Vlogbrothers
The Earth Shouldn't Have Oxygen
A balanced carbon cycle produces as much CO2 as O2, and yet, there are 209,460 ppm of oxygen in the atmosphere and only 440 ppm of CO2 (up from the recent baseline of 275). My first thought was that the CO2 is temporarily stored in...
Science360
Is There A Carbon Tipping Point? - The Carbon Cycle
Is there a carbon tipping point after which consequences will become dire?
Curated Video
The Carbon The Carbon Cycle: Understanding How Essential Elements are Recycled and Reused
In this lecture presentation, the focus is on the carbon cycle, which is an essential element continuously recycled and reused. The video gives examples of different cycles such as oxygen, nitrogen, and water before diving into the...
NASA
NASA | Earth Science Week: Keeping Up With Carbon
"Keeping Up With Carbon" is the final episode in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. Carbon is all around us. This unique atom is the basic building block of...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Can Seaweed Save the World: Deep ocean storage doubts
Professor Tim Flannery investigates how seaweed is helping to save the world. From growing the foods of the future, helping clean polluted water and even combating climate change. Is it possible to store carbon in seaweed out in the deep...
NASA
Two Research Vessels Leave for the Twilight Zone
A project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the twilight zone. Using two research vessels, the Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) oceanographic...
Science360
Where Does Atmospheric Carbon Come From? - The Carbon Cycle
Where does the carbon in the atmosphere come from?
FuseSchool
What Are Carbon Footprints
You can reduce your own contribution to climate change by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide you release into the atmosphere. Your carbon footprint is measured by the amount of extra carbon dioxide your lifestyle adds to the...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is The Carbon Cycle?
This video is answering the question of what is the carbon cycle.
NASA
NASA | Seeing Photosynthesis from Space
NASA scientists have discovered a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside Earth's land plants at a cellular level. During photosynthesis, plants emit what is called fluorescence -- a form of light invisible to the...
NASA
NASA's Laser Mission to Measure Trees
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is a lidar instrument that sends laser pulses down to Earth, where they penetrate the globe's temperate and tropical forests. The laser beams ricochet off the first thing they hit, which...
Curated Video
The Cycling of Life: Understanding the Carbon, Water, and Organic Material Cycles in Ecosystems
This video discusses the importance of material recycling in ecosystems, specifically focusing on the carbon and water cycles and the process of decomposition. It explains how plants play a crucial role in the carbon cycle by removing...
FuseSchool
What Is The Carbon Cycle - Part 2
Watch part 2 of the videos on the Carbon Cycle, as a part of environmental chemistry. Photosynthesis and respiration help carbon to be cycled in nature by using energy from the sun. As living things grow, they have to build up large...
Science360
Are There Surprises In The Carbon Cycle? - The Carbon Cycle
Are there surprises in the carbon cycle that could lesson climate warming or make it much worse?
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Adam Moreno Talks About Supercomputing for Global Systems
A conversation with Adam Moreno, a postdoctoral fellow working with the NASA Earth Exchange at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Visual Learning Systems
Natural Cycles: Oxygen and Carbon Cycle
This program addresses many of the cycles conducted by animals including those of migration, hibernation, and patterns relating to day and night. The cycles that affect all living things are discussed including the air we breathe and the...
Scholastic
Study Jams! The Carbon Cycle
Take a ride on the carbon cycle by watching this animated featurette. Those who do will learn about the element carbon, how it cycles through the atmosphere and biosphere, and how it contributes to Earth's temperature. This video comes...
Curated OER
Asteroid vs. Comet
How were we, as a planet, effected by ancient asteroid impact? We find that a cosmic impact was responsible for killing the dinosaurs, but it also led to the conditions that made human life possible. This is an informative clip that...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cave Formation: Kane Cave
This video segment adapted from NOVA describes a simple experiment that confirmed the idea that microbes can accelerate the biogeochemical process of cave formation. [4:12]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Geologic Carbon Cycle
A college-level video lecture explaining and discussing the carbon cycle. Gives an interesting perspective on the chemistry of the carbon cycle and how essential it is to the survival of life on Earth. [6:20]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Deep Carbon Observatory
As people gather in Copenhagen for climate change talks, a new project is getting underway to better understand the carbon cycle deep below the Earth's surface.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Carbon Footprint
Overview of a carbon footprint and ideas for how to reduce the amount of energy you use.