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I Don’t Know How to Feel About 2023
New Review2023 was a wild year with everything from scorching temperatures to massive wildfires. Even with more renewable energy than ever, 2023’s climate data still seems really bad. So how should we think about climate change today? And what can...
SciShow
5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything
New ReviewCRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics....
Crash Course
The Effects of Climate Change: Crash Course Biology #9
New ReviewClimate change shakes up all of Earth’s systems, including the living ones. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll see how climate change’s effects rattle the entire chain of life. Changes felt in one population ripple out to...
TED Talks
What if the climate movement felt like a house party? | Matthew Phillips
You’re invited into a bold new vision for the climate movement — a space of trust and honesty, where artists inspire action and everyone has a role to play. Social impact leader Matthew Phillips explores how shared purpose and...
TED Talks
How to make climate stories impossible to ignore | Katherine Dunn
In environmental reporting, “it's not always about the big climate story,” says journalist Katherine Dunn. She challenges newsrooms to rethink how they cover climate change, connecting to the things readers love — whether that’s jobs,...
TED Talks
I’m a conservative — and I care about the climate, too | Danielle Butcher Franz
Environmental challenges aren't for just one political party to deal with — everyone must work together to solve them, says conservation champion Danielle Butcher Franz. Drawing on her work with young conservatives mobilizing...
TED Talks
Climate progress isn't a sprint — it's a marathon | Greg De Temmerman
Fighting climate change is much like long-distance running: a complex journey filled with obstacles, fast-changing conditions and the need for constant adaptation. Drawing on his own experience as an ultramarathon runner, energy expert...
PBS
How Trump’s funding freeze is affecting American farmers
Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has moved to cancel or freeze trillions in federal funding. That includes billions in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. William Brangham reports on how the funding...
TED-Ed
Rocks could save the world (Yes, rocks) | Elise Cutts
Mount Teide is one of the world’s largest active volcanoes, and there may be a way to use the basalt rock inside it to save humanity. Obviously, destroying an ancient volcano would cause catastrophic and unpredictable ecological fallout....
TED Talks
Why joy is a serious way to take action | Pattie Gonia
While doom and gloom may wake people up, joy keeps them in the fight, says drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia. With humor, creativity and a dress made of thrifted shower curtains and upcycled pink flamingo pool floaties, Pattie...
TED Talks
Compassion and Crisis: A Conversation on Humanity, Climate, and Change
Amir Nizar Zuabi and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins discuss their shared concerns about humanity's lack of compassion and the interconnected crises of climate change, social injustice, and species extinction. Zuabi reflects on storytelling...
TED Talks
A Conversation on Climate, Humanity, and Renewal
Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and Amir Nizar Zuabi discuss their views on optimism in the face of global challenges. Tompkins expresses concern for the current century due to the climate crisis and its devastating impacts but hopes humanity...
TED Talks
TED: A food system that fights climate change — instead of causing it | Gonzalo Muñoz
Here's a wild stat: nearly one-third of the world's food production goes to waste each year, a major contributor to the climate crisis. Farmer and UN climate champion Gonzalo Muñoz sheds light on the international negotiations aimed at...
TED Talks
TED: Why violence is rising with global temperatures | Peter Schwartzstein
Climate change doesn't just melt ice caps, it also fuels conflict, corruption and division worldwide, explains TED Fellow and journalist Peter Schwartzstein. From droughts in Syria to rising seas in Bangladesh, he explores how climate...
Crash Course Kids
Weather vs. Climate
So we have Weather and Climate... but are they the same thing? No, no they are not. But they are both super important to how the geosphere is shaped. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats with us about the differences...
SciShow Kids
The Rainiest Places on Earth | SciShow Kids
In this episode of SciShow Kids, Jessi and Squeaks learn about places with record-breaking rainfall.
SciShow Kids
The Driest Places on Earth | SciShow Kids
In this SciShow Kids episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn about amazing places where it almost never rains.
TED Talks
TED: How to imagine a better future for democracy | Adrienne Maree Brown and Baratunde Thurston
US democracy needs repair — and care is the answer, says author adrienne maree brown in conversation with writer and activist Baratunde Thurston. In a sweeping discussion on what it means to be an active citizen, they unpack how to...
TED Talks
TED: How aerosols brighten clouds — and cool the planet | Sarah J. Doherty
Here's a conundrum: the same aerosol pollutants that harm human health also help cool the climate, says atmospheric scientist Sarah J. Doherty. Is there a way to clean up the air without warming the planet? Exploring the unintended...
TED Talks
TED: An updated action plan for solving the climate crisis — and a look at progress to date | Ryan Panchadsaram, Anjali Grover and David Biello
When it comes to climate, what are we doing right and where should we focus our efforts next? Systems innovator Ryan Panchadsaram and strategist Anjali Grover talk with TED science curator David Biello about the latest on the world's...
SciShow
The Alien Storm That Ate Itself
From cyclones to snowstorms, Earth is home to some spectacular weather events. But they're nothing compared to what you can find on the other planets in our solar system. Magnetic tornadoes? Ammonia mushballs? Let's (not literally) dive...
SciShow
8 Terrible Science Takes
Have you ever seen a science take on the Internet that you're pretty sure is wrong, but you aren't sure how to break it down? Well good news, we are taking care of that for you! Here are just 8 of them, from climate myths to health...
TED Talks
TED: Is climate change slowing down the ocean? | Susan Lozier
Ocean waters are constantly on the move, traveling far distances in complex currents that regulate Earth's climate and weather patterns. How might climate change impact this critical system? Oceanographer Susan Lozier dives into the...
TED Talks
TED: Lessons from the past on adapting to climate change | Laprisha Berry Daniels
Laprisha Berry Daniels' grandparents left the Southern United States and migrated north to Detroit in the 1950s — a move that could be considered a big "climate change." Now, as a public health social worker, Berry Daniels mines the...