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The Science Behind the Fragrance of the First Rain: Petrichor Explained
This video explains the science behind the pleasant fragrance we experience after the first rain, known as petrichor. It explores the role of plant oils and bacteria in the soil that contribute to this unique scent.
NASA
NASA | Aquarius Returns Global Maps of Soil Moisture
NASA's Aquarius instrument has released its first released worldwide maps of soil moisture. Soil moisture, the water contained within soil particles, is an important player in Earth's water cycle. This animated version of Aquarius'...
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The Water Cycle: From Evaporation to Precipitation
The video discusses the water cycle, explaining how water changes from one form to another and how it is continuously replenished in nature. It covers the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation and how they contribute...
Visual Learning Systems
What Is the Water Cycle?: Video Review
This beautiful program illustrates the key components of the water cycle that occurs everywhere around us. Concepts and terminology: condensation, evaporation, precipitation, cloud, rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
NASA
NASA | Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet
Our planet is a beautiful and awesome place. In a new video, join NASA scientists on a 40-minute visual tour of Earth from space, presented at the IMAX Theater at National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. on September 10. “Vital...
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...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Do Rainforests Protect The Environment?
This video is answering the question of how do rainforests protect the environment.
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...
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...
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NASA Studies Snow At The Winter Olympics
NASA engineer Manuel Vega can see one of the Olympic ski jump towers from the rooftop of the South Korean weather office where he is stationed. Vega is not watching skiers take flight, preparing for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics...
Curated Video
Way Cool Science II: All About Weather
Friendly and fun host Max Orbit asks questions about the world and searches for answers. This DVD series is designed to engage students while introducing scientific principles and concepts in a fun and entertaining way. Viewers will come...
NASA
NASA | Aqua's AMSR-E Scans Earth's Water Cycle
From June 2002 to early October 2011, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the Aqua satellite provided a wealth of data about the Earth's water cycle. Among the many variables calculated...
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NASA's Iowa Flood Study Hangout
A soggy 2013 spring, with near record rainfall in some areas, has led to flood warnings in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma. With the floodwaters come questions as millions brace for the next wave of thunderstorms: Will...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Storms
The atmosphere is dynamic and forever changing to maintain balance. The ingredients of air, sunlight and water allow life to exist on Earth, but they also generate calm scenes like rainbows, as a tornado ends. All storms move moisture,...
NASA
NASA Satellite Measures Human Impact in Water Storage
To investigate humans’ impact on freshwater resources, scientists have now conducted the first global accounting of fluctuating water levels in Earth’s lakes and reservoirs – including ones previously too small to measure from space....
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NASA | For Good Measure
The need for measuring the when and where and how much of precipitation goes beyond our weekend plans. We also need to know precipitaiton on a global scale. Rain gauges and radars are useful but are inconsistent and do not cover enough...
NASA
NASA | Our Wet Wide World
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a...
NASA
Connect the Drops with NASA Data
The varied landscapes of the United States have unique relationships with water. On the East Coast, rain is a regular occurrence. In the West, drought is a constant threat. Rivers and lakes fed by rainfall, snowmelt or a mix of both...
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NASA | GPM's Journey to Japan
Built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the GPM spacecraft travelled roughly 7,300 miles (11,750 kilometers) to its launch site at Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island, Japan, where it is scheduled for...
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NASA | LRO Observes the LCROSS Impact
NASA scientists have revealed the lunar soil inside shadowy craters is rich in useful materials, that the moon is chemically active, and that it also has a water cycle. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, by observing the impact of the...
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NASA | GPM: The Fresh(water) Connection
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a...
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NASA | Show Me the Water
Freshwater seems abundant, but when accounting for all the water on Earth, it's in limited supply. Just three percent of the water on our planet is freshwater. A majority of this water, about two percent of the world total, is contained...
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NASA | Anatomy of a Raindrop
This short video explains how a raindrop falls through the atmosphere and why a more accurate look at raindrops can improve estimates of global precipitation.
NASA
NASA Helps Warn of Harmful Algal Blooms
With limited resources to dedicate to monitoring for harmful algal blooms, water managers are looking to new technologies from NASA and its partners to detect and monitor potential hazards in lakes and reservoirs. Music: Picking Locks by...