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Curated Video
Wind Erosion
Using footage of dust and sand storms, this program demonstrates that wind erosion moves small particles and is prevalent in dry areas where water does not hold surface particles together. Students will learn that once the particles are...
Curated Video
Living Green - Episode 166 - Land Restoration
Rural areas in the eastern cape of South Africa are battling deforestation and soil erosion issues, as past overgrazing and population pressures have had a devastating effect on the soil. Across this area, several organisations are...
Science360
NEON studies wildfire in unprecedented detail - Science Nation
In response to one of the worst wildfires in Colorado history, scientists from the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University (CSU) are leading a first of its kind, large-scale wildfire impact...
New Mexico State University
Runoff and Infiltration: Ground Cover
What do water and wind do to open fields? An interesting video lesson demonstrates how ground cover protects the loss of soil from rain and wind. It shows four soil samples with varying degrees of ground cover and how people collect the...
New Mexico State University
Runoff and Infiltration
Soil infiltration has less to do with the soil than what is covering the soil. A quick video presentation demonstrates how different soil samples use water. The instructor takes note of both the infiltration demonstrated by each sample...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Soil Formation: Physical and Chemical Weathering
A video that investigates physical and chemical weathering and its effect on soil formation. [4:23]