Vlogbrothers
The Earth Shouldn't Have Oxygen
A balanced carbon cycle produces as much CO2 as O2, and yet, there are 209,460 ppm of oxygen in the atmosphere and only 440 ppm of CO2 (up from the recent baseline of 275). My first thought was that the CO2 is temporarily stored in...
Weird History
How Juliane Koepcke Survived A Plane Crash And 11 Days Alone In The Amazon
In December 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke and her mother were traveling to see her father on LANSA Flight 508 when the plane was felled by lightning and broke apart. Considered the worst lightning strike in history, the crash...
NASA
NASA Explores Earth’s Connections
For Earth Day 2021, we explore the connections of Earth systems and NASA's ability to observe them in a changing world, highlighting the links between dust transport, vegetation, water quality, conservation and human health, the...
NASA
Predicting Malaria Outbreaks With NASA Satellites
In the Amazon Rainforest, few animals are as dangerous to humans as mosquitos that transmit malaria. The tropical disease can bring on severe fever, headaches and chills and is particularly severe for children and the elderly and can...
NASA
NASA | Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust to Amazon in 3-D
For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic journey from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest. Among this dust is phosphorus, an essential nutrient that acts like a...
NASA
Warmer Ocean Temperatures May Decrease Saharan Dust Crossing the Atlantic
Every year millions of tons of dust from the Sahara Desert are swirled up into the atmosphere by easterly trade winds, and carried across the Atlantic. The plumes can make their way from the African continent as far as the Amazon...
Bill Carmody
Understanding the Restrictions of International Business
This video discusses the restrictions and complexities of international business. It highlights the importance of considering different belief systems, socioeconomic factors, and environmental impacts when operating in other countries.
The Guardian
Middle Earth: the fight to save the Amazon's soul
In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, an alternative climate conference is taking place that brings together youth activists, indigenous leaders, scientists and forest dwellers. In a region known as Middle Earth, they are building a new...
Learning Mole
The Amazon
This animated geography video lesson is all about the Amazon Plains. Students will love this engaging and interactive video as they learn more about geographical wonders and landforms.
Vlogbrothers
The Amazon isn't "Burning" - It's Being Burned
This is a thing that is happening right now, and (taking a page from the global warming playbook) a think I've been hearing from Bolsonaro's supporters is, "Who even knows how bad it is...deforestation is actually down." It's so sad to...
Curated Video
Peru, the Amazon Basin and Cocama tribes
The Peruvian Amazon jungle is one of the most biologically diverse areas on Earth. As a nation, Peru has the largest number of bird species in the world and the third-largest number of mammals; 44% of bird species and 63% of mammal...
Next Animation Studio
Amazon deforestation increasing under Bolsonaro’s government
2020’s 9,5% increase is especially worrisome, as it follows on a whopping 34% increase in 2019, which was Bolsonaro’s first year as president.
Curated Video
I WONDER - Where Is The Largest Rainforest?
This video is answering the question of where is the largest rainforest.
Next Animation Studio
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon is at the highest level a decade
Brazil has recorded its worst annual deforestation figures in ten years.
NASA
On a Mission: Season Three, Episode 3: On the Surface
Like waves of the ocean, our planet’s surface is in constant motion. In this episode, we’ll travel to tropical rainforests to dig into soils with an ecologist, and fly drones with an earthquake expert to spot shifts in the ground beneath...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Exploring the Tropical Rainforest
In this video, we embark on an exciting journey to explore the wonders of the tropical rainforest. We learn about the incredible benefits that rainforests provide to our planet, including carbon dioxide removal, temperature regulation,...
Curated Video
President Joe Biden on Sunday became the first sitting American president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest
Joined by Carlos Nobre, a Nobel-Prize-winning scientist and expert on how climate change is impacting the Amazon, and President Biden's climate adviser John Podesta, President Biden lifted in his helicopter over a stretch of the...
Getty Images
Lichen mimic katydid (Machima sp.) in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Lichen mimic katydid (Machima sp.) in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Getty Images
LS Green frog on a plant stem
Long shot of a tree frog on a plant stem. Costa Rica. Central America, The Americas. Also available in 4K resolution.
Getty Images
Interior of tropical rainforest, Ecuador, during an afternoon shower with rain and mist
Interior of tropical rainforest, Ecuador, during an afternoon shower with rain and mist