NASA
Ocean Worlds: The Search for Life
Life as we know it requires three ingredients: energy, organic molecules, and liquid water. Astrobiology, our search for life beyond Earth, is a search for planets, dwarf planets, and moons that harbor substantial liquid water. We call...
Science360
Ocean Temperatures -- Changing Planet
Observations document that the Earth's ocean is warming. As the ocean warms, it will also expand in volume, causing sea level to rise. This rise is in addition to the sea level rise that results from water added from melting ice and snow...
Next Animation Studio
Earth’s oceans hotter than any point in recorded history according to new study
2021 saw the hottest ocean temperatures ever recorded, adding to previous records in 2018 and 2019.
NASA
Tsunami Study Challenges Long-held Formation Theory
A new NASA study is challenging a long-held theory on how tsunamis form and offering a new method for forecasting the powerful waves. Most tsunamis result from a massive shifting of the seafloor -- usually from the subduction, or...
NASA
NASA | In The Zone
Earths oceans are wide reaching and teeming with life. One microscopic aquatic organism plays a major role in making life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. Under certain conditions, excessive phytoplankton growth can result in an area...
Let's Tute
The Hydrosphere: Exploring Earth's Abundance of Water
This video discusses the hydrosphere, which is the part of Earth that contains all the water on and around the planet. The video explains the different forms of water and how they are distributed on Earth. It emphasizes the importance of...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ocean Temperatures Over Time
Overview of recent rises in ocean temperature around the world.
Next Animation Studio
Climate change: Marine life threatened as ocean oxygen levels drop
Research predicts that within 15 to 20 years, human-caused deoxygenation will be felt across the world's oceans.
A new study published in the American Geophysical Union's journal found that oxygen levels in the world's oceans are...
Independent Producers
Sea Slug: Animal or Plant?
Small green sea slugs puzzle scientists because they can photosynthesize energy, just like plants. These Eastern Emerald Elysia sea slugs also appear to have several different types of DNA. Scientists are hopeful these sea slugs might...
Let's Tute
Why is the Ocean Blue?
The video explains the scientific reason behind the blue color of the ocean and how it differs from the blue color of the sky. It also touches on the adaptation of organisms living in deep waters and the variations of ocean colors due to...
Independent Producers
Killer Whales Echolocate Loudly
Biologists studying killer whales face the challenge of studying organisms that spend a majority of their time underwater. From extensive research, scientists have learned that killer whales have adapted their sounds to help them catch...
Professor Dave Explains
History of the Earth Part 1: Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic Eons
If we are going to learn about the Earth, we had better start from the beginning! The Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic eons will take us all the way from the formation of the Earth, 4.6 billion years ago, until about half a billion years...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Insights: Summer Weather
Learn about why thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other weather phenomena typically form during the summer.
FuseSchool
Structure Of The Earth & Its Different Layers
Structure Of The Earth & Its Different Layers | Environmental Chemistry | Chemistry | FuseSchool Learn the basics about Structure of the Earth and the composition its different layers. How was the Earth created? What elements is it made...
Learning Mole
Coral Reef
A series aimed at Primary School students learning all about the Ocean and its inhabitants in their science classes. This video in particular will take students through the importance of the coral reef and how different it is to other...
Independent Producers
Biologists Find it's Hard to Study Right Whales
Biologists studying right whales face the challenge of exploring rare and large organisms that spend the majority of their time underwater. These unpredictable animals are examined by researchers to try to understand the method of...
Next Animation Studio
The Mediterranean is filling up with plastic; here’s the culprits
A recent study found that around 230,000 tons of plastic trash is dumped in this sea per year, and this number is expected to double by 2040 if ambitious steps are not taken soon.
EarthEcho International
STEM Career Closeup: Shellfish Biologist
Washington’s Puget Sound provides a look into the future of coastal habitats across the world, due to the natural cycle of upwelling that occurs here. Join Philippe Cousteau as explores the links between the organisms that we rarely...
NASA
NASA Evaluates New Threats to Earth’s Ozone Layer
Scientists are closely monitoring positive signs of recovery of the Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer, which is depleted by the use of chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) for a range of industrial and commercial purposes. Even...
Curated Video
The Tragedy of the Commons: How Plastic Pollution is Threatening Our Oceans
The video discusses the issue of plastic pollution in our oceans and how it relates to the tragedy of the commons. It explores possible solutions such as social norms, privatization, and state regulations, and suggests a combination of...
FuseSchool
How Has The Atmosphere Changed
Learn the basics about the changes to our atmosphere, as a part of environmental chemistry. The Earth’s early atmosphere had no oxygen. By examining rocks laid down over earth history we can piece together the story of our atmosphere, to...