Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
Whales and Snot from their Blowholes
A whale inhales and exhales air through the blowhole at the top of its head. The plume that rises when the whale exhales is made up of blow, a scientific term for whale snot. Whale snot can reveal important information about whale...
Science360
Eyes in the Sky - Antarctica
NSF-funded KU researchers successfully test unmanned aircraft system in Antarctica. Check it out!
Next Animation Studio
Winter heat wave caused by ‘stuck’ jet stream
Forecasts show that America’s winter heat wave will return after the current Great Lakes storm fizzles out.
Visual Learning Systems
Life in the Tundra: Challenges and Adaptations
The video provides an overview of the challenging conditions and unique plant and animal life found in the tundra. It highlights the short growing season, low-lying plants, and the abundance of insects that attract breeding birds. It...
Science360
Scientists successfully test an unmanned underwater vehicle beneath Antarctic sea ice
Scientists successfully test an unmanned underwater vehicle beneath Antarctic sea ice. The AUV produced high-resolution 3-D maps of previously inaccessible sea-ice floes.
Next Animation Studio
Surprisingly large hole found in Arctic’s most stable ice
A huge hole has been discovered in the Arctic’s oldest and thickest ice, previously thought to be the most stable ice in the region.
NASA
NASA | Earth Science Week: Melting Ice, Rising Seas
"Melting Ice, Rising Seas" is Episode 5 in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. Sea level rise is an indicator that our planet is warming. Much of the world's...
Next Animation Studio
Arctic warming began sooner than thought, closer to human industrialisation
The Arctic Ocean has been warming since decades earlier than previous observations would suggest.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Hanwant Singh Talks About Earth Science and His Selection as a Finalist for the 2017 Sammies Awards
A conversation with Hanwant Singh, atmospheric research director at NASA's Ames Research Center, and finalist for the 2017 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America awards.
Next Animation Studio
Permafrost melt releasing stored methane
Researchers from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks (UAF) have identified tens of thousands of methane seeps in areas along the coast of Alaska and Greenland. Some experts believe the escape of large quantities of previously frozen...
NASA
NASA Explores Earth’s Connections
For Earth Day 2021, we explore the connections of Earth systems and NASA's ability to observe them in a changing world, highlighting the links between dust transport, vegetation, water quality, conservation and human health, the...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Many Oceans Are There In The World?
This video is answering the question of how many oceans are there in the world.
Science360
NSF Science Now: Episode 41
In this week's episode, we test out a wearable robotic limb, follow beluga whales in the Arctic and, finally, examine how warming temperatures have caused an increase in forest droughts across much of the U.S.
Mazz Media
Climate
This live-action video program explores the different climates found on earth. Through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels, viewers will come to understand how weather, landforms and...
Next Animation Studio
Study finds warm water trapped under the Arctic
According to a study published in Science Advances, there is warm water trapped under the surface of the Arctic seas that could significantly melt sea ice in the Arctic.
Next Animation Studio
Antarctic: 2021’s massive ozone hole finally closes
A colder than usual winter in the southern hemisphere fed a deep and larger than average hole that persisted for a longer period than usual.
Science360
How Does Carbon Get Into The Oceans? - The Carbon Cycle
How does carbon get into the oceans, and how much is in there?
NASA
ATom Postcard - Palmdale to Kona
Principal Investigator Steven Wofsy of Harvard University and atmospheric scientist Paul Newman of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center sent back a video postcard of the first two legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom mission. The...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Current State of Ice Caps and Sea Levels
Provides insight on the melting of the ice caps and how that is translating into political instability and tension, as well as graphics to illustrate the effects of 3-5 meters of sea level rise on major cities
NASA
NASA | The Global Snowflake Network
Like to catch snowflakes? Try using a card instead of your tongue! Join the Global Snowflake Network for the International Polar Year. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center invites you to be a part of this special data collection effort....
NASA
NASA | Aqua's AMSR-E Scans Earth's Water Cycle
From June 2002 to early October 2011, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the Aqua satellite provided a wealth of data about the Earth's water cycle. Among the many variables calculated...
NASA
NASA | Massive Phytoplankton Bloom Discovered Under Arctic Sea Ice
Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer...
NASA
Launching Rockets Through the Leak in Earth's Atmosphere
NASA scientists are seeking a strange breed of northern lights in the Arctic. When these auroras shine, Earth’s atmosphere leaks into space. In the tiny Arctic town of Ny-Ålesund, where polar bears outnumber people, winter means three...
NASA
Arctic Sea Ice Continues a Trend of Shrinking Maximum Extents
Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent on March 17, according to analysis by NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The 2018 extent reached 5.59 million square miles, only about 23,000 square miles larger than the...