Curated Video
Do People Live in The North Pole?
The true geographic North Pole is bereft of vegetation. Trees need soil to flourish. As the North Pole is composed of random chunks of ice in close proximity, there is no way that growth can occur. Then there are months of darkness,...
Next Animation Studio
Arctic ice cap melt could release vast amounts of methane
As seawater temperatures rise, the Arctic ice cap has been shrinking. From 2003 to 2010, records show Arctic ice melting rapidly. This year it shrank by 27,000 square miles from its record 2007 low to 1.5 million square miles, the lowest...
NASA
NASA | IceBridge 2010 with Lora Koenig
This video shows a live interview with NASA Goddard cryospheric scientist Lora Koenig regarding Operation IceBridge and the 2010 Arctic sea ice maximum. Or get tweeted by NASA:
Next Animation Studio
Microplastics found in Arctic sea ice
Researchers aboard the Swedish Icebreaker Oden, as part of the Northwest Passage Project, have found microplastics polluting ice from the Arctic Ocean.
Next Animation Studio
Volcanic eruption in Alaska may have helped end the Roman Republic: study
According to new research, a powerful volcanic eruption in modern-day Alaska around 44 B.C. may have contributed to the Roman Republic’s downfall on the other side of the globe.
Curated Video
Why the melting Arctic matters to us all
Donald Trump is pulling America out of the Paris climate agreement. But if nothing is done to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, cities such as New York and Mumbai will have to defend themselves from flooding by the end of the century as...
FuseSchool
Global Warming - Evaluating the Evidence
Learn the basics about global warming as part of the environmental chemistry topic.
Curated Video
Scientists warned on Monday that the Arctic ice is vanishing at a much faster rate than has previously been measured.
HEADLINE: A life without ice?
CAPTION: Scientists warned on Monday that the Arctic ice is vanishing at a much faster rate than has previously been measured. (Dec. 12)
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Scientists are warning that there is staggering...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Measuring Sea Ice at the Peak of Melt
Observe how the sea ice changed in 2016 after it reached its maximum extent in late March and proceeded through the melt season in this video from NASA. Scientists study sea ice because it influences global climate. Resouces include...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Antarctica: Sea Ice
This video segment adapted from NOVA uses microwave images to reveal how sea ice doubles the size of Antarctica each winter. Rare footage shows how sea ice crushed the famous ship Endurance in 1914. [2:34]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: What Is Ice?
Learn from NASA scientists about two forms of water (liquid and solid), and about the special properties of ice that are important to Earth's life and climate, in this video (2:35) from NASA eClips. Ice can be found in bodies of water...