
NASA

NASA | AIM Mission: Exploring Clouds at the Edge of Space

3rd - 11th
NASA's AIM mission will study Earth's Polar Mesospheric Clouds at the edge of space. The mission is led by Dr. James Russell of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at Hampton University.
Instructional Video4:20
NASA

Fly Above Alaskan Glaciers in 360

3rd - 11th
The area of coastline where the glacier-laden mountains of Alaska meet the Pacific Ocean has some of the most stunning scenery on Earth. This 360 video takes you flying low over the landscape of Icy Bay from a vantage point just under...
Instructional Video1:00
NASA

Dr. Piers Sellers visits Thule

3rd - 11th
Former astronaut and climate scientist Dr. Piers Sellers visits Thule, Greenland, one of the home bases for Operation IceBridge’s spring Arctic campaign. IceBridge is a 10-year airborne science mission measuring polar ice with a range of...
Instructional Video2:38
NASA

NASA's ICESat-2 Looks Beyond the Icy Poles

3rd - 11th
ICESat-2's main science objective is ice, but the mission is also able to measure the heights of other features, including ocean bathymetry, trees and mountain glaciers. Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Producer Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET):...
Instructional Video0:49
NASA

NASA's Analysis of 2016 Global Temperature

3rd - 11th
2016 was the hottest year on record, continuing a decades-long warming trend. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) analyzed measurements from 6,300 locations and found that Earth’s average surface temperature...
Instructional Video5:17
NASA

NASA | Wildfire and Pine Beetles

3rd - 11th
Mountain pine beetles are native to Western forests, but in recent years their numbers have skyrocketed. As they damage more trees and kill whole regions of forest, some worry that the dead forest left behind has become a tinderbox ready...
Instructional Video2:11
NASA

NASA Looks Back at 50 Years of Earth Day

3rd - 11th
It’s been five decades since Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders photographed Earth peaking over the Moon’s horizon. The iconic image, dubbed Earthrise, inspired a new appreciation of the fragility of our place in the universe. Two years...
Instructional Video8:35
TLDR News

Benefits of Brexit Report: Johnson Explains why Everything's Great - TLDR News

12th - Higher Ed
Earlier in the week, the government published the 'Benefits of Brexit Report' a document set to outline the government's achievement relating to Brexit as well as running through some of their plans for the future. The problem is that...
Instructional Video1:52
Next Animation Studio

Earth’s oceans hotter than any point in recorded history according to new study

12th - Higher Ed
2021 saw the hottest ocean temperatures ever recorded, adding to previous records in 2018 and 2019.
Instructional Video1:04
NASA

2019 Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Continues Trend of Decline

3rd - 11th
Every year, sea ice fluctuates through the seasons, growing in the winter and shrinking in the summer. This year, Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum on March 13, 2019. It wasn’t a record low, but it continued a trend of declining...
Instructional Video0:55
NASA

2017 Takes Second Place for Hottest Year

3rd - 11th
Earth's surface temperatures in 2017 were the second warmest since since 1880, when global estimates first become feasible, NASA scientists found. Global temperatures 2017 were second only to 2016, which still holds the record for the...
Instructional Video0:45
NASA

Teaser — The Most Important Instrument You've Never Heard Of

3rd - 11th
The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder. This little-known tool affects our daily lives and helps us understand our weather and climate. Orbiting 512 miles over our head on a pair of sister satellites, ATMS helps improve weather...