TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do gas masks actually work? | George Zaidan
You might think of gas masks as clunky military-looking devices. But in the near future, we may need to rely on these filters as part of our everyday lives. In addition to emerging diseases, wildfire frequency has more than tripled, and...
MinuteEarth
An Unexpected Consequence of COVID
The global pandemic led to a drop in outdoor air pollution, but it also led to an increase in indoor air pollution - and our exposure to it.
TED Talks
María Neira: This is your brain on air pollution
Air pollution knows no borders -- even in your own body, says public health expert María Neira. In this startling talk, she describes how the microscopic particles and chemicals you breathe affect all your major organs (including your...
Bozeman Science
Air Pollution
In this video Paul Andersen explains how air pollution is any chemicals in the atmosphere that negatively affect human health. Primary pollutants (like CO, VOCs, NOx, SO2, PM, and Lead) as well as secondary pollutants (like Ozone, nitric...
Healthcare Triage
Climate Change, Particulate Pollution, and Air Quality
We’re back with another episode on climate change and health, and this time we’re looking at some of the indirect health effects, with a focus on how things like air pollution and allergens arise from a warming planet and make us sick,...
Curated Video
Can AI Improve Air Quality?
Air pollution is an increasingly pressing public health issue, but current monitoring methods fall short. Can AI help?
Healthcare Triage
Health Harms from Pollution Can Choke the Economy
The Trump Administration's EPA has shown a propensity to ease regulations on polluting industries, in hopes of increasing economic output. Pollution has a lot of very well studied impacts on health, and those health problems can decrease...
SWPictures
The Struggle to Breathe: Tackling Clay Oven Air Pollution
The Struggle to Breathe part 7/8: This video discusses the problem of indoor air pollution caused by traditional cooking stoves and how a new, more efficient clay stove can significantly reduce harmful particles.
Next Animation Studio
New research finds that aspirin could protect our lungs from air pollution.
A study suggests aspirin could reduce health effects of air pollution on the lungs by nearly half.
Science360
Young citizen scientists assist in Salt Lake City air quality research - Science Nation
Community, students and scientists benefit from partnership to assess particulate matter pollution
Middle and high school students in Salt Lake City are helping scientists and the community better understand particulate matter...
Next Animation Studio
China's war on air pollution is causing ground pollution
China's dramatic decrease of particulate matter has triggered a rise in ground-level ozone pollution.
Next Animation Studio
Harbin, China air pollution: Air Quality Index explained
Air quality in the northern Chinese city of Harbin has risen above hazardous levels in the last few days, closing schools and grounding flights in the municipality of 12.6 million people. Kindergartens, primary schools and junior high...
FuseSchool
Reducing Particulates (Soot)
Learn about reducing particulates as part of the carbon chemistry within environmental chemistry.
FuseSchool
Effect of Air Pollutants on Health
Learn the basics about the effect of air pollutants on health within environmental chemistry.
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Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.
Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.HD1080
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Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.
Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.HD1080
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Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.
Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.HD1080
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Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.
Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.HD1080
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Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.
Steel factory is producing, chimney emissions.HD1080
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Hand-painted automobile exhaust pollution of the atmosphere.
Hand-painted automobile exhaust pollution of the atmosphere.HD1080