Dr. Forrester shows the various landforms and bodies of water located in the different regions of the United States.

Dr. Forrester will define parts of a river system: valley, canyon, tributaries, stream, channel, delta, floodplain, mouth, drainage basin. She will show locations of major drainage basins in North America, including the Mississippi,...

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison visits the Central Arizona Project canal and shows how the raised canal structure has inadvertently become a major water harvesting swale that stretches across a wide landscape, and is one of the...

The Hoover Dam discusses the history, construction, and physical features of the Hoover Dam.

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.

The CEOs of Bowery Farming and AppHarvest, two tech-heavy agricultural startups with a focus on reinventing farming, discuss the potential for fixing agriculture's supply chain and food waste challenges.

The nearly 10 million people in the city and county of Los Angeles, California require a lot of water -- most of which is imported snow melt from the Eastern Sierra Nevadas and Rocky Mountains, hundreds of miles away. UCLA researchers...

Despite losing an arm in the US Civil War, John Wesley Powell was one of the great explorers of the American West, and made history as the man who mapped the Grand Canyon.

In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we explore climate change and the Colorado River, helping children with disabilities, porcupine’s quills and, finally, the decline of chinstrap penguins.

Study how to pronounce 'river', the idioms 'to keep an eye out' and 'to keep your eyes peeled', how to pronounce moose and elk as we visit Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado!

This episode highlights how the Southwest is heating up and drying up, a new device called ACCESS4KIDS is helping children with disabilities, and finally how researchers have discovered that a unique quality of the porcupine's quill...

In this week's episode of NSF Science Now we explore climate change and the Colorado River, helping children with disabilities, porcupine's quills, and finally the decline of chinstrap penguins.

We’re scaling incredible heights on this episode of Travel Thru History. We visit a civil engineering wonder on the border of Arizona and Nevada - the Hoover Dam. This massive structure not only attracts about a million tourists each...

We’re scaling incredible heights on this episode of Travel Thru History. We visit a civil engineering wonder on the border of Arizona and Nevada - the Hoover Dam. This massive structure not only attracts about a million tourists each...

A pulse of water released down the lower reaches of the Colorado River last spring resulted in more than a 40 percent increase in green vegetation where the water flowed, as seen by the Landsat 8 satellite. The March 2014 release of...

Hit the Road this Summer with All Ears English - All Ears English Podcast 1809

In a constantly changing world, the protection of our planet’s endangered species and ecosystems is a priority for ecologists. Recently, a group of researchers at the University of Idaho have worked to combine their extensive...

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.

The Colorado River provides water for seven states, and it's stretched thin. Water rights exceed the actual volume of the river by more than ten percent. NASA scientists are studying the source of this water.

Will the Colorado River dry up? Mr. Beat examines the dangers of cities like Las Vegas running out of water due to recent population growth and drought in the American Southwest.

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.

This video explores the innovative engineering solutions being used by the Orange County Water District to replenish the groundwater basin and provide safe drinking water to the cities in Orange County. The video also highlights the...

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.