SciShow
The Human Era Has an Official Start. It’s a Lake in Canada
Recently, a group of scientists have declared that the start of the Anthropocene, the time of outsize human influence on Earth, to be Crawford Lake in Canada. But how can a time be a place? We'll explain, and maybe grab some maple syrup.
SciShow
Why These Moths Don't Run Away from Bats
Being attacked by a predator can be scary, but tiger moths have a very distinguished way to survive predatory bats. Meanwhile, scientists have presented findings on the importance of microbial ecosystems beneath the soil.
TED Talks
TED: What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet? | Kristin Poinar
The Greenland ice sheet is massive, mysterious -- and melting. Using advanced technology, scientists are revealing its secrets for the first time, and what they've found is amazing: hidden under the ice sheet is a vast aquifer that holds...
TED Talks
Kate Orff: Reviving New York's rivers -- with oysters!
Architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily dirty waters clean -- thus driving even more innovation in "oyster-tecture."...
SciShow
Why Do Sinkholes Keep Catching Us By Surprise?
You'd think if we can tell when a star is about to implode that we could predict when a giant hole is about to open up here on earth and ruin our day. So why are sinkholes still so hard to predict?
Curated Video
Soil – Odd one out
Four images are shown on screen, but which one is not part of soil? Material processes - Classifying materials - Soil Learning Points Topsoil, subsoil and bedrock are all layers of soil. A Twig Tidbit Film - Odd one out. The children...
Curated Video
What is soil?
Discover the millions of microorganisms in soil. Material processes - Classifying materials - Soil Learning Points Soil is a mixture of rock particles, organic matter, air and water. Soil is formed over many years when rock is weathered...
Curated Video
India's Water Revolution #4: Permaculture for Wastelands at Aranya Farm
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to India to film the epic work at Aranya Farm in the state of Telangana. We tour the twenty-year-old farm that was established on bare bedrock, and now boasts 11.5 acres of permaculture...
Professor Dave Explains
Weathering Environments Part 3: Glacial Processes
Fluvial processes deal with water, aeolian processes deal with wind, so glacial processes must deal with glaciers! What are glaciers and how do they behave? How do glaciers weather rocks? Let's get a closer look!
Curated Video
Israel, Tel Megiddo Biblical site
During the biblical period Megiddo was one of the most important cities in the country. Its location allowed it to control the outlet of the Iron Valley (Wadi Ara) to the Jezreel Valley and the Via Maris (the Way of the Sea), an...
Next Animation Studio
Ice age cut massive channels under North Sea
A new study shows detailed 3D images of hundreds of channels carved into the bedrock under the North Sea.
NASA
Massive Crater Discovered Under Greenland Ice
In a remote area of northwest Greenland, an international team of scientists has made a stunning discovery, buried beneath a kilometer of ice. It’s a meteor impact crater, 300 meters deep and bigger than Paris or the Beltway around...
NASA
Rising Waters: Out-of-Balance Ice Sheets
Greenland and Antarctica are home to most of the world's glacial ice – including its only two ice sheets – making them areas of particular interest to scientists. Combined, the two regions also contain enough ice, that if it were to melt...
NASA
NASA | The Bedrock Beneath
Our understanding of what lies beneath the world's biggest ice sheet has taken another leap forward. In this video we strip away Antarctic ice to reveal a new, and much more detailed map of the bedrock below. This map, called Bedmap2,...
National Parks Service
Yosemite Nature Notes 12: Glaciers
Yosemite National Park is famous for its spectacular glacially carved landscape. Although glaciers have come and gone many times in the past, there are still two active glaciers near Yosemite's highest peaks.
NASA
NASA Scientist Reveals Greenland's Geologic Past
We tend to think of Earth's landmasses as being fixed in place, but in reality they are attached to moving tectonic plates that constantly jostle for position. In some areas these tectonic plates slide over a hotspot - an upwelling of...
Visual Learning Systems
Soil and Rocks: Soil Layers
Many of the things we eat and enjoy are grown in soil. This engaging program explores the soil and rocks importance of soil while taking a look at how soil is formed. Different types of soil and their characteristics are explored.
Mazz Media
Soil Formation
In this live-action program viewers will learn that Soil is the top most layer of earth, lying on top of a layer of bedrock. Soil is often black or dark brown to red, comprised of mixture of organic remains, clay and rock particles....
National Parks Service
Episode 12: Glaciers
Yosemite National Park is famous for its spectacular glacially carved landscape. Although glaciers have come and gone many times in the past, there are still two active glaciers near Yosemite's highest peaks. (8:34)
Press Association
John Healey claims Labour is "the party of defence" during campaign speech
Shadow defence secretary John Healey claimed Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party is "the party of defence" as he joined the Labour leader at a campaign speech in Greater Manchester as Sir Keir announced plans to increase defence spending if...
Press Association
Starmer and Streeting address Labour Party rally in Worcester
Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting have arrived at a Labour Party rally in Worcester. Mr Streeting told party members the “road to change, to a new Labour government, runs through right here in Worcester”. Labour’s rally in Worcester...
Getty Images
Maligne Canyon
Maligne Canyon Signage / Views of the Falls Maligne Canyon on August 19, 1971 in Jasper National Park, Alberta (Footage by Getty Images)