MinuteEarth
The Deadliest Thing At The Beach
You might think the most dangerous thing that can happen at a beach is a shark attack, or that the scariest thing might be a tsunami - but instead, rip currents kill more beachgoers than all other causes combined.
SciShow
eDNA: How Scientists See Hidden Animals
How do you track turtles that spend most of their time in muddy water and also look like rocks? It turns out, scientists have found a way to track such hidden animals using eDNA.
TED Talks
TED: How we can bring mental health support to refugees | Essam Daod
The global refugee crisis is a mental health catastrophe, leaving millions in need of psychological support to overcome the traumas of dislocation and conflict. To undo the damage, child psychiatrist and TED Fellow Essam Daod has been...
SciShow
eDNA: How Scientists See Hidden Animals
How do you track turtles that spend most of their time in muddy water and also look like rocks? It turns out, scientists have found a way to track such hidden animals using eDNA.
SciShow
A Story of Wrong-Way Migration, Caused By Climate Change
Since the 1960s, around 80% of bottom-dwelling species have disappeared from the deep waters of the North Atlantic, potentially all victims of a wrong-way migration phenomenon.
Be Smart
Can Coral Reefs Survive Climate Change? #OursToLose
The #OursToLose YouTube campaign sheds light on climate change and the environment.
MinuteEarth
How Do Some Waves Get SO Big?
All over the world, giant wave breaks appear because of underwater geology that supercharges their wave energy.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do we harvest horseshoe crab blood? - Elizabeth Cox
During the warmer months, especially at night during the full moon, horseshoe crabs emerge from the sea to spawn. Waiting for them are teams of lab workers, who capture the horseshoe crabs by the hundreds of thousands, take them to labs,...
TED Talks
Kristina Gjerde: Making law on the high seas
Kristina Gjerde studies the law of the high seas -- the 64 percent of our ocean that isn't protected by any national law at all. Gorgeous photos show the hidden worlds that Gjerde and other lawyers are working to protect from trawling...
TED Talks
TED: Never, ever give up | Diana Nyad
In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating … Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that's how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read “Kafka on the Shore”? - Iseult Gillespie
Follow the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata in Haruki Murakami’s mind-bending novel “Kafka on the Shore.” -- Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, Haruki Murakami’s teenage...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean? - Peter Campbell
Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren't just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean's surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time. Peter...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do ocean currents work? - Jennifer Verduin
Dive into the science of ocean currents (including the Global Conveyor Belt current), and find out how climate change affects them. -- In 1992, a cargo ship carrying bath toys got caught in a storm. Shipping containers washed overboard,...
SciShow
Why Florida's Red Tide Is Killing So Many Animals | SciShow News
For weeks now, thousands of dead fish, turtles, manatees, and dolphins have been washing up on beaches in southwest Florida.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How tsunamis work - Alex Gendler
The immense swell of a tsunami can grow up to 100 feet, hitting speeds over 500 mph -- a treacherous combination for anyone or anything in its path. Alex Gendler details the causes of these towering terrors and explains how scientists...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How fiction can change reality - Jessica Wise
Reading and stories can be an escape from real life, a window into another world -- but have you ever considered how new fictional experiences might change your perspective on real, everyday life? From Pride and Prejudice to Harry...
SciShow
How Can We Clean Up the Oceans?
Plastic is a huge problem in the oceans, but engineers and research groups are working on how to deal with it. Hank describes some of the leading proposed solutions.
SciShow Kids
Tsunamis: The Biggest Waves
Most waves are very small, but every once in a while, they can be really extreme!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The physics of surfing - Nick Pizzo
Wondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing. -- Whether or not you realize it, surfers are masters of complicated physics. The science of surfing begins as soon as a board first...
Curated Video
Figurative Language
New ReviewThis video examines figurative language in poetry such as similes, methaphors, hyperboles, personification, and symbolism.
Curated Video
Jesus & the Miraculous Catch of Fish in the Bible
Howcast - Learn the Bible story of Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish in this Howcast Bible study video with Reverend Dr. Timothy Coombs.
Curated Video
How to Camp on Catalina Island
Howcast - Visited by more than 1 million people each year, Catalina Island, about 25 miles off the coast of Southern California, is a popular camping getaway.
Curated Video
Skyrim Walkthrough Part 52 - Sovngarde
Howcast -Earn entry into "Sovngarde" and learn how to defeat Alduin in Skyrim with this online demo of the role-playing game from Bethesda.
Curated Video
US Deploys its Brand New Advanced ACVs During Massive Operation
Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel to dive deep into how the Marines conduct ship-to-shore operations with their new amphibious armored vehicles. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious...