NASA
2018 Arctic Sea Ice Ties for Sixth Lowest Minimum Extent on NASA Record
Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent Sept. 19, and then again on Sept. 23, 2018. NASA works with the National Snow and Ice Data Center to track sea ice in the Arctic as it grows to a maximum extent through the winter and...
Curated Video
Using Adverbial Phrases and Clauses to Enhance Writing Clarity
This video is a lesson on identifying and using adverbial phrases and clauses to add precision and clarity to writing. The teacher explains the difference between phrases and clauses, and provides examples of prepositions and infinitives...
Mazz Media
The Science of Climate Change
Real World Science : The Science of Climate Change This program begins by explaining how scientists have learned that Earth’s climate has changed many times over billions of years and that Earth’s climate is always changing. Students...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Winter
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Science360
Engineering smart building skins for cleaner, greener architecture - Science Nation
Using smart materials to design active and multifunctional building skins that react to the environment With support from NSF, a multidisciplinary team of material scientists, engineers and architects is using nature-inspired design and...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Spring
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Seasonal Changes
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Causes of Seasons:
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Autumn
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Curated Video
The Role Of The Arctic In Global Climate Change
Residents of the Arctic say their world is melting in front of their eyes — and those changes have global effects.
Curated Video
U.N. Climate Change Report Warns Of Mass Animal Extinctions
The report predicts tens of thousands of species of animals could go extinct by 2035 due to warming temperatures and rising sea levels.
Curated Video
The Interior Department has declared the polar bear a threatened species, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming.
HEADLINE: Polar bears added to the threatened species list
CAPTION: The Interior Department has declared the polar bear a threatened species, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. ...
Teen Kids News
Are walrus at risk from climate change
Alexandra tells us about the effects of global warming on walruses.
Curated Video
Global evidence of climate warming
Zermatt, Switzerland - January 22, 2008
1. Wide shot sun shining over Swiss Alps
2. Wide shot mountain top
3. Wide shot mountain top
Zurich, Switzerland - 24 January, 2008
4. Mid shot Doctor Frank Paul, Expert in Glaciology showing...
Curated Video
Polar bears threatening by retreating sea ice
West-coast of Svalbard, Norway (within Arctic Circle) June 12 -15, 2008
1. Wide ship sails through thin ice
2. Mid ship's antennae
3. Mid ship's captain
4. Wide ship approaches ice
5. Wide cruise ship sails past
6. Mid same
7. Mid set...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Antarctic Ice: Sea Level Change
What would happen if a portion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt? This video segment [3:19] adapted from NOVA uses animations to show the effect of a 6-meter sea-level rise on coastal cities across the world.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The World Is Black and White
Everything in our environment is interconnected. A change in one area causes a change in another area. Nowhere is this more evident than in our climate. NASA created a theoretical planet called "Daisy World" to show the complex system of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Antarctica: Sea Ice
This video segment adapted from NOVA uses microwave images to reveal how sea ice doubles the size of Antarctica each winter. Rare footage shows how sea ice crushed the famous ship Endurance in 1914. [2:34]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mystery Beneath the Ice Phytoplankton and Krill
Travel along on the research vessel Polarstern to learn about the Arctic ecosystem. Scientists will describe the relationship between annual variations in sea ice and the krill population which is fundamental to the Antarctic food web....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mystery Beneath the Ice the Under Ice Environment
Watch a colorful display of light under the Antarctic! This video reveals what is below the sea ice and the pictures are stunning. Closed caption available. [4:35]