AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Lovers of Tuscany's paradise beach have factory to thank
It is the Caribbean of Italy with white sand and turquoise seas But the white beaches of Rosignano Solvay in Tuscany owe their nickname to a factory Solvay specialised in sodium bicarbonate which legally discharges limestone into its...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Climate change likely not cause of building collapse, professor says
Rising seas pose a threat to the high-rise studded coastline of south Florida, but a professor who studies its white sand beaches says it is unlikely climate change alone caused last week's collapse of an oceanfront apartment block...
Curated Video
Egypt - Restoration of Sphinx
Recently, workers in Egypt have begun the final stage of a ten-year restoration project of the Sphinx, the huge stone lion with a pharoah's face that guards the Great Pyramids. Slowly and carefully, the workers have replaced shoddy...
Curated Video
RR7807A POLAND A SHOWCASE STEELWORKS + CUTS
Europe and the United States are unable to face
opposition from the super-efficient Japanese and the
subsidised steelworks of the Communist bloc countries.
As European firms cut back in an effort to stay in
business, Poland has...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: National park status to protect cliffs of southeastern France
VOICED: National park status to protect cliffs of southeastern France
AFP News Agency
VOICED : English winegrowers break out the bubbly
VOICED : English winegrowers break out the bubbly
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Bergman's sanctuary island Faro becomes pilgrim's journey
Ingmar Bergman one of the most distinguished filmmakers of his generation died 11 years ago aged 89 in his home in Faro a small island in the Baltic Sea whose coast is strewn with distinctly shaped limestone rocks and shrubland where his...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : English winegrowers break out the bubbly
CLEAN : English winegrowers break out the bubbly
Bloomberg
Design in Nature: Biomimicry
April 7 -- Janine Benyus is a biologist, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. In this video Benyus explains the practice of biomimicry and what can be learned from the...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Senegalese baobab trees under pressure from cement manufacturers
In Bandia there used to be a forest of baobab trees but all that remains is a lunar landscape of abandoned craters (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Crash Course
The Global Carbon Cycle
The final video in this series discusses the global carbon cycle including the cellular and macroscopic respiration. It continues with the deposition in limestone and fossil fuels, redox reactions, and concludes with a look at...
Curated OER
Carbon Cycle and Global Warming
Carbon is all around us, as shown in this cartoon animation. The carbon cycle is portrayed simply and accurately with fun cartoon plants and animals. Use this video in an elementary or junior high class to facilitate your learners'...
The Brain Scoop
Fossil Meteorites
Fossils ... from space? Science scholars discover evidence in a limestone quarry that helped researchers learn about a meteor shower that lasted hundreds of thousands of years through an interesting video from Brain Scoop's Fossils and...
Fuse School
Quarrying - Economic, Environmental and Social Effects
Where does limestone actually come from? The sixth video in a seven-part series introduces pupils to the quandary of quarrying. The resource examines the positive economic factors involved in digging for limestone, as well as the...
Fuse School
Limestone Cycle - Limestone, Quicklime and Slaked Lime
Calcium rocks! Well, in this case, calcium carbonate is a little more accurate. Part four in a series of seven, the video describes how the seashells of ages past compressed to form one of Earth's most useful sedimentary rock resources....
Fuse School
Hard and Soft Water
What does it mean to have hard or soft water? Learners discover the chemistry behind water hardness in the fifth video of a seven-part series describing our water resources. Using simple animations and balanced chemical equations, young...
Fuse School
Reducing Acid Rain or its Effect
How do we stop acid rain from forming or repair the damages it causes? The seventh and final video in the series presents learners with common methods of reducing the harmful effects of acid rain. Topics such as the scrubbers used...
Fuse School
Uses of Limestone - Cement, Mortar, and Concrete
This rock is on a roll! Introduce young geologists and environmentalists to the many uses of limestone using the fifth installment in a series of seven. Illustrate the components and properties of cement, mortar, and concrete,...
Fuse School
The Rock Cycle
Aren't all rocks the same? High school earth scientists can say "definitely not!" after viewing the second in a series of seven videos. Beginning with an easy analysis and comparison of sandstone and granite, class members follow the...