Curated Video
Nuclear Waste
Nuclear fission is the process used in nuclear power plants, which creates radioactive nuclear waste that is hazardous to humans. Discover how this nuclear waste is disposed of and stored. Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning...
Curated Video
Land pollution
Find out how land pollution damages the environment and how we can reduce it. People and places -Human impact on the environment - Polluting the land Learning Points Land pollution is the destruction or contamination of the Earth's...
Curated Video
The Dangers of Oil Spills
In 1993, a tanker experienced a major oil spill off the Shetland Islands. Despite efforts to contain the spill, severe weather conditions and the ship's structural damage led to the oil spreading uncontrollably. The spill threatened the...
Healthcare Triage
Climate Change and Safe Drinking Water
In our last climate episode we took a look at how climate change affects the spread of infectious disease. Unfortunately, that isn’t the end of our discussion of disease on a warming planet. Waterborne diseases are already a serious...
Science Buddies
Crayon Leaf Rubbing
Simulate dust contamination in a clean room using crayon leaf rubbings and some sand in this fun science project.
Curated Video
GCSE Physics - Why Radiation is Harmful #36
This video covers: - What irradiation is - What contamination is - What determines have harmful radiation is: 1. Type of radiation 2. Where you're exposed to it 3. The dose of radiation - Safety precautions General info: - Suitable for...
Let's Tute
Decontamination of Soil
In this session you will learn about what causes the contamination of soil. 1. Sources through which contamination of soil occurs 2. What damages can cause the because of contamination of soil 3. Different techniques to decontaminate the...
Curated Video
The Nuclear Disaster of Chernobyl
The Nuclear Disaster of Chernobyl analyzes the nuclear disaster of Ukraine and Chernobyl and the effects on health and society.
Curated Video
The Keystone Project
The Keystone Project explores the Keystone Project and its effects on environment.
One Minute History
104 Chernobyl Disaster - One Minute History
Pripyat, Ukraine. In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers are tasked with conducting a safety test of Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, the third shift engineers on duty have not been...
Next Animation Studio
French nuclear tests contaminated 110,000 people — study
France conducted 193 nuclear tests not far from Tahiti, exposing the local population and French soldiers to high levels of radiation.
Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Earth's Natural Resources: Natural Resource Problems
Upon viewing the Investigating Earth's Natural Resources video series, students will be able to do the following: Define a natural resource as anything we take from the environment and use. List natural resources commonly used ....
Curated Video
Lab Safety: Radiation (Safety Procedures)
In this live-action program viewers will learn overexposure to radiation can cause serious biological and environmental damage and this means that mandatory safety procedures must be followed at all times. Students will come to...
Curated Video
How Scientifically Accurate Is The HBO Miniseries Chernobyl?
Chernobyl is an HBO mini-series that reintroduced the world to the nuclear catastrophe that occurred on April 26th, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, in what is now Ukraine. The series followed the tragedy that...
FuseSchool
Hazards From Radioactive Material
Hazards From Radioactive Material | Radioactivity | Physics | FuseSchool Nuclear power stations produce electricity, which of course is extremely useful. However, they also make radioactive waste. When items have no further use and have...
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...
Next Animation Studio
Japan to dump radioactive Fukushima water into the Pacific
Cleaning up the radioactive mess that is the Fukushima nuclear plant, is expected to take many more decades.
Science360
Climate Change Clues from Ancient Volcano
South Dakota State University chemistry professor Jihong Cole-Dai and colleagues have discovered evidence of a previously undocumented volcano whose eruption may have contributed to the climate change in the early 1800s. Their ice core...
The Business Professor
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
NASA
Gravity Assist: She Protects Other Planets from Our Germs
As we explore Mars and other places in the solar system that might have life, scientists who work in Planetary Protection are busy making sure that we don’t contaminate them.
Next Animation Studio
Ten years after tsunami, Fukushima cleanup just starting
Experts say cleaning up the leaking nuclear reactors will take another 30 years and billions of dollars more.
Curated Video
Radioactive Contamination: Understanding the Difference and Staying Safe
This video is a lecture on radioactive contamination, exploring the difference between contamination and irradiation. The video uses examples of famous incidents of radioactive contamination, such as Chernobyl, and explains how...
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...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Nevada
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.