Professor Dave Explains
Dalton's Law and Partial Pressures
We know about the ideal gas laws, like Boyle's and Charles's and so forth. Now let's look at one law that involves mixtures of gases. This is called Dalton's Law, and to understand it, we have to learn about the concept of partial...
APMonitor
MathCAD Functions and Matrices
Mathcad is a tool to arrange, calculate, and visualize engineering calculations and functions can help with reusing expressions in subsequent evaluations. Use the following worksheets to step through example problems related to using...
Curated Video
Nuke In Space: What Would Happen If A Nuke Went Off In Space?
If a nuke exploded in space, gamma rays and X-rays would be emitted and would expand to light up the sky. On the surface of the planet, auroras of light would be seen for thousands of miles within minutes of the blast. The explosion...
Soliloquy
Why don't we fill an Airship with a Vacuum?
In the early 1900s massive airships ruled the sky, offering luxury commercial travel significantly faster than the steamships that ruled the waves. But a series of disasters, including the demise of Britain's R101 and culminating in the...
msvgo
Carbon Cycle
It explains elements and compounds that contain carbon, its cyclic movement and the relationship of increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the greenhouse effect
Curated Video
The Impact of Acid Rain
This video discusses the phenomenon of acid rain, explaining how it is formed and its harmful effects on the environment, including soil, plants, aquatic life, and human health. The video also mentions solutions such as flue gas...
Curated Video
Thermal Equilibrium and the Impact of Greenhouse Gases on Earth's Temperature
The video is a lecture on thermal equilibrium and infrared radiation. The lecturer discusses how a body can remain at constant temperature, the relationship between temperature and radiation emitted by a body, and how the temperature of...
FuseSchool
What Is The Natural Greenhouse Effect?
Learn the basics about the natural greenhouse effect. The atmosphere helps to keep our planet warm by making it harder for the energy we get from the sun to escape back to the universe. Our atmosphere is held to the earth by the force of...
FuseSchool
How Is Oxygen Used
Learn the basics about the properties of oxygen. Oxygen is a gas, it has no smell, colour, or taste; but without it, we as humans would not be able to inhabit planet Earth. When cooled to a very low temperature, it will form a liquid and...
Professor Dave Explains
The Future Colonization of Space: Terraforming and Dyson Spheres
Humans have been to the moon, and we will almost certainly set foot on Mars very soon. But then what? Can we colonize other places in the solar system? What about beyond our solar system? How will we get there? What kinds of energy will...
Science360
Withering Crops -- Changing Planet
As the global population continues to increase, scientists and farmers are concerned about the impacts that climate change could have on the world's crops. To better understand the process of photosynthesis and how plants use water and...
Curated Video
What Are Asteroids And Where Do They Come From?
Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun, just like the rest of the planets and celestial bodies in our solar system. Although asteroids are present throughout the solar system, most of them live in the asteroid belt—a...
Astrum
What has NASA's Juno discovered around Jupiter so far? (3 year update)
It's been three years since NASA's Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. But what has it seen and discovered? We will examine Jupiter's magnetic field, core, bands, aurora, atmosphere, storms and clouds.
Catalyst University
Free Energy Functions: A Physiological Perspective
Free Energy Functions: A Physiological Perspective
Curated Video
The Power and Impact of Wind
This video provides a comprehensive overview of wind, covering its formation, measurement, and various effects on climate and weather. It highlights the importance of wind measurement in engineering and architecture, as well as its...
PBS
How To Suck Carbon Dioxide Out of the Sky
Carbon dioxide gets a lot of grief these days. It's the main cause of the global warming that's already damaging coral reefs, ice caps, and coastlines. But for eons, life survived on Earth because natural processes kept CO2 levels within...
FuseSchool
How To Reduce Carbon Dioxide In The Air
Through photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide from the air and split it and use it (and water) to make carbohydrates. So surely plants can help us reduce carbon dioxide in the air? Possibly... But equally, the carbon in plants is...
TMW Media
Traveling Desert Sand: Learn how sand makes ice form in clouds
How do researchers determine which particles attract water? How are sand clouds interupting the creation of hurricanes? Traveling Desert Sand, Part 3
TMW Media
Mysterious Weather Clouds: Learn how cloning weather clouds further helps researchers
How can more powerful super computers help with the research of cloud activity and weather forecasting? How to identify the different types of weather clouds and the clouds that might have precipitation or rain? Mysterious Weather...
The Economist
The Story Behind... trees and climate change
A closer look at one of the most familiar responses offered to the climate crisis. What is the real story behind trees and climate change?
Visual Learning Systems
Impacts on Earth: Changes on Earth
Planet Earth is our home, but unfortunately humans have caused a great deal of damage to it. How have humans impacted Earth and what are the consequences? This clear and informative program answers this question through the use of...
Curated Video
Exploring the Science and Impact of Snow
This video explains the formation and characteristics of snow. They discuss how snowflakes are made up of ice crystals and how their size and shape depend on temperature and water vapor. The video also highlights the impact of snow on...
Weird History
Step-by-Step Timeline of the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the Earth's atmosphere, traveling 45,000 miles per hour. The asteroid ripped a hole 18 miles deep in the Earth's crust, triggering devastating winds, seismic waves, and tsunamis. For...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Summer's End - 1. After the Summer Season
Discover how Dobson uses the symbol of summer’s end to explore the inevitable passage of time. The first wave of winter comes, washing away the sun-hats, surfboards and screaming children of summer. The waves ebb and flow, mirroring the...