Institute for New Economic Thinking
Systems Theory: Balancing Efficiency with Resiliency
In part 5 of INET's interview with John Fullerton, he says that a sustainable economic system is not maximized by efficiency but resilient to multiple shocks
The Wall Street Journal
Experimenta In Extreme Living
Joaquin Ruiz, vice president for innovation and director of Biosphere 2 at the University of Arizona, speaks with The Future of Everything Editor Stan Parish about what it's like inside Biosphere 2, the largest closed system in the world.
msvgo
Introduction to Ecology
Explain ecosystem, environment its biotic and abiotic components, the levels of ecological hierarchy and the branches of ecology.
Mazz Media
What is a Population?
What is the difference between a population, community and ecosystem and species? What defines different populations of the same species? What factors lead to separate populations? In this program explains that members of the same...
Let's Tute
The Four Spheres of the Earth
This video explains the concept of Earth's spheres, which are lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. It highlights how these four spheres combine to form our planet Earth.
TMW Media
Mysterious Weather Clouds: Why Weather Cloud Research is Important
How do scientists get a more accurate idea of weather clouds based on the data they receive from satellites? What are the many different ways a meteorologist can help society? Mysterious Weather Clouds, Part 4
Institute for New Economic Thinking
A Challenge for the Next Generation
In part 8 of INET's video interview with John Fullerton, he says that hope lies with the young: they're not as stuck in the old paradigm of perpetual growth, and more open minded to new thinking like systems science
Let's Tute
Introduction to Environmental Science
In this online video lecture on Introduction to Environmental Science we will learn about Environmental Science /EVS In this session we will learn about: 1) Environment 2) Components of Environment 3) Environmental Science 4)...
Visual Learning Systems
The Biosphere: Introduction
This program explores the major features of earth's amazing biosphere. Students are introduced to the biotic and abiotic components found in an ecosystem. Footage from throughout the world illustrates how ecosystems can change over time....
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Earth's Materials and Systems
This video is a lesson about the Earth's four systems: the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. It explains the characteristics and interactions of each sphere and how they are interconnected. The video also discusses...
Getty Images
Fall and Winter Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Declining Rapidly. Arctic sea ice thickness derived from winter and fall campaigns from the ICESat satellite.
The sea ice extent grows in the summer and shrinks in the winter. While the sea ice extent might look similar from year to year this thickness data shows dramatic thinning especially near the North Pole (shown in dark blue). This image...
Getty Images
Fall Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Declining Rapidly.
This sequence shows Arctic sea ice thickness derived from fall campaigns from the ICESat satellite. While the sea ice extent might look similar from year to year this thickness data shows dramatic thinning especially near the North Pole...
Getty Images
Winter Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Declining Rapidly.
This sequence shows Arctic sea ice thickness derived from winter campaigns from the ICESat satellite. While the sea ice extent might look similar from year to year this thickness data shows dramatic thinning especially near the North...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Adventure fishing in Africa's far west
VOICED: Adventure fishing in Africa's far west
Bloomberg
This Woman Is Betting on Balloons in Space
Dec.07 -- Jane Poynter is CEO of World View Enterprises, a flight technology company which transports things to the stratosphere and back using high altitude balloons. One day soon, she'd like to send us all up there too. (Video by Leila...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth as a System
This visualization adapted from NASA maps progressive global changes onto a rotating globe. Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are shown to be dynamic and interconnected.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How Do Earth and Life Interact?
A look at the 'comfort zone' humans live in, and the interplay of life and the biosphere. [9:58]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How Was the Modern World Created?
This video looks at three forces of change that gather momentum and help create the modern world, transforming the biosphere. [11:22]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Ecology: 5 Human Impacts on the Environment
Hank gives the run down on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. [10:37]
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Big Idea 3: Earth's Systems Interact
Observe the events that show how Earth works as a set of interconnected systems. [5:49]
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 6.2: Four Spheres Part 2 (Hydro and Atmo)
The second part of our two part tale of the puzzle that is Earth. In this episode, Sabrina talks about the hydrosphere and the atmosphere and what is contained in each one. [3:30]
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 6.1: Four Spheres Part 1 (Geo and Bio)
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about two of the four spheres that make up our planet; the geosphere and the biosphere. [4:00]
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 10.1: What on Earth
This video series has already talked about how the Earth is divided into four spheres, but how do these different spheresinteract with each other? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats with us about how two of the spheres...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Hierarchy of Life
Paul Andersen explains how biology is ordered in the hierarchy of life. He first of all describes how emergent properties appear as you move to more inclusive systems. The then describes life at the following levels; atom, molecule,...