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Science Kids Antarctica and the Melting Ice Shelf V1-0001
Science Kids Antarctica and the Melting Ice Shelf V1-0001 The collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica in 2022, the first of its kind in human history, highlighted the vulnerability of Antarctic ice to rising temperatures....
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Taking Action Together: Saving Antarctica's Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Science Kids Antarctica and the Melting Ice Shelf V1-0004 I will take personal steps to reduce my carbon footprint by cutting down on flights, using public transportation or biking more often, and consuming products more mindfully, such...
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Adapting to Rising Sea Levels: Challenges and Solutions for Coastal Communities
Science Kids Antarctica and the Melting Ice Shelf V1-0003 This video discusses the impact of rising sea levels on coastal and island communities around the world due to factors like population growth and climate change. It highlights the...
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The Thwaites Glacier: A Man-Made Crisis Unfolding
Science Kids Antarctica and the Melting Ice Shelf V1-0002 The melting of the Thwaites Glacier, driven by human-caused global warming, is contributing to rising sea levels. If the entire glacier were to melt, it could result in a two-foot...
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How to Defrost Your Freezer
Howcast - If you’re still living in the Ice Age—that is, with a non-defrosting freezer—you’ll need these ancient skills.
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Kitten In Danger
Racing cars are playing in the snow when they hear a kitten meowing. The kitten is stuck! With help from an excavator and bulldozer, they remove the snow and warm the kitten.
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World's Lightest Solid!
Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission. The focus of this video is silica aerogels,...
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Arctic Climate Change: Impacts and Urgent Call for Action
This video highlights the alarming effects of global warming on the Spellbard region of the Norwegian Arctic. It discusses the rapid changes occurring due to excessive carbon dioxide emissions, including the potential extinction of polar...
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The Crater on Mercury That Defied Conventional Models: MESSENGER Images part 2
When something is as incredibly difficult to get to as Mercury, it is extremely tricky to study. Which is one of the reasons why in all of human history, there have only ever been 2 missions to Mercury, with just one more on the way....
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Endothermic
A chemical reaction or process that absorbs heat from the surrroundings. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films...
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Chemical reaction
Any process in which one or more chemicals are changed into different products, by the breaking and formation of chemical bonds. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and...
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Alkaline earth metal
A group of metals that form group two of the periodic table. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
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How Hot Is the Earth's Core?
Unreachable by man, scientists have developed a complex experiment to demonstrate the heat and pressure at the centre of the Earth. Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. The Earth's core is a dense ball of iron and nickel. To...
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State of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Laser technology aboard aircraft has allowed scientists to measure the Greenland Ice Sheet, one of the largest bodies of ice in the world. Is it growing or shrinking? Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. NASA scientists...
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Changing States of Matter
Water can either be a solid, a liquid or a gas. How does matter change state? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. Ice, liquid water and steam all consist of exactly the same molecules. Evaporation occurs when the temperature...
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The Big Chill
Melting icecaps are threatening one of the most important currents in the world, the Great Ocean Conveyor. If it stopped, it could have devastating impacts on our climate. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. The Great Ocean...
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Clathrate Gun Hypothesis
The largest volumes of methane on Earth are frozen deep underground. Learn how global warming could melt these stores and start the irreversible process predicted by the Clathrate Gun Hypothesis. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning...
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Salt: Salt and Ice
Salt is routinely used to melt snow and ice on winter roads. But what is happening at the molecular level to cause this helpful change of state? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. When salt is added to water it lowers the...
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Melting
Melting is when a solid turns into a liquid. The world around us - Exploring materials - Freezing and melting Learning Points Some places on Earth, such as the Arctic, are so cold that seawater freezes during the cold winter months. When...
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Changes of state – Spot the...
Six processes are shown on screen ... can you spot the ones that involve a change of state? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Changes of state Learning Points The state of matter can be changed by the addition or loss...
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Expanding oceans
Why are sea levels rising at twice the rate that scientists predicted? Material processes - Changing materials - Expansion and conduction Learning Points Thermal expansion is due to molecules gaining energy. The thermal expansion of ice...
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Condensation and freezing
Why do water drops form on cold windows and why does water freeze? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Changes of state Learning Points Condensation is the change of state from gas to liquid. Freezing is the change of state...
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Very strange liquids
Not all liquids act the same ... some can behave very strangely indeed! Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Liquids Learning Points Liquids do not have a fixed shape. Non-Newtonian liquids change behaviour when a force is...
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Everyday liquids
What are the properties of a liquid? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Liquids Learning Points Liquids do not have a fixed shape. The speed at which a liquid flows is known as viscosity. Liquids have fixed volume. The...