MinuteEarth
Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!
Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.
Science Buddies
Create an Urban Heat Island Profile Using ArcGIS Online
In this science project, you will explore Urban Heat Islands with ArcGIS Online and analyze surface type & air temperature relationships in your city.
TMW Media
Virtual Archaeology: What is Virtual Archaeology
Why are Archaeologist using 3D technology? How 3D technology more appealing than the traditional way? Virtual Archaeology, Part 1
Curated Video
Understanding the Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
This video explains the greenhouse effect, which is a natural process that warms the Earth's surface with the help of greenhouse gases. The video also explores the correlation between increased carbon dioxide levels and global warming,...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA and the USGS, a Shared History in Remote Sensing
A conversation with Jim Brass, Bruce Coffland from NASA and Susan Benjamin USGS director of the Western Geographic Science Center. They discuss the shared history between NASA and the USGS in remote sensing.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Chad Frost and Susan De La Cruz Talk About the “Social Networks” of Wildlife
A conversation with Chad Frost from NASA and Susan De La Cruz from the USGS. This is the second episode of a mini-series about NASA and USGS collaboration. In this episode they focus on tracking wildlife and what that information can...
NASA
NASA | Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet
Our planet is a beautiful and awesome place. In a new video, join NASA scientists on a 40-minute visual tour of Earth from space, presented at the IMAX Theater at National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. on September 10. “Vital...
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: Only on Earth
When you think of NASA, you might think of all the incredible mysteries of outer space. But we’re also pretty invested in another very special place … our home. In this episode, join us as we celebrate all the ways NASA keeps an eye on...
NASA
Air Quality: A Tale of Three Cities
Dr. Bryan N. Duncan is a deputy project scientist for the Aura Mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He recently presented the story of air quality in three cities: Beijing, Los Angeles and Atlanta....
NASA
Snacktime with NASA: Chips and Dip
Snacktime with NASA digs into the science behind what’s on your plate from a tasty cheese board, to seafood, to fresh produce, to chips and dip. Food can bring us a sense of home, and it connects people all around the world. With...
NASA
Landsat Helps Warn of Algae in Lakes, Rivers
From space, satellites such as the NASA and USGS Landsat 8 can help scientists identify where an algal bloom has formed in lakes or rivers. It’s a complicated data analysis process, but one that researchers are automating so resource...
NASA
How remote sensing can help address food security around the world
When floods, droughts, and other natural disasters hit isolated and poor regions of the world, it can have devastating impacts on the local price of food. NASA Goddard research scientist Molly Brown is using satellite data to investigate...
NASA
Arctic Sea Ice Continues a Trend of Shrinking Maximum Extents
Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent on March 17, according to analysis by NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The 2018 extent reached 5.59 million square miles, only about 23,000 square miles larger than the...
NASA
NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery
From the distant reaches of the Universe, to black holes, and the Martian surface, NASA explores some of the most far out parts of space. But NASA also does research much closer to home. In fact, NASA Earth Science satellites are taking...
NASA
NASA Satellites Help Farmers in Central America's Dry Corridor
Unexpected shocks from natural hazards can affect populations throughout the globe, threatening sustainable development and resilience. However, the impacts of these events, such as extreme precipitation or drought, disproportionately...
NASA
NASA | Earth Science Week | How is the Global Earth ...
Earth is currently in a period of warming. Over the last century, Earth's average temperature rose about 1.1 F (0.6C). In the last two decades, the rate of our world's warming accelerated. Scientists predict that the globe will continue...
NASA
NASA | Ask a Climate Scientist: Thinning Ice Sheets
How can Greenland's ice sheets still be more than 10,000 feet thick, if carbon dioxide is warming the planet?
NASA
Our Home Planet
NASA explores. From the far reaches of the cosmos, to right here at home, NASA scientists are uncovering new insights that provide economic and societal benefits to the U.S. and the world. Since NASA was created nearly six decades ago,...
Veritasium
Spinning Black Holes
Why is the spin of a black hole important? Scholars explore spinning black holes and how they relate to momentum, matter, and mass. They investigate the different parameters that are used to measure black holes by understanding how...
Fuse School
Global Warming - Evaluating the Evidence
It's getting hot in here! Evidence of global warming is all around us, as shown in part four of a series of eight videos about global warming and the carbon cycle. High school environmentalists get to examine the facts for themselves in...
MinutePhysics
GPS, Relativity, and Nuclear Detection
When will we need to know Einstein's Theory of Relativity in real life? Every single time you use a cell phone, GPS, or watch satellite TV. When a satellite is sent into space without accounting for relativity, problems immediately arise...
TED-Ed
How Does Your Smartphone Know Your Location?
When your smartphone tells you the weather of your current location or gives you directions to the nearest gas station, there's more going on that you might realize. Follow along with this short video as it explains how...