Next Animation Studio
Australian boat builder unveils tsunami survival pod
An Australian houseboat builder has designed and built a tsunami survival pod. The reinforced pod is made from welded steel, has crumple zones to withstand impacts and can hold up to four people in safety seats. It has bulletproof glass...
Next Animation Studio
La Palma volcano’s ongoing eruption could trigger mega-tsunami that hits U.S.
As the La Palma volcano shows no sign of stopping its eruption, there is a possibility it could cause a mega-tsunami.
Next Animation Studio
Ten years after tsunami, Fukushima cleanup just starting
Experts say cleaning up the leaking nuclear reactors will take another 30 years and billions of dollars more.
Mediacorp
Life in Indonesia's Volcanic Danger Zone
This video explores the volatile nature of Indonesia, one of the most active volcanic regions in the world. The video highlights the risks faced by millions of Indonesians living in unpredictable areas and showcases the efforts of...
Science360
What do and don't we know about megathrust earthquakes?
What do and don't we know about megathrust earthquakes? William D. Barnhart, assistant professor at The University of Iowa , answers the question on this edition of "Ask a Scientist."
Mediacorp
Local Fire Brigade Battles Forest Fires in Central Kalimantan
This video showcases the challenges faced by a local fire brigade in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, as they battle forest fires in a highly flammable jungle bed made of organic matter. Follow the local firemen on a drill and learn what...
Mediacorp
The Volcanic Dilemma in Indonesia
In this video, a group of individuals witness a volcanic eruption and discuss the dangers and safety precautions. They also explore the complex relationship between the local residents and the volcano, with some risking their lives to...
Mediacorp
Protecting Indonesia's Forests: A Battle for Conservation and Profit
In this video, former Wall Street banker Dharsono Hartono presents his plan to privatize forests and turn conservation into a profitable business. However, he faces challenges in convincing local communities, including indigenous tribes,...
Mediacorp
Naming Indonesian Islands and Exploding Boats
How is the name of an island decided? How challenging is it to protect the oceans of Indonesia? Deciphering Indonesia, Life In The Ring of Fire part 2/9
National Film Board of Canada
Debris
Debris is a portrait of Tofino, BC intertidal artist Pete Clarkson as he crafts his most ambitious and personal project to date: a memorial to the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. He, like so many of us around the world, was...
Next Animation Studio
Supervolcanoes remain active for thousands of years after supereruptions
Supervolcanoes stay active and dangerous even in the period after supereruptions, according to a new study in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
Mediacorp
Indonesia's Firefighters: Battling Forest Fires in Central Kalimantan
In this video, the viewer is taken deep into the jungles of Central Kalimantan to meet Indonesia's firefighters who are battling forest fires. Learn why local firefighters do what they do and how they manage to cover such a huge area of...
Next Animation Studio
Why supervolcanoes are not our problem, but these seven areas of volcanic activity are
Several smaller volcanoes located next to key infrastructure should be our main priority when planning to combat the effects of volcanic activity, according to a new study.
NASA
NASA | Tohoku Tsunami Creates Antarctic Icebergs
Nearly 50 square miles of ice broke off the Sulzberger Ice Shelf on the coast of Antarctica, resulting from waves generated by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.
Next Animation Studio
Scientists surprised by the strength of earthquake-triggered tsunami in Sulawesi island
Scientists have a theory about what might have caused the tsunami that followed the earthquake in Indonesia last week to be so destructive.
NASA
Tsunami Study Challenges Long-held Formation Theory
A new NASA study is challenging a long-held theory on how tsunamis form and offering a new method for forecasting the powerful waves. Most tsunamis result from a massive shifting of the seafloor -- usually from the subduction, or...
Mazz Media
Earthquake Preparedness
In this live-action program viewers will learn that earthquake preparedness focuses on three stages: readiness, response and recovery. Students will come to understand that preparation for an emergency isn’t just to be safe during an...
Visual Learning Systems
Origins of Earthquakes
The video discusses the 1964 Alaska earthquake, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in North America. The video explains the concept of the earthquake epicenter and focus, and notes that earthquakes can occur under the ocean....
Science360
Decoding Disasters: Are We Prepared For Another 9-11?
The Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware aims to help communities become as prepared as possible for unplanned, sometimes unthinkable events. The Center's work and guidelines have been adopted by the Federal Emergency...
Curated Video
Bailey's Big Back Yard: Powerful Weather
Bailey learns the way in which weather affects people all over the world. Through his adventure, he comes to understand how weather affects the clothes we wear, our homes as well as the animals and land all around us.
Science360
Surviving a Tsunami - Vertical Evacuation - Science Nation
It's called a wavemaker, and it's a honkin' 300 feet long and 12 feet wide. With support from the National Science Foundation, this huge new tool, the largest of its type in the United States, is helping scientists perform large scale...
Science360
Passport to Discovery - Surf's Up!
Today your Passport to Discovery takes you to Oregon State University at their Wave Research Laboratory. Come learn how this facility uses two different wave making pools to recreate natural disasters and learn how NSF supports this...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Fast Can Tsunami Waves Travel?
This video is answering the question of how fast can tsunami waves travel.
Next Animation Studio
How a nuclear reactor's cooling system works
Friday's magnitude 8.9 earthquake and the resulting tsunami damaged cooling systems at Japanese nuclear reactors. A reactor's cooling system circulates water from pond surrounding the reactor's core. If the water stops circulating it...