Bozeman Science
Air Pollution
In this video Paul Andersen explains how air pollution is any chemicals in the atmosphere that negatively affect human health. Primary pollutants (like CO, VOCs, NOx, SO2, PM, and Lead) as well as secondary pollutants (like Ozone, nitric...
Next Animation Studio
China's war on air pollution is causing ground pollution
China's dramatic decrease of particulate matter has triggered a rise in ground-level ozone pollution.
Curated Video
Effect of Air Pollutants on Health
Learn the basics about the effect of air pollutants on health within environmental chemistry.
TED-Ed
What's in the air you breathe? | Amy Hrdina and Jesse Kroll
Take a deep breath. In a single intake of air, your lungs swell with roughly 25 sextillion molecules, ranging from days-old compounds, to those formed billions of years in the past. In fact, many of the molecules you're breathing were...
SciShow
Monsoons: Nature’s Air Purifiers
Monsoons are more than torrential rains. They come in wet and dry varieties, but both involve a lot of wind. And it turns out, those winds can help the Earth clean up some of the pollution mess humanity makes.
Curated Video
Atmospheric pollution
This nugget explains pollution of the layers surrounding the earth, air pollutants, global warming and green house effect, acid rain, ozone hole, photochemical smog.
Curated Video
AIRS: NASA Advances Our Understanding of Earth’s Climate
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite has been scanning Earth for 20 years and now has a long enough record to help support climate change research. AIRS data on Earth’s atmosphere are improving...
Science360
Scientists detail Front Range air pollution - FRAPPE
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and partner organizations are using specially equipped aircraft, mobile radars, balloon-mounted sensors, and sophisticated computer simulations to measure local and...
Curated Video
Monitoring Pollution: The Silent Threat to Public Health
This video explores the innovative use of telescopes mounted on Leicester University's Space Research Center to monitor pollution levels in the city of Leicester. By analyzing the quality of light affected by different pollutants, such...
Curated Video
NASA Models the Complex Chemistry of Earth's Atmosphere
Air pollution can appear as a gray or orange haze enveloping a city. What the naked eye can’t see are the hundreds of chemical reactions taking place to produce that pollution. NASA science can reveal a more complete picture of...
Science360
Tropospheric ozone - Summers of smog
Local weather forecast warnings about unhealthy air could become much more common around the country. A recent scientific study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research warns of a whopping 70% increase in the number of days with...
Curated Video
NASA | 10 Years of Aura Legacy
The Aura atmospheric chemistry satellite celebrates its 10th anniversary on July 15th, 2014. Since its launch in 2004, Aura has monitored the Earth's atmosphere and provided data on the ozone layer, air quality, and greenhouse gases...
Curated Video
NASA | The Global Hawk Eyes for Science
NASA pilots and flight engineers, together with colleagues from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk aircraft over the Pacific Ocean. The...
Curated Video
The Ozone Layer - Part 1
Learn about the two main layers of the atmosphere: the troposphere and the stratosphere. The troposphere is full of weather and ‘bad’ ozone, and above that, is the stratosphere, where ‘good’ ozone protects us against dangerous UV light....
Curated Video
NASA in Silicon Valley: Laura Iraci: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A conversation with Laura Iraci, NASA Research Scientist and AJAX Principle Investigator at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Fuse School
Effect on Health of Air Pollutants
Is air making us sick? How exactly does air pollution contribute to illness across the world? Part five in a series of seven about the atmosphere addresses these questions and many others. This is a perfect resource to show during your...
Fuse School
The Ozone Layer: The 'Hole' - Part 2
Introduce your class to the "hole" truth! Part four of the 7-part series about Earth's atmosphere gives learners the facts about the depletion of our ozone layer. Simply animated and concisely narrated, the video leads viewers from the...