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Social Studies Kids: Climate Change and Fires
In this program, learn all about forests as ecosystems and their vital role for humankind. Understand how and why climate change is occurring, its role in the dramatic increase in forest fires, and how it threatens not only the survival...
NASA
NASA | 10 Years of Aura Legacy
The Aura atmospheric chemistry satellite celebrates its 10th anniversary on July 15th, 2014. Since its launch in 2004, Aura has monitored the Earth's atmosphere and provided data on the ozone layer, air quality, and greenhouse gases...
NASA
NASA | Striking a Solar Balance
Planet Earth is an oasis of life, but without the Sun, our home planet would be a drastically different, inhospitable place. The Sun's electromagnetic energy makes life on Earth possible; solar power also generates clouds, cleans our...
NASA
NASA | Widely Used Coolants Contribute to Ozone Depletion
According to a new NASA study, a class of widely used chemical coolants known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), found in refrigerators and in home and automobile air conditioners, contributes to ozone depletion by a small but measurable...
NASA
ATom Mission interview clips — Donald Blake
Snakes on a NASA plane! No, not that kind of snake. Donald Blake from the University of California Irvine with the #EarthExpedition ATom mission explains why "snakes" are part of the Whole Air Sampler from behind the scenes on the DC-8...
Science360
Indirect Effects Of Greenhouse Gasses - Earth's Heat Balance
What about indirect effects of greenhouse gasses? Do they increase warming or reduce it?
Next Animation Studio
Scientists research 'dimming sun' to fight climate change
Scientists from Harvard and Yale suggest using solar geoengineering as a way to combat climate change.
Next Animation Studio
Increase in HFC-23 emissions linked to China, India: Study
New research from the University of Bristol has found that atmospheric levels of hydrofluorocarbon gas, or HFC-23, have continued to rise despite China and India saying they had stopped emissions.
Science360
Warming and Carbon Dioxide - How Do We Know?
A giant video screen that takes up an entire wall, floor to ceiling, is allowing scientists to see details they've never seen before. Developed at Tufts University with help from the National Science Foundation, the Visualization Wall...
Next Animation Studio
Feeding cows pink seaweed could reduce their methane emissions
Australian scientists have found a pink seaweed that can help reduce methane emissions from cows.
NASA
NASA | Aqua AIRS: Visions of Weather and Climate
One of the primary instruments on NASA's Aqua spacecraft is the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), which is providing a detailed three-dimensional view of the atmosphere. This new view is helping scientists to better understand the...
NASA
ATom Mission interview clips — Tom Ryerson
A flat line of data may not look interesting, but Tom Ryerson of NOAA with the #EarthExpedition ATom mission explains how it could reveal how tropospheric ozone is removed from the atmosphere. The ATom mission aboard NASA’s DC-8 flying...
NASA
NASA | Planetary Scientist Profile: Emily Wilson
NASA scientist Emily Wilson discusses her work developing miniaturized instruments that measure greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Her latest instrument, the mini-LHR, works in tandem with AERONET, and will contribute to the global...
NASA
ATom Mission interview clips — Róisín Commane
To measure the background atmosphere you need a sensitive instrument. Róisín Commane of Harvard University with the #EarthExpedition ATom mission explains how her instrument uses lasers to detect greenhouse gases. The ATom mission aboard...
Rachel's English
INTERVIEW ENGLISH - Climate crisis - Learn English with TV
In today's lesson on Rachel's English, were going to dissect Anderson Cooper's recent 60 Minutes interview with Bill Gates. A lot of the terminology in this interview is for native English speakers and if you master it, you'll sound like...
NASA
NASA Earth Expeditions: An Animated Tour
NASA takes you on a world tour with this animation as we kick off major new field campaigns to study regions of critical change from land, sea and air. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Jefferson Beck
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Dangerous Are Greenhouse Gases?
This video is answering the question of how dangerous are greenhouse gases.
NASA
NASA | A Story of Ozone: The Earth’s Natural Sunscreen
In this talk, Dr. Paul Newman tells the story of how scientists and policy-makers safeguarded the Earth’s ozone layer and the world we avoided by by regulating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) . Back in the 60s, we used chlorofluorocarbons, a...
NASA
ATom Mission interview clips — Jack Dibbs
Flying into "clean" air during #EarthExpedition ATom mission, Jack Dibbs of the University of New Hampshire explains what he expects to find on his aerosol filters as they travel to the remotest parts of the atmosphere. The ATom mission...
NASA
NASA | Glory: The Particle Puzzle
This episode explores the complexity of atmospheric aerosols- how they impact climate and how researchers study them. Glory's Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor and Cloud Camera will provide an unprecedented data set for helping scientists...
Curated Video
Teoría de la Ciencia
This live-action video program is about the term scientific theory. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term scientific theory through use of video footage, photographs,...
NASA
Human Influence on Global Droughts Goes Back 100 Years
Human-generated greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles were affecting global drought risk as far back as the early 20th century, according to a study from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City. The study,...