Wonderscape
Climate Change: The Intensifying Greenhouse Effect
Learn how the enhanced greenhouse effect, driven by human activities, leads to global climate change. Delve into the role of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in trapping more heat in the atmosphere, and discover the...
Curated Video
Navigating Nature: Innovative Solutions for Flood and Landslide Risks
Explore the evolution of flood and landslide management in France, from the historic 1910 Paris flood to modern preventative measures. Discover how innovative engineering, like amphibious buildings and protective nets, safeguards...
Healthcare Triage
Climate Change Is Already Impacting Our Health
Massive storms, flooding, extreme heat, droughts, air pollution, increased rates of disease, changes to our food and water… global warming, and the changes to climate that come with it, are increasing human health risks. Our physical and...
Healthcare Triage
Climate Change and Health: Heat, Rain, Storms, and Fires
Climate change is causing weather events that are a direct threat to human life. We’re not gonna lie, this is an anxiety-provoking topic, as is much of the conversation surrounding climate change. Increased heat, changing precipitation...
Healthcare Triage
The Unequal Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change is driven by humans and will affect us all. But it’s not driven by everyone equally, and it doesn’t affect everyone equally. In the last 250 years, 77% of global emissions were emitted by Europe, North America, Australia,...
Curated Video
Global Partners
Dr. Forrester describes how her community and its neighboring communities work together to solve common problems. She explains that this is how the United States operates with other countries around the world. She then talks about two...
Curated Video
Human and Environment Interactions
Dr. Forrester describes the ways that severe environmental conditions, such as earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides, and droughts, challenged settlers in the United States. She talks about how the Hoover Dam was built for flood control. She...
Curated Video
Adapting to Environmental Change: Managing Flood Risks and Coastal Erosion
This video highlights the importance of understanding and adapting to the changing environmental forces impacting our land and coastlines. Dr. Lindsay McEwan's project in the UK focuses on engaging local communities to enhance their...
Curated Video
Innovative Dutch Solution: World's First Floating Greenhouse to Combat Flooding
The world's first experimental floating greenhouse in the Netherlands is a groundbreaking solution to combat severe flooding problems while maximizing horticultural productivity. Equipped with innovative technology such as automated...
Wonderscape
Consequences of Global Warming: Ecosystems at Risk
This video details the effects of global warming, highlighting its impact on marine life, polar ice melt, rising sea levels, and disrupted animal hibernation patterns. It emphasizes the significance of increased greenhouse gases from...
Curated Video
Protecting Venice: The Mosa Project and Its Impact on the City's Future
This video discusses the construction of underwater barriers, known as Mosa, in Venice to combat the frequent floods that the city faces. The barriers aim to protect the city from the worst ravages of the sea by rising when needed and...
Curated Video
Taming Rivers
Dr. Forrester uses a KWL chart to provide information about dams. She explains how dams work and how they prevent the overflow of water. She ten compares and contrasts dams built by humans and dams built by animals.
Curated Video
How (and why) to FIND YOUR WATERSHED
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison explains how to find your watershed and why it is so important to understanding your place in the landscape.
The Guardian
Why rivers shouldn't look like this
The quintessential image of a river you might recognise from post cards and paintings – nice and straight with a tidy riverbank – is not actually how it is supposed to look. It's the result of centuries of industrial and agricultural...
The Guardian
The climate science behind flooding: why is it getting worse?
The Guardian's environment editor, Damian Carrington, examines exactly how the climate crisis is fuelling devastating floods – and what we can do to help protect ourselves and our planet
The Guardian
Sea level rise: Miami and Atlantic City fight to stay above water
Sea levels are rising. For many cities on the the eastern shores of the United States, the problem is existential. We take a look at how Miami and Atlantic City are tackling climate change, and the challenges they face under a skeptical...
Curated Video
Family Preparedness Plan
Family Preparedness Plan describes the reasons it is important for a family to have a preparedness plan in place.
Curated Video
Hazardous Weather Solution
“Hazardous Weather Solution” discusses the damage that can result from common natural disasters, including hurricanes, blizzards, thunderstorms, and tornadoes.
Curated Video
Water Erosion Solutions
“Water Erosion Solutions” discusses plantings and man-made structures as ways of preventing water erosion.
Curated Video
I WONDER - Are Swamps An Important Part Of The Ecosystem?
This video is answering the question of are swamps an important part of the ecosystem.
TMW Media
The Everglades Ecosystem: Learn how the everglades came to be
What are the different ecosystems that make up the everglades? What has compromised the health of the everglades? Where do the everglades begin? When and how did the everglades begin to form? What happened when settlers came to the area?...
TMW Media
The Everglades Ecosystem: Hamilton Disstons plan and the affects of a canal
What was Hamilton Disstons plan for the everglades? Did his plan work? What were the affects of building a canal? What were the affects after the canal was changed? The Everglades Ecosystem, Part 2