Be Smart
The Essentials of Energy
The world of energy is a confusing place. What's better, nuclear or solar? What's the difference between fluorescent bulbs and LEDs? What's the difference between energy and power? And what the heck is a kilowatt-hour?!
SciShow
Interview with EPA Administrator McCarthy
Hank interviews Administrator Gina McCarthy of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. They discuss getting people to care about climate change, the EPA's goals going into the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and the...
SciShow
Man Made Earthquakes and More
Hank hits you with a ton of news this time - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has plans to retrieve Saturn V rocket engines from the bottom of the Atlantic; new research on the impacts from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill to life in the Gulf of...
TED Talks
TED: The bad math of the fossil fuel industry | Tzeporah Berman
We currently have enough fossil fuels to progressively transition off of them, says climate campaigner Tzeporah Berman, but the industry continues to expand oil, gas and coal production and exploration. With searing passion and...
SciShow
Earthquakes Probably Won't Destroy Us in 2018
You may have read that 2018 is looking to be a bad year for earthquakes, but Hank is here to offer you some assurances.
SciShow
Facts About Fracking
Hank gives us a summary of the important facts about fracking: what it is, why we do it, and how it actually isn't all butterflies and cupcakes.
SciShow
Sinkholes, Robotic Mules & Fluffy the Tarantula: SciShow Talk Show #7
Hank is joined by Peter Winkler with some news about sinkholes and DARPA's new robotic mule, and then the boys are joined by Jessi from Animal Wonders and her special friend "Fluffy" the Chilean rose hair tarantula.
SciShow
What We Really Know About Placenta-Eating
Join SciShow News as we explore why eating placenta doesn't actually do very much. Injecting wastewater into the ground, on the other hand, seems to do quite a bit.
SciShow
The How, Why, and How Much of Oil
Everyone does it -- using oil, that is. But how much do we have left? How do scientists find it? And where are they looking for it now that the easiest pickings have been taken? Hank has the answers to the how, why and how much of oil....
Curated Video
Hydraulic Fracturing
Hydraulic Fracturing explains what hydraulic fracturing is and why it is a highly controversial process by explaining the advantages and disadvantages of fracking.
Vlogbrothers
Uncomfortable Nuance: Natural Gas Edition
I almost titled this video "Is fracking good?" but I decided not to do that because, like, obviously, no. Anything that increases the amount of fossil fuels we can get out of the ground is bad. But, at the same time, natural gas is used...
FuseSchool
What Is The Carbon Cycle - Part 1| Environmental Chemistry
Watch the first part of our Carbon Cycle videos, as part of environmental chemistry. Photosynthesis and respiration help carbon to be cycled in nature by using energy from the sun. As living things grow, they have to build up large...
Science360
Hydraulic fracturing Using scientific methods to evaluate trade-offs
In Colorado, drilling for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, sometimes referred to as fracking, is big business. But questions about its impact on the air and water are far from settled. With support from the National...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 18
Catching brain hijackers, landscaping for the birds, a mussel shell tell and faster protein sequencing… much faster! For the Birds Non-native plants in homeowners’ yards endanger wildlife...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: The Great Plains Region: Introduction
This clip introduces the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Great Plains Region.
Science360
Hydraulic fracturing: Using scientific methods to evaluate trade-offs
In Colorado, drilling for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, sometimes referred to as fracking, is big business. But questions about its impact on the air and water are far from settled. With support from the National...
Next Animation Studio
How enhanced geothermal systems work
Enhanced geothermal systems are a new type of geothermal power than can be used where naturally occurring geothermal systems do not exist. With enhanced geothermal systems, an injection well is drilled into dry rock. Water is forced into...
Intelligence Squared
What's the truth behind Fracking?
Prof. Mike Stephenson: When it comes to fracking, people don't know what's true or false.
FuseSchool
What Is The Carbon Cycle - Part 2
Watch part 2 of the videos on the Carbon Cycle, as a part of environmental chemistry. Photosynthesis and respiration help carbon to be cycled in nature by using energy from the sun. As living things grow, they have to build up large...
TLDR News
44 Days in Office: Truss Finally Resigns
After just 44 days in Number 10, Liz Truss has resigned. Following endless chaos, crashes and conflicts, the Truss government simply couldn't survive any longer. So in this video we track the final 48 hours of her downfall and what...
TLDR News
Liz Truss Takes Over Britain: What Now?
Lis Truss is taking over as Britain's Prime Minister. What happens now though? What does Truss believe in, what does she have planned, and how does she differ from her predecessor, Boris Johnson?
Next Animation Studio
Fracking: How it works
Fracking is a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids under high pressure to exploit reserves of natural gas. This animation shows how it works and how toxic...
Next Animation Studio
Fracking linked to increased methane in water
A recent study from Duke University has suggested a link between shale gas extraction or 'fracking' and methane contamination in drinking water in Northeast Pennsylvania. The study found concentrations of Methane 17 times higher in wells...