Press Association
What is the ‘islands policy’ and how will this affect travellers?
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said that England is to start applying a regional approach to its coronavirus quarantine policy for international arrivals.
Sky News
UK: The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visit the Isles of Scilly.
CLEAN: Interior shots of Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cambridge being shown around shop and speaking to members of the Pender family and others during a visit to the family-run Island Fish business in Bryher on 20th July 2021...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Climate activists protest in London, feel 'optimistic' ahead of COP26
Climate activists protest outside the Lloyds and Macquarie offices in London to demand the global financial system stops putting money into the use of fossil fuels, ahead of COP26 in Glasgow (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Northernmost Michelin restaurant takes inspiration from Greenlandic tradition
The restaurant KOKS has relocated for two seasons from the Faroe Islands to Greenland, and has managed to hold on to it's two Michelin stars (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
The Militarization of the South China Sea
Jan.28 -- Tensions between the U.S. and China have been steadily escalating on a range of issues, but there’s one place where a clash of superpowers would be most likely to happen: the South China Sea. Even with a new U.S. president, the...
Bloomberg
Seychelles Tourism Minister on Future of Tourism
Jun.23 -- Sylvestre Radegonde, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, The Republic of Seychelles speaks at the Qatar Economic Foru, powered by Bloomberg, with forum host and Executive Producer Zain Verjee.
Curated Video
Can eco-tourism save remote islands off Cambodia?
The islands in the Koh Rong Archipelago are opening up to tourism after decades of isolation and underdevelopment.
But while tourism is bringing jobs and investment, is it a double-edged sword ?
Speeding across the waves by...
Bloomberg
Dorian Hits Bahamas With 165 MPH Winds, Possible 23-Feet Storm Surge
Sep.02 -- Hurricane Dorian, tied as the most powerful storm to hit land anywhere in the Atlantic, battered the Bahamas inflicting colossal damage to property and infrastructure across the chain of islands. Bloomberg's Stuart Wallace...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Shetlands Vikings take part in Up Hella Aa fire festival
A flaming Viking longship is sacrificed from a remote Scottish island in the grand finale of one of the most dramatic fire festivals in the world
Curated Video
Islands off India being submerged due to climate change
Ghoramara island, Sunderbans ,West Bengal ,India , February 26, 2009
1. Wide of land submerged under water with just a tree visible
2. Waves cutting into the coast
3. Mid of bird
4. Tip of vessel on the sea
5. Various of erosion along...
Physics Girl
The Unusual Formation of the Hawaiian Islands
How are the Hawaiian Islands different from other island chains? Discover the surprising geologic history of Hawaii with a video from a cool physics playlist. The narrator takes a hike with some geologists and discusses mantle plume...
Crash Course Kids
Landforms, Hey!
What are different types of landforms, and how are they formed? This is the focus of a video that describes how mountains, plateaus, mesas, buttes, volcanoes, deserts, islands, and deltas are made.
Khan Academy
Plate Tectonics—Geological Features of Convergent Plate Boundaries
Recap divergent and convergent boundaries with a video on plate tectonics. After discussing the circumstances surrounding subduction at oceanic and continental plates versus subduction at two oceanic boundaries, the video explains the...
Curated OER
Galapagos Volcanoes
A very interesting video on the volcanoes of the Galapagos Islands awaits your class. The animals who live there are also featured. The giant tortoises of the islands are a special focus of this video. The tortoises are heavily impacted...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Maui and the Creation of the Islands
This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays a dramatic telling of the story, Maui and the Creation of the Islands.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Land Born in Fire
In this Nature video, follow geologists as they retrieve samples from a fresh batch of Kilauea's molten lava. [5:25]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Creating an Island Paradise
In this video segment from Nature, learn the geological process by which the next Hawaiian island will be formed. [1:12]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How to Build an Island From Scratch
Learn how the Hawaiian Islands were formed by a geothermal hotspot and resulting volcanic activity in this video segment from Nature. [0:43]