Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How Do Earth and Life Interact?
A look at the 'comfort zone' humans live in, and the interplay of life and the biosphere. [9:58]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How Was the Modern World Created?
This video looks at three forces of change that gather momentum and help create the modern world, transforming the biosphere. [11:22]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Experience: Building the Alaska Oil Pipeline
Short AMERICAN EXPERIENCE video tells the story of how environmentalists, Alaska Native peoples, and engineers concerned about the effects of permafrost challenged plans for the Alaska oil pipeline. [5:19]
PBS
Nova Labs: A Never Ending Supply
Renewable energy sources might just be the answer to a sustainable future. What makes an energy source renewable, and how can we use these sources to power our societies well into the future? [2:44]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Fossil Fuel Resources
Paul Andersen explains how fossil fuels are formed when organic material is heating and squeezed in an anaerobic environment. Formation, extraction, advantages, and disadvantages are discussed for coal, petroleum and natural gas. [7:57]
Kurzgesagt
You Tube: Kurzesagt in a Nutshell: Fracking Explained Opportunity or Danger
Fracking is a controversial topic. On the one side the gas drilling companies, on the other citizen opposed to this drilling method. Politicians are also divided on the matter.We try to take a neutral look on fracking. It is relevant for...
Other
You Tube: Marathon Oil Corps: Animation of Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)
Safe, cost-effective refinements in hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking), horizontal drilling and other innovations now allow for the production of oil and natural gas from tight shale formations that previously were...
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Monitoring Injection Wells Basic Hall Integral Method
An injection well is used to emplace fluids into the subsurface using pressure. This technical animation describes the injection process. [10:59]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Threshold 8: The Modern Revolution
The Modern Revolution began about 200 ago and created the world we live in today. This video explains the key ingredients needed for the Modern Revolution. [2:37]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chemistry and Energy
Sustainable energy is one of the greatest challenges for chemists today. This video discusses the research into possible solutions. [4:08]
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Monitoring Injection Wells Using the Hall Plot
Technical animation describes the equation used to interpret ground-water pressure and the character of the host rock during waste-water injection. [10:59]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Teen Maps Contaminants From a Coal Plant
Meet Marisol, a high school student from Little Village in Chicago, and learn how she found out about the toxins produced by the local coal-burning power plant in her community in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute. Discover...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Carbon Footprint
Overview of a carbon footprint and ideas for how to reduce the amount of energy you use.