TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Tomás Chor: Turbulence: one of the great unsolved mysteries of physics
You're on an airplane when you feel a sudden jolt. Outside your window nothing seems to be happening, yet the plane continues to rattle you and your fellow passengers as it passes through turbulent air in the atmosphere. What exactly is...
SciShow
The Ups and Downs of Air Turbulence
Ever wonder why sometimes the airplane you're flying on decides to lurch suddenly and cause your little baggie of peanuts to spill all over the place? Join Hank on SciShow today as he explores the in and outs and the ups and downs of...
Crash Course Kids
Current Events
What are air currents? Air currents are like rivers of wind caused by areas of high and low pressure.The air above the land is warmer and less dense, so it rises. The air over the water is cooler and heavier. The cool air rushes in...
Curated Video
Why Does It Take Longer to Fly West?
The reason airplane flights take longer when traveling west is because of the different speeds of rotation on Earth. The rotational velocity of Earth decreases as one goes from the Equator to the poles. This means that a place on the...
Next Animation Studio
International ozone treaty stops changes in Southern Hemisphere winds
The ozone layer’s recovery is stopping changes in the atmospheric circulation systems of the Southern Hemisphere, according to new research.
Next Animation Studio
Hurricanes Moving North, Set to Slam into New York
The BBC reports that a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience argues that if the planet’s average temperature keeps rising, hurricanes and typhoons will start to move farther northward and southward, entering the world’s most...
Next Animation Studio
Jet stream and climate change: global warming may make transatlantic flights even longer
A recent study by researchers at the University of Reading says flights between New York and London could lengthen because of changes to meteorological conditions in the atmosphere that affect the jet stream. The study was published this...
Visual Learning Systems
The Atmosphere: Lower Layers of the Atmosphere
Students will learn about the different layers of the atmosphere. The changes in the atmosphere are explained using examples of contemporary environmental conditions brought about by human behavior. The oxygen cycle and the carbon cycle...
Bridgeman Arts
Red Arrows, 1969
Unique documentary film of the iconic RAF Red Arrows 1969 aerobatic display team. Exclusive access was granted to film the Red Arrows, at RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire, over the course of 2 days. It was shot on 16mm reversal film, as there...
Bridgeman Arts
Rothmans Air Display, Greece, and England, 1981
Rothmans Air Display, Greece, and England, 1981