NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 30, VIPER Lunar Rover Small Steps, Giant Leaps
VIPER Project Manager Dan Andrews discusses the lunar rover’s upcoming mission to look for water ice on the Moon.
Curated Video
Exploring the Wonders of Aurora
In this video, we explore the fascinating natural phenomenon of auroras, where swirling lights appear in the sky. We learn about the science behind auroras, how they are formed near the Earth's polar regions, and the interaction between...
NASA
NASA Hangout: Ask a Climate Scientist
The topic of climate change inspires a lot of debate. At NASA, it has also inspired a lot of science. NASA scientists examine the Earth's climate and how it is changing -- gaining knowledge through decades of satellite observations,...
NASA
NASA | North to South
Earth's polar regions: the "canary in the coal mine" of global climate change. The time to learn more is now. Two years of intensive research and education focused on the Earth's poles began March 1, 2007 with the launch of the...
NASA
ICESat-2 Elevates Our View of Earth
ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth’s third dimension, gathering data that can precisely track changes of terrain including glaciers, sea ice, forests and more. The single...
NASA
NASA Operation IceBridge Hangout from Punta Arenas, Chile
Learn how NASA uses lasers to keep tabs on Antarctic glaciers and sea ice with a series of manned airplane flights over the most remote continent on Earth. U.S. Ambassador to Chile Michael Hammer and NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan...
NASA
NASA | LRO: Mapping Our Future
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources necessary to design all future lunar...
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 | Building a Bigger Bridge
Operation IceBridge is heading back into the Arctic with two aircraft and the most sophisticated suite of instruments ever flown in polar regions. This year's mission will focus on sea ice thickness, the Canadian Ice Caps, Greenland ice...
Curated Video
Mirages: Optical Phenomena Explained
The mirage is an optical illusion famous for teasing thirsty desert travelers with illusions of water. Learn how light and heat interact to distort vision and create a mirage. Illusions part 8/11
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Back To The Moon: The moon's hidden secret
After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. How does water on the moon change everything? Back to the Moon Part 7
NASA
NASA | The Arctic and the Antarctic Respond in Opposite Ways
The Arctic and the Antarctic are regions that have a lot of ice and acts as air conditioners for the Earth system. This year, Antarctic sea ice reached a record maximum extent while the Arctic reached a minimum extent in the top ten...
Mazz Media
Habitats
Why are habitats important? Live-Action footage of animals and colorful animation help students discover the answer. This program takes viewers around the world to explore the tundra, desert, grasslands, forests and waterways of the...
Curated Video
Let's Talk Geography: 55 Geographical Terms
Let's Talk Geography: 55 Geographical Terms (Kids Need to Know) takes students around the world to discover all the different and incredible places and landforms on earth. This live-action program combines stunning photography, animated...
Mazz Media
Way Cool Science II: Habitats
Max Orbit asks questions about the world and searches for answers. This DVD series is designed to engage students while introducing scientific principles and concepts in a fun and entertaining way. In this program viewers will travel the...
Curated Video
Russia celebrates 500th year of North Polar exploration
New ReviewThe Rosatom Icebreaker of Knowledge International Arctic expedition started on August 13 from Murmansk. It is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry and the 500th anniversary of the beginning of Russia's...
Curated Video
Scientists warn of irreversible sea ice melting in Antarctica
Rising water temperatures are causing concern as far away as Antarctica.
Curated Video
The Pursuit Of Endurance
Nine international adventurers follow in the footsteps of one of the greatest legends of the golden age of polar exploration: Ernest Shackleton.
Press Association
Arctic swimmer warns of 'environmental catastrophe'
Quotes from cold water endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh - who is also the UN Patron of Oceans - at Cop26 in Glasgow. He says leaders need a complete change of mindset after he saw what he describes as evidence of an "environmental...
Bloomberg
Japan Takes the First Step Toward Asteroid Mining
Sep.28 -- Tom Risen, Aerospace America reporter, discusses the future of asteroid mining with Bloomberg's Brad Stone on "Bloomberg Technology."
Press Association
Lewis Pugh talks ahead of his greatest ice swim challenge
Cold water endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh - who is also the UN Patron of Oceans - talks ahead of his latest ice swimming challenge. From August 25, Pugh will embark on a 10km, multi-day swim across the mouth of the Ilulissat Icefjord in...
Curated Video
British helicopter pilots attempt record flight from N to S poles
1. Aerial of downtown Manhattan
2. Aerial of midtown, pull out to helicopter pilot, Colin Bodill
3. Pan from helicopter controls to Bodill operating helicopter
4. Wide of helicopter landing
5. Helicopter pilot, Jennifer Murray, getting...
MinutePhysics
Where is the True North Pole?
Do you believe in Santa Clause? Or a more practical question might be to ask if you believe in the location of the North Pole. Because of the convection currents in Earth's out core, the magnetic north pole drifts about 55 km per year....
Curated OER
Life in the Polar Regions
Take a look at the coldest, windiest, and driest place on earth: the arctic! Very few species exist here, and those that do have undergone several adaptations to ensure their survival. Learn about some of these unique animals and their...