SciShow Kids
Life Under The Ice with Ariel Waldman! | A Field Trip to Antarctica! | SciShow Kids
Mister Brown gets a video message from his friend, Ariel Waldman, a real scientist who went all the way to Antarctica to study life that lives under the ice!
SciShow
Phytoplankton: Arguably the Most Important Life on Earth
There are incredible creatures living in the ocean that have the power to reshape the planet’s atmosphere - and you’ve probably never even seen them before. These microscopic critters are called phytoplankton, and almost all life, both...
Crash Course
Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #38
Can we change the blueprints of life? This week we are exploring that question with genetic engineering. We’ll discuss how selective breeding can improve agricultural practices, and the potential DNA-level engineering could have on other...
Curated Video
Phytoplankton /Diatoms and Dinoflagellates
Learn about Phytoplankton's Diatoms and Dinoflagellates and their process of producing oxygen and feeding marine animals with the phytoplankton video.
Visual Learning Systems
Plant-Like Protists: Their Importance and Diversity
This video discusses the main difference between plant-like protists and animal-like protists. The video also highlights various examples of plant-like protists, such as euglenoids, diatoms, dinoflagellates, and different types of algae....
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Colors of the Microcosmos
We see the colors of the microcosmos every single week, but let's stop and ask why our some microbes are bright green, while others are a golden brown.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Preserving the History of the Microcosmos With Prepared Slides
Sometimes, pictures and videos aren’t enough. Sometimes the best way to share what you’ve seen under the microscope is, well, to share the actual thing you’re looking at.
NASA
NASA | Earth’s Oceans Show Decline In Microscopic Plant Life
The world's oceans have seen significant declines in certain types of microscopic plant-life at the base of the marine food chain, according to a new NASA study. The research is the first to look at global, long-term phytoplankton...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Copepods: The Diatom-Devouring King of Plankton
Scientists have observed some copepods eating over 300,000 diatoms in a single day!
Science360
Diatom algae populations tell a story about climate change in Greenland
With support from the National Science Foundation, Lake Ecologist Jasmine Saros and her team from the University of Maine are plying the lake waters of southwestern Greenland, gathering samples of ""diatoms"" to study how climate change...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Microcosmos of the 1800s: The Story of Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
The Microcosmos of the 1800s The Story of Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Professor Dave Explains
Unicellular Life Part 2: Archaea and Protists
Everyone knows about bacteria, but there are tons of other unicellular species! Archaea are prokaryotes just like bacteria, but they live in some pretty weird places, which teaches us a lot about the kinds of conditions life can thrive...
Journey to the Microcosmos
How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
Journey to the Microcosmos
Diatoms Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
We owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the air you're breathing right now!
Visual Learning Systems
Protists: Euglenas, Diatoms, and Dinoflagellates
The diverse groups of microorganisms in the Kingdom Protista are illustrated in this video. Microscopic views compare the main categories of protists. the different phyla of algae are also discussed. Other terminology includes: protozoa,...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Oil From Diatoms
Is it possible to engineer diatoms to secrete oil?