Next Animation Studio
Forty SpaceX satellites burn up after solar flare hits Earth
A solar flare hit Earth’s atmosphere, creating a geomagnetic storm at the worst possible moment.
Science360
Understanding coastal seas - NSF grants offer new insights
New NSF grants are helping us better understand our coasts; NSF's David Conover explains.
NASA
NASA | Supercomputing the Climate
Goddard Space Flight Center is the home of a state-of-the-art supercomputing facility called the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) that is capable of running highly complex models to help scientists better understand Earth's...
Science360
Understanding Human Nature When Mother Nature Wreaks Havoc
StormViewâ„¢ is a software program that gauges how residents of hurricane-prone regions might react in the event of an imminent storm. It was developed by University of Miami professor Kenny Broad and a number of collaborators, and...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Mars Dust Storm with Melinda Kahre.
Listen in as NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green discusses the Mars dust storm with a dust storm expert, Melinda Kahre.
NASA
On a Mission: The Danger of Going to Mars
Many spacecraft have died trying to get to Mars. The current record for Mars missions is 18 successes, and 25 failures. The InSight mission hopes to improve the odds.
KERA
Diapers Make a Difference After a Hurricane
After Hurricane Harvey in Texas, many people evacuated their homes and are now living in shelters. Leaving home during an emergency was especially difficult for parents of small children. Even though they brought supplies when they left...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta
Louisiana was struck by two hurricanes within six weeks in 2020. Hurricane Laura was a powerful Category 4. Hurricane Delta was a Category 2. The two hurricanes made landfall in almost the same location. Combined, they took dozens of...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Maria - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
In 2018, Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria. It was a Category 5 storm that may have killed 3,000 people. This 90 billion-dollar extremely powerful storm was a catastrophe in property damage, destruction, and deaths due to...
Rachel's English
ENGLISH VOCABULARY | WEATHER VOCABULARY | LEARN ENGLISH | VOCABULARY FOR WEATHER Part 2
You can learn English vocabulary in the best possible way with this video—by learning the correct pronunciation of English words directly from an English speaking teacher that is also a native speaker! You’ll learn English pronunciation...
Visual Learning Systems
Weather Safety: Severe Storm Safety
Staying safe in all kinds of weather and avoiding weather-related injuries are the focus of this practical video. Concepts and terminology: lightning, tornado, wind, hurricane, and safe shelter.
Weatherthings
Saharan Dust
Every summer, millions of tons of dust from the Sahara desert move into the Atlantic and travel westward. Here, you'll see it on satellite.
NASA
NASA | Fermi Finds Radio Bursts from Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes
Lightning in the clouds is directly linked to events that produce some of the highest-energy light naturally made on Earth: terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs). An instrument aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was recently...
NASA
Cassini's Infrared Saturn | Director's Cut
The Cassini-Huygens mission arrived at Saturn in 2004, beginning an epic thirteen-year tour of the ringed planet and its many moons. Cassini and its companion probe, Huygens, were an international collaboration between NASA and the...
Indigo Artbox
Paul Cezanne: 6 Minute Art History Video
Learn about Paul Cezanne, one of the greatest painters of our time.
Weatherthings
Gust Front - Shelf Cloud
At times, an ominous cloud band forms on the forward or leading edge of a thunderstorm. It is part of the thunderstorm gust front, called a shelf cloud, because it hangs out in front of the storm like a shelf. It may be smooth on the...
NASA
Cassini's Infrared Saturn
The Cassini-Huygens mission arrived at Saturn in 2004, beginning an epic thirteen-year tour of the ringed planet and its many moons. Cassini and its companion probe, Huygens, were an international collaboration between NASA and the...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Rainbows
A blue sky and fluffy bright clouds are things that are seen around the world. The atmosphere presents a multitude of sights and phenomena using light, air, water droplets, ice crystals, and dust. Many of the phenomena give clues to...
NASA
North American Forest Dynamics Dataset
Forests are living, ever changing ecosystems, affected by aging, natural disasters and human interventions. Annual maps of the lower-48 United States produced from satellite data illustrate how these dynamic systems changed from...
NASA
Inside Hurricane Maria in 360°
Two days before Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the NASA-Japan Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite captured a 3-D view of the storm. At the time Maria was a Category 1 hurricane. The 3-D view reveals the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Blanchard - The Storm: How Young Men Become Good Men
Dan Blanchard has done his homework. He’s been an inner-city school teacher and athletic coach for 20 years and has a passion for teaching, inspiring, and working with teens. “It’s tough for a lot of kids today. They don’t always have...
Next Animation Studio
How hurricanes form
Hurricanes form when warm humid air rises from the ocean. Convergent winds force the warm air into the atmosphere, where it releases latent heat as it condenses into clouds and rain. The exchange of the heat from the surface creates a...