SciShow
How Can Microbes Protect Crops From Drought?
Solving food shortages caused by droughts is a big challenge that may benefit from a tiny ally. Turns out that the microbes living in the soil around plants can give them a boost when water's scarce, which means more food for us, which...
Bozeman Science
AP Biology Practice 4 - Data Collection Strategies
In this video Paul Andersen describes the science practice of data collection. He begins with a brief description of science and the scientific method. He details concepts related to data collection in each of the four big ideas. He then...
MinuteEarth
How To Go Extinct
Our new evolution simulator reveals that extinction often happens when conditions change quickly.
TED Talks
TED: The global food waste scandal | Tristram Stuart
Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it’s inedible -- but because it doesn’t look appealing. Tristram Stuart delves into the shocking data of wasted food, calling for a more responsible use of global resources.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich | Soraya Field Fiorio
In 1980, Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon bet $1,000 on a question with stakes that couldn't be higher: would the earth run out of resources to sustain a growing human population? They bet $200 on the price of five metals. If the price of a...
PBS
That Time It Rained for Two Million Years
At the beginning of the Triassic Period, with the continents locked together from pole-to-pole in the supercontinent of Pangea, the world is hot, flat, and very, very dry. But then 234 million years ago, the climate suddenly changed for...
TED Talks
Ann Cooper: What's wrong with school lunches
Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, "renegade lunch lady" Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school -- local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food.
Wonderscape
The Art and Science of Spider Webs: Exploring Arachnid Ingenuity
Discover the world of spiders and their webs, spanning various habitats and featuring nearly 40,000 types worldwide. Learn about their unique silk-spinning abilities to create webs for trapping prey and other uses. Understand spiders'...
Healthcare Triage
Climate Change and Our Food Supply
So far in our adventures on climate change and health, we’ve covered the critical issue of how our water supply is impacted by a warming planet, and that is a perfect segue into something equally important: The impact of climate change...
Wonderscape
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...
Curated Video
Propaganda Campaign
This video will explain how the U.S. government used propaganda as one way to persuade Americans to contribute to the war and promote patriotism.
The Wall Street Journal
ADM CEO Juan Luciano on Global Food Supply Chain Sustainability
ADM chief executive Juan Luciano discusses how one of the biggest agriculture enterprises in the world is addressing growing demands for sustainability up and down the global food-supply chain with WSJ Chicago Bureau Chief Joanna Chung.
The Wall Street Journal
JBS USA CEO Andre Nogueira and Feeding America CEO on Food Supply Chai
Claire Babineaux-Fontento, CEO of Feeding America, and Andre Nogueira, president and CEO of JBS USA, discuss how the pandemic has revealed vulnerabilities in the nation's sprawling food supply chain, and solutions for the future.
The Wall Street Journal
Land O'Lakes CEO and Nori Founder on the Promise of Carbon Capture
Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford and Aldyen Donnelly of agricultural startup Nori discuss the promise of developing farming-driven carbon markets as a potential climate solution with WSJ's Jacob Bunge.
The Wall Street Journal
The View From Washington: Part I
From nutrition, to food safety, to drug policy-how the Food and Drug Administration will shape the food industry in 2019.
Curated Video
Understanding Populations and Factors Affecting Population Growth
This video is a lecture presentation on populations. The presenter defines the terms population, community, and ecosystem and explains how these terms are related. The factors affecting the size of a population, such as food supply,...
Science360
COASTAL SUSTAINABILITY: CO-EXISTING WITH OUR COASTLINES
With our large footprint in coastal sands, how do we co-exist with our coastlines? Rick Murray, director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, has answers.
Food Farmer Earth
Joan Dye Gussow -Abundance of Land- GMOs
An extended interview with Joan Dye Gussow, one of the true pioneers and visionaries in the food movement. Previously unpublished, Gussow talks about the early beginnings of industrial agriculture and to today's danger from GMO foods.
After Skool
Why You Can't Trust Nutrition Science & Health Claims
The information in this video comes from Michael Pollan's book, "In Defense of Food". Over the last 2 centuries, humans have studied nutrition, but has all that science made us healthier as a species?
Next Animation Studio
Hackers hack global meat supplier, demand ransom
Only weeks after hackers shut down an oil pipeline in the U.S., a similar attack has now shut down the world’s largest meat supplier.
Curated Video
The Role of the Flower
Around a third of our global crops depend on animal pollination for their production. Almost all of these crops rely on flowers to attract animals to themselves and so, if flowers vanished, we would lose 35% of all our crops. That’s...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Fascinating Facts About Spiders
In this video, the teacher discusses various interesting facts about spiders. They begin by addressing common fears and misconceptions about spiders. The teacher describes the different body parts of spiders, including their...
Curated Video
E. coli in carrots: A health expert explains how to handle the outbreak
On Tuesday Scripps News spoke with a health expert about the recent E. coli outbreak in carrots. What should consumers watch out for? (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Sweatier cattle may be the answer to heat stressed herds
Heat stress is one of the biggest challenges facing the nation's largest agricultural sector. Heat-stressed cows produce less milk and less meat, and it impacts reproduction. (Scripps News)