A video to learn about the interactions of humans and the environment. Also, learn how the environment is impacted by humans. [4:40]

Students learn how elephants engineer the ecosystem to benefit humans and nature. [5:10]

Learn about the precautions humans must take in the face of a growing grizzly bear population in this video from Nature. [3:06]

How do inhabitants on islands alter the ecosystem over time? An archaeologist will identify specific changes over many years that occurred as a result of human arrival on islands. [29:16]

A four-part series featuring the endangered Mojave Desert Tortoise and investigating the population decline of this species. [0:30]

Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment: pollution. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine distruptors - and ultimately, humans are responsible for it...

Hank gives the run down on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. [10:37]

This video adapted from KTOO explores why the beaches of Latouche Island and Knight Island, Alaska, contain remnants of an oil spill and discusses its resulting impact on the Alutiiq community of Chenega Bay.3m 37s

In this video from Nature, learn more about the ongoing debate regarding whether or not the grizzly bear population needs special protection. [1:37]

In this video segment from Nature, learn about the problems bears are creating on ranch land surrounding Yellowstone National Park. [3:01]

Realize the many ways in which humans affect the Earth system, including other living things on Earth. [4:57]

This lesson will define ecology, natural environment, ecosystem, and environmental deficit, while delineating the formula for calculating human impact on the environment. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Environmental Concepts."

In this Crash Course episode, learn how humans change their environments simply by living in them. [4:38]

Urban areas often expand around estuaries. Industrial development often leaves a legacy of pollution in these areas. This video looks at what kind of long-term pollution is found in the Duwamish estuary in Seattle, and how estuary life...

Estuaries are important habitats for salmon, but development, deforestation, and human interaction have caused damage to these ecosystems. Learn how to mitigate this damage and restore the estuary. [3:32]

In this video, Paul Andersen defines biodiversity and explains the impacts humans are having on the planet's biodiversity. Humans are impacting the variety of life on our planet through habitat destruction, invasive species, pollution,...

Hank gives the run down on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. [10:38]

Often humans living in close contact with an estuary want to fix it. We learn about the changes humans made to the Duwamish Estuary in Seattle. and how many groups are seeking to reverse these changes. [9:55]

This video adapted from KTOO explores the impact of oil contamination on the herring population of Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1999, 10 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.3m 03s

Gwich'in Chief Evon Peter of Arctic Village, Alaska explains the importance of the caribou to his people and the tribes need to protect the herd from the effects of oil drilling. [5:43]

In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet conservationist Steve MacLean, an Inupiaq from Barrow, Alaska, who works to preserve the health of the Bering Sea ecosystem. Site includes short essay, discussion questions,...

Learn about being environmentally friendly with the help of technology, and the much-loved character Ruff Ruffman. [2 min, 44 sec]

Hear advice from the much-loved character Ruff Ruffman on how to use media and technology to help the environment. [2:37]

Learn about the human activities that cause a loss of biodiversity. [12:51]