Instructional Video2:44
TED Talks

TED: 24 hours on Earth -- in one image | Stephen Wilkes

12th - Higher Ed
Nature reveals itself to us in unique ways, if we stop and look at the world through a window of time, says photographer Stephen Wilkes. Using a special photographic technique that reveals how a scene changes from day to night in a...
Instructional Video0:55
Next Animation Studio

Russia discovers five new islands in the Arctic

12th - Higher Ed
The Russian navy has found five new islands in the remote Arctic.
News Clip3:08
Curated Video

Report: Signs And Impacts Of Climate Change Are Accelerating

Higher Ed
A new World Meterological Organization report says CO2 levels in the atmosphere are rising — and rising faster than before.
Instructional Video2:35
Curated OER

4 Degrees Warmer: Great Cities Wash Away

7th - 12th
Our planet, if four-degrees warmer, will be "unrecognizable" according to one scientist. Flooding will be rampant and rivers like the Ganges will self-destruct. See what else could happen in "5 Degrees Warmer..." following this clip.
Instructional Video1:50
Curated OER

5 Degrees Warmer: Civilization Collapses

7th - 12th
Imagine the world five degrees warmer: large, uninhabitable deserts span across the globe, forcing refugees to flee to cooler areas with water. Human civilization may very well diminish as social systems break down and people turn...
Instructional Video2:51
Curated OER

The Extreme Ice Survey in Action

5th - 8th
Get up front and personal with the scientists, tools, and methodology that provides vital information on global warming. This is a very interesting clip sure to inspire a future geologist, environmentalist, or photographer.
Instructional Video4:36
Curated OER

Melting Himalayan Glaciers

6th - 8th
Visit a Tibetan monk living high in the Himalayan mountains, he describes what changes he's seen in the environment do to global warming. The changing climate can be witnessed in the shifts in glaciation. A great clip for any class.
Instructional Video
NASA

Science Casts: No Turning Back West Antarctic Glaciers in Irreversible Decline

9th - 10th
A new study led by NASA researchers shows that half-a-dozen key glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are in irreversible decline. The melting of these sprawling icy giants will affect global sea levels in the centuries ahead. (May...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mystery Beneath the Ice Climate Change in the Antarctic

9th - 10th
The region off the west coast of Antarctica has lost gigatons of ice and the sea ice is freezing later and melting earlier. In this video from NOVA, learn about the effects of these changes from researchers who are tudying this...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Greenland's Fast Moving Glacier Speeds Up

9th - 10th
An interview with glaciologist Ian Joughin about the Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland, the fastest moving glacier in the world. In 2012, researchers observed that this glacier was speeding up even more, and was traveling at a rate of 150...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Water Power Cracks Ice Sheet

9th - 10th
Join researchers working on the Greenland Ice Sheet as they describe a flow of water exceeding that of Niagara Falls.