SciShow
Our Roadmap to Fix Climate Change | SciShow News
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final part of its sixth assessment report. In it, they steer away from the gloom and doom and remind us of a future that's still remarkably possible.
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Oh No...Is Nature Going to Make Climate Change WORSE?! | SciShow News
Photosynthesis plays a huge role in regulating the earth's CO2. But what happens when the temperature gets high enough that photosynthesis slows down?
SciShow
How Trees Control the Weather
Who knew that a rainforest could be literal? Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk (she/her)
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Abundant Water on Mars, and Mongols Rule!
This week on SciShow news Hank explains what Curiosity has found, . . .water on Mars!
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Why Some Frozen Lakes Catch Fire
Did you know that, despite their serene, picturesque appearance, some frozen lakes can catch fire? Why are climate scientists studying the explosive gas bubbles trapped in lake ice?
SciShow
When The Universe Will End
Hank serves up a buffet of news items that includes an approximate date for the end of everything, scientific proof that when it comes to sex bigger IS better, and a look behind how the London Olympics are going green. Bon appetit!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: 1816: The year with no summer | David Biello
In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted and its emissions spread across the globe, blotting out the sun for almost an entire year. This wreaked havoc on agriculture, leading to famines all across the Northern hemisphere. It was the year without...
SciShow Kids
What Was the Big Bang and Other Space Questions Answered! | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Sam the Bat team up to answer your questions about space, like: How was the universe created?
TED Talks
TED: How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi | Colin Averill
If we want to better understand the environment and combat climate change, we need to look deep underground, where diverse microscopic fungal networks mingle with tree roots to form symbiotic partnerships, says microbiologist Colin...
Curated Video
USA: IRISH PRIME MINISTER JOHN BRUTON MEETS PRESIDENT CLINTON
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A new round of peace talks on Northern Ireland have got off to a good start Irish Prime Minister John Bruton at a Washington meeting with U-S President Clinton.
The thorny issue of disarmament by the outlawed Irish...
Bozeman Science
The Greenhouse Effect
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases keep our planet warm enough to be habitable. He explains how greenhouse gases keep heat closer to the surface. He finally shows how increases in...
Crash Course
Where Does Wind Come From Crash Course Geography
There's an invisible force shaping our lives, affecting the weather, climate, land, economy, and just whether a flag looks majestic or not - we're talking about the wind! Today we’re going to go into the science of where the wind comes...
SciShow
Is There Less Oxygen in the Winter Since Its Colder
Plants make oxygen using photosynthesis, but what happens to the air when those trees drop their leaves in winter?
SciShow
Pluto's Runaway Atmosphere, and Earth's 'Cousin'
According to some of the latest New Horizons data, Pluto's got flowing nitrogen ice and only half the atmosphere it had two years ago. Plus, the latest batch of exoplanets includes a world that's a lot like Earth... probably.
SciShow
Oh No...Is Nature Going to Make Climate Change WORSE?! | SciShow News
Photosynthesis plays a huge role in regulating the earth's CO2. But what happens when the temperature gets high enough that photosynthesis slows down?
SciShow
Bioprecipitation: How Bacteria Makes Snow
Raindrops and snowflakes generally start to form around something else in the air, like a speck of dust, but sometimes that something else is bacteria.
TED Talks
TED: A bold plan to protect 30 percent of the Earth's surface and ocean floor | Enric Sala
As a diver in the 1970s, marine ecologist Enric Sala saw once-lush oceanscapes reduced to underwater deserts -- but later, in marine preserves across the globe, he also witnessed the ocean's power to rejuvenate itself when left to its...
PBS
First Detection of Life
In 1990, an experiment conceived by Carl Sagan was performed using using the Galileo spacecraft. The purpose? To detect life on a planet based on measurements by a space probe. The experiment was successful, and abundant life was...
MinuteEarth
How to Make a Seashell - Just Add Water
Why do shell building living creatures live near the surface of the ocean? Learn how chemistry creates a dissolving depth for calcium and determines where shell builders can live.
TED-Ed
The "myth" of the boiling frog | TED-Ed
Since 1850, global average temperatures have risen by 1 degree Celsius. That may not sound like a lot, but it is. Why? 1 degree is an average. Many places have already gotten much warmer and if average temperatures increase one more...
Crash Course
Why Star Stuff Matters: Crash Course Big History 202
So, the stars made the elements, we're all made of star stuff, etc. But what does all this mean? This week Emily Graslie teaches you how the formation of chemical elements in the bellies of the earliest stars made life as we know it...
SciShow
Cloudy With A Chance Of Aliens: How We Look for Extraterrestrial Life
What do astronomers look for when they study exoplanets for signs of alien life? Hank explains how space telescopes are already yielding tantalizing clues of what other worlds might hold -- including water! -- and how the next generation...
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How Climate Scientists Predict the Future
Over the years, scientists have made a lot of predictions about how Earth's climate is changing, but they don't just pull those predictions from thin air.
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How Wiretapping Helped Transform Astronomy
Early telegraph operators and WWI spies picked up some weird noises on radio waves. As it turned out, they were actually listening to plasma waves in Earth’s magnetic field lines!