Curated Video
Recycling and Life Cycle Assessments: Understanding the Environmental Impact of Everyday Objects
This video is a lecture presentation discussing recycling and life cycle assessments. The speaker explores the impact that consumers and industrial producers have on the environment, particularly through the production and disposal of...
Zach Star
What is Civil Engineering?
In this video I discuss "What is civil engineering?" Most people probably know this major consists of working on bridges, buildings, dams, and so on. But you may not know that civil engineering is broken up into different subfields that...
Curated Video
Cracking Hydrocarbons: How and Why We Do It
The video discusses the process of hydrocarbon cracking and its purpose, which is to convert heavier, longer chain hydrocarbons into smaller chain hydrocarbons. The video explains two ways to crack hydrocarbons: catalytic cracking and...
FuseSchool
Making Alcohols by Fermentation & from Ethene
Learn the basics about making alcohols by fermentation and from ethene, as part of organic chemistry.
Next Animation Studio
Carbon capture technology improves oil extraction
A joint venture between NRG Energy and JX Nippon Oil & Gas aims to use carbon dioxide extracted from power plants for improved crude oil recovery. The carbon capture technology taps into flue gases released from NRG's WA Parish coal...
Curated Video
The Problems with the Use and Disposal of Polymers
This video discusses the problems associated with the use and disposal of synthetic polymers. The video also discusses the challenge of disposing of non-biodegradable synthetic polymers, which can take hundreds of years to fully decay....
Curated Video
Understanding the Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
This video explains the greenhouse effect, which is a natural process that warms the Earth's surface with the help of greenhouse gases. The video also explores the correlation between increased carbon dioxide levels and global warming,...
Curated Video
Ways to Minimize the Impact on the Environment in Our Everyday Lives
The video discusses ways to minimize the environmental impact in our everyday lives. It covers the reduction in use, reuse, and recycling of materials to reduce limited resource use and waste production. The video compares life cycle...
Curated Video
Crude Oil: Properties and Fractional Distillation
In this video, the presenter discusses crude oil - what it is, how it's formed, and how it's separated into its various components through fractional distillation. The video covers the different fractions of crude oil, their properties...
Ancient Lights Media
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of the United Arab Emirates.
Curated Video
How LPG Fuels Appliances, Vehicles, and More
Liquified petroleum gas (or LPG) is a fossil fuel and natural gas. It is commonly used in vehicles and for cooking. Explore where the gas comes from and its impact on the environment.
Curated Video
Cracking Hydrocarbons: Converting Heavy Fractions to Lighter Fractions
The video discusses the process of cracking hydrocarbons and why it is necessary, as the heavier fractions of crude oil are not in high demand compared to the lighter fractions which are highly demanded for use as fuels and starting...
Science360
National MagLab: The largest, highest powered magnet lab in the world - Science Nation
NSF's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, or National MagLab, is a global destination for groundbreaking research across scientific disciplines. Nearly 2,000 scientists from around the world use MagLab's facilities each year,...
Curated Video
Understanding Crude Oil and Fractional Distillation
The video provides an overview of crude oil, its origin from ancient biomass, and why it is considered a valuable resource. It explains the process of separating crude oil into its different fractions using fractional distillation and...
Economics Explained
Negative Oil Prices - Explained: Negative Value Items
Earlier this week we've started seeing articles noting that oil prices have now gone into the negatives (meaning investors are paying to give away their oil). What is going on here? How does this make sense? As always with these weird...
Curated Video
Addition Polymerization and Polymer Disposal
The video provides an overview of addition polymerization, explaining the process of how monomers can be joined together to form larger molecules called polymers. It discusses the use of functional groups that can react to form bonds...
Economics Explained
Negative Oil Prices - Explained: Derivatives
Earlier this week we've started seeing articles noting that oil prices have now gone into the negatives (meaning investors are paying to give away their oil). What is going on here? How does this make sense? As always with these weird...
Visual Learning Systems
The Impact of Fossil Fuels on Energy Consumption
This video discusses the use of non-renewable resources, specifically fossil fuels, as a major source of commercial energy on Earth. It highlights the significant contribution of coal, crude oil, and natural gas to energy production, but...
Economics Explained
Negative Oil Prices - Explained: Oil in 2020
Earlier this week we've started seeing articles noting that oil prices have now gone into the negatives (meaning investors are paying to give away their oil). What is going on here? How does this make sense? As always with these weird...
NASA
Go Now! Landsat & the Calypso Caper
During the summer of 1975, Jacques Cousteau and his divers helped NASA determine if Landsat could measure the depth of shallow ocean waters. The story of this NASA-led satellite bathymetry experiment unfolds through the photography and...
Curated Video
Ethanol Production: Processes, Uses and Renewability
The video explores the production of ethanol and its various uses. It starts by discussing the importance of ethanol as a clean-burning fuel and a widely used industrial solvent. The video then explores different ways of producing...
FuseSchool
Properties of Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a gas at room temperature, and is the first element in the periodic table. It has the chemical symbol H, but is usually found as a diatomic molecule of H2. It reacts with oxygen to form water. Hydrogen is a colourless,...
FuseSchool
Making Alcohols By Fermentation & From Ethane
Learn the basics about making alcohols by fermentation and from ethene, as part of organic chemistry.
FuseSchool
What Is Benzene
Learn the basics about the properties and chemistry of benzene, as a part of organic chemistry. Benzene is an organic molecule. Benzene is a colourless liquid at room temperature. Its boiling point is 80 degrees C. It’s found naturally...