SciShow
Volcanoes: Mother of Disasters
Volcanoes can show nature's rage. What are the biggest eruptions we've witnessed in our history?
MinuteEarth
*If We Aren't Too Late
We’ll each have at least $100,000 more in our piggy banks, on average, if we stop climate change than if we don’t.
TED Talks
Paul Conneally: How mobile phones power disaster relief
The disastrous earthquake in Haiti taught humanitarian groups an unexpected lesson: the power of mobile devices to coordinate, inform and guide relief efforts. At TEDxRC2, Paul Conneally shows extraordinary examples of social media and...
TED Talks
Michael McDaniel: Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief
Michael McDaniel designed housing for disaster relief zones -- inexpensive, easy to transport, even beautiful – but found that no one was willing to build it. Persistent and obsessed, he decided to go it alone. At TEDxAustin, McDaniel...
SciShow
Why We Respond to Disasters with Altruism
The idea that humans react to disasters by losing control and acting selfishly is all too prevalent, especially in movies and television. But recent studies on altruism may provide evidence that this isn’t always the case, and this...
Curated Video
The Insurance Industry Can't Weather Another Wildfire Season
Remember the 2008 Financial Crisis? Experts warn that the same thing may be happening again, but this time, CLIMATE CHANGE is the culprit. Increasing natural hazards, from wildfires and hurricanes to rising sea levels and catastrophic...
Curated Video
Do You Need a Gun to Survive the Next Disaster?
Life on the ground following natural disasters is often chaotic and scary. And with global warming gradually adding energy to our atmosphere, driving more extreme weather and worse disasters, it’s logical that people would be concerned....
Curated Video
Oil Spills - Environmental Impact
Offshore oil spills can lead to decades of ecological harm for marine life. How can we clean-up oil spills and limit damage to the environment? Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. Offshore oil spills float on the surface of...
Curated Video
The Issues With Aid
Although aid is usually helpful to a country in need, the type of aid can affect a country's recovery. What are the arguments for and against different forms of aid? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. International aid...
Curated Video
Inventions to Save the Planet
Discover some geo-engineering techniques that scientists are developing to manipulate Earth's climate. What are they and how would they work? Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. Geo-engineering strives to use technology to...
Curated Video
CISSP Crash Course - Recovery and Response Strategies
This video explains recovery and response strategies with respect to disasters. This clip is from the chapter "Security Operations" of the series "CISSP Crash Course".This section covers domain 7, which focuses on security operations.
Curated Video
Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters lists, defines, and provides examples of various types of natural disasters, including: tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, and wildfires.
Curated Video
Understanding Natural Hazards
The video “Understanding Natural Hazards” distinguishes natural hazards from natural disasters and then discusses the ways that people can cause and prevent such disasters.
Science360
Engineering Safer Drinking Water in Africa - Science Nation
Access to safe drinking water is a global problem for nearly a billion people. For approximately 200 million people, many in Africa, high levels of naturally occurring fluoride in the water causes disfiguring and debilitating dental and...
TMW Media
Robotics Challenges for the Future: The DARPA robotics competition
Explain the purpose of robotic competitions. How do they judge the competition?
Robotics Challenges for the Future, Part 2
PBS
Would Your Neighbors Save You From a Flooding Home?
Climate change is amplifying extreme weather events like hurricanes, heatwaves and other disasters. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of how best to prepare for this stuff? Moving inland? Buying flood insurance?...
Curated Video
Disaster Recovery Planning: Ensuring Business Continuity
Business continuity ensures that business processes can continue despite interruptions. Continuity of Operations (COOP), Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs), as well as hot, warm, and cold alternate sites are discussed.
This clip is from...
AllTime 10s
10 Shocking Nuclear Disasters That Were Covered Up
From atomic explosions occurring at the height of the Cold War to North Korea allegedly flexing its nuclear muscles' nuclear disasters are big news. However, many are shrouded in mystery, cover-ups and downright lies. Join Alltime 10s as...
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...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
This Month in History. May: Disasters
This Month in History. May: disasters. Ohio National Guard kills four and wounds nine during student protest; Hindenburg bursts into flame; a German U-boat sinks the Lusitania; earthquake strikes Sichuan province, China; Mount St. Helens...
Science360
Environmental engineers study West Virginia chemical spill
Environmental engineers collect water samples near a chemical spill by Charleston, West Virginia for further analysis. The spill prompted officials to advise about 15 percent of the state's residents to not use the water. In the...
Curated Video
B1 English Listening Practice - Natural Disasters
This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for intermediate-level students. In this video, a native English speaker talks in a natural way about the topic of natural disasters. The subtitles are included at the bottom...
NASA
NASA | Global Landslide Catalog Aids View From Space
Landslides are among the most common and dramatic natural hazards, reshaping landscapes -- and anything in their path. Tracking when and where landslides occur worldwide has historically been difficult, because of the lack of a...