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Australia: Evolution’s Isolated Masterpiece
Over 80% of Australia’s wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth, a result of its ancient separation from Antarctica during the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana. As Australia drifted northward into warmer, drier climates, its...
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Population Ecology (Life Tables, Age Structure, Population Growth)
With an understanding of individual organisms, let's take a look at population ecology, which looks at the dynamics of populations of organisms. How do populations grow? How are they structured? What is their geography? There is a lot to...
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Jacques Cousteau for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the childhood of Jacques Cousteau, when he first became interested in the ocean, his later invention of the aqua-lung and his filmmaking adventures across the globe.
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What is Ecology
In this video, we will learn about the concept of ecology, exploring the relationships between organisms and their environment. It delves into how living beings interact with each other and with the physical world around them,...
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Preserving the Water Cycle: Protecting Freshwater Resources and Tropical Rainforests
Explore the vital role of tropical rainforests in the water cycle and the importance of preserving freshwater resources. Learn about the impact of deforestation on rainfall patterns and discover ways individuals can help conserve water...
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Growing Green in the Desert: Sustainable Farming at Wolwedans
The Wolwedans eco lodge has found a way to grow organic vegetables in the desert. The initiative is spearheaded by Herunga, an enthusiastic gardener who found a deeper love for sustainability and ecology at Wolwedans. The garden produces...
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Components of the Environment
Dr. Forrester explains how to categorize things into living and nonliving. She also discusses the relationship between plants and animals.
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Operation Popeye
In 1967, during the Vietnam War, the U.S. launched a covert mission aimed to extend the monsoon season in Vietnam. Operation Popeye was the first military attempt to manipulate the weather.
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Unique Hibernators: A Closer Look at Animal Dormancy
This video showcases the hibernation behaviors of a variety of animals, from crocodiles and bumblebees to common poorwills and groundhogs. It highlights fascinating facts like crocodiles digging burrows for hibernation and estivation,...
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The Science of Hibernation: How Animals Prepare
This video delves into the intricate preparations animals undertake for hibernation, including creating hibernacula or dens and the various triggers that signal the start of hibernation. It explains the differences between hibernation...
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Diving Into Aquatic Biomes: From Coral Reefs to Freshwater Ecosystems
This video takes viewers on a journey through aquatic biomes, covering both marine and freshwater environments. It explores the adaptations and diversity of life in these habitats, from the colorful coral reefs and their resident species...
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Discovering Forest Ecosystems: Diversity and Importance
This video explores the forest biome, which covers 30% of Earth's land, highlighting its three main types: tropical, temperate, and boreal forests. It delves into the diverse flora and fauna in these ecosystems, such as macaws in...
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The Vital Role of Tropical Rainforests
This video highlights the importance of tropical rainforests in maintaining ecological balance, detailing their role in carbon dioxide removal, water generation, and medicinal plant growth. It emphasizes the alarming rate of rainforest...
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NLP Goal-setting: Well-formed Outcomes
Well-formed outcomes are one of the high-level NLP ideas that is of real use in the workplace. It’s a way of setting goals that makes them feel real and achievable. As a method, it makes SMART Goals look like a children’s toy!
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Food Webs and Trophic Cascades
Now that we know about nutrient cycling, we are ready to look at food webs as a whole. These represent feeding relationships within a community.These relationships designate certain trophic levels, so let's learn about what these mean...
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Terrestrial Biomes Part 2: Forests and Tundra
In our journey through the terrestrial biomes, we've covered rainforest, desert, grassland, and shrubland. Now let's take a look at deciduous forest, evergreen forest, and tundra. Where are these located? What sorts of organisms live...
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GCSE Biology - Interdependence - Community and Competition #84
Ecology is all about how organisms interact. This video explores important terms like interdependence, community, habitat, ecosystem, competition and more while exploring what ecology really is.
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Terrestrial Biomes Part 1: Rainforest, Desert, Grassland, and Shrubland
There are so many different species on this planet, and they in such incredibly different environments. We can refer to these regions as biomes, and we will want to learn the broad characteristics of each biome. What's the difference...
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Animal Ecology (Fauna) Part 2: Water Balance and Photoperiods
We've been talking about animals in the context of ecology, so let's continue and examine water balance, as well as photoperiods. How do animals regulate water intake? How do they excrete waste? How do they interact with sunlight? Let's...
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Animal Ecology (Fauna) Part 1: Food Acquisition and Body Temperature
With plants covered, let's talk about animals, or fauna, in the context of ecology. What do animals need to survive? How do they acquire food? How do they maintain their body temperature? Let's talk all about nutrients and minerals,...
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Back to Work: The Civilian Conservation Corps
In the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of Americans were recruited across the United States to protect and preserve the country's forests, parks, and fields. The Civilian Conservation Corps, a voluntary work relief program, was way ahead of...
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Understanding Climate Part 2: Volcanoes, Oceans, and Internal Variability
After learning about how orbital variations and the sun affect Earth's climate, let's get a little closer to home and see how things like volcanoes and oceans can also affect the climate. There are very elaborate currents in the ocean,...
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Understanding Climate Part 1: Orbital Variations and the Sun
With the scale of ecology now understood, we can start to look at one of the most important concepts in ecology, climate. What is climate? How does it differ from weather? How does climate change over time and why? Let's do a deep dive now!
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Earth Day in Spanish | Easy Spanish Conversations | Cuidar el planeta
Earth Day in Spanish is a chance to learn new vocabulary and how to care for planet and protect the environment. Learn about Día de la Tierra with this easy Spanish conversation and also learn basic Spanish phrases.