As the first of six episodes, Science for a Hungry World: Part 1 sets the groundwork for explaining why NASA data is critical to ensure a stable global food system. This video reveals how satellite remote sensing data provide the world...

The NASA/USGS Landsat satellite mission is helping scientists study how the Amazon rainforest has changed over decades. The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, but every year, less of that...

NASA scientists have discovered a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside Earth's land plants at a cellular level.



During photosynthesis, plants emit what is called fluorescence -- a form of light...

This episode discusses dwindling groundwater resources in India.

NASA scientist Bryan Blair introduces a laser mapping sensor known as LVIS (the Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor), which is flown by aircraft over target areas to collect data on surface topography and vegetation cover. Bryan also...

Botswana's Okavango Delta and the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans are two ends of a 360-mile round trip zebra migration, the second longest on Earth. In this animation, shades of red show dry areas, green represents vegetation, and the dots...

A combination of lightning, drought and human activity caused fires to scorch more than one-third of Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988. Within a year, burn scars cast a sharp outline on the 793,880 acres affected by...

A combination of lightning, drought and human activity caused fires to scorch more than one-third of Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988. Within a year, burn scars cast a sharp outline on the 793,880 acres affected...

Lou Toth is an ecologist with the South Florida Water Management District who manages vegetation in stormwater treatment areas to contribute to the restoration of the Everglades. He shares his passion for ecology and encourages others to...

Everyone talks about Leonardo da Vinci as the paradigm of the Renaissance Man. His painting The Virgin on the Rocks is perhaps the best example of his many talents on display.

NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) sits onboard NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite at the Lagrange point 1, a million miles away from Earth.



EPIC has been imaging the sunlit...

Lou Toth is an ecologist who has been with the South Florida Water Management District for 32 years. His primary role is to manage vegetation within storm water treatment areas to contribute to the restoration of the Everglades. He...

This live-action video program is about the term biological succession. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term biological succession through use of video footage,...

Scientists say installing massive wind and solar farms across the Sahara Desert could affect the weather.

The crushed stones that line railroad tracks are collectively called track ballast. More specifically, the track ballast constitutes the trackbed upon which sleepers or railroad ties are laid. As you may have seen, these stones are...

The 2013 Rim Fire was, at the time, the largest forest fire in California history, and the largest fire in Yosemite history. Burning 400 square miles, the speed and size of the fire was unprecedented. As these unnaturally large fires...

This video is part of Work House: A Glacier National Park Science Education Program created by the Division of Interpretation & Education at Glacier National Park with the help of many people from the Blackfeet, Kootenai, Salish & Pend...

What mechanical process was created to help the natural process in the everglades? What is needed to learn in order to help maintain ecosystems?<br/>
The Everglades Ecosystem, Part 4

Senior Wildlife Biologist Doug Smith looks to the future and discusses the relationship between wolves and people.

Singaporean architectural firm WOHA has designed a sustainable, mixed-use building called Sky Green, in Taichung, Taiwan.<br/>

Regenerating Marine Ecosystems part 1 of 2:

The video explores how agricultural runoff in the Florida Everglades is affecting downstream coral reefs and marine life. It highlights the importance of restoring the natural Everglades...