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Young citizen scientists assist in Salt Lake City air quality research - Science Nation
Community, students and scientists benefit from partnership to assess particulate matter pollution
Middle and high school students in Salt Lake City are helping scientists and the community better understand particulate matter...
TED Talks
Anirudh Sharma: Ink made of air pollution
What if we could capture pollution in the air around us and turn it into something useful? Inventor Anirudh Sharma shares how he created AIR-INK, a deep black ink that's made from PM 2.5 pollution. See how he hacked together a clever way...
The Guardian
London's toxic school runs: how polluted is the air children breathe?
Most UK cities have had illegally polluted air for nearly a decade, and the effect of air pollution is particularly bad on children. Ahead of Clean Air Day, we conducted an experiment to assess the air quality on a school run in central...
Curated Video
Effect of Air Pollutants on Health | Environmental Chemistry | Chemistry | FuseSchool
Learn the basics about the effect of air pollutants on health within environmental chemistry. SUBSCRIBE to the Fuse School YouTube channel for many more educational videos. Our teachers and animators come together to make fun &...
SciShow
This is Weird but...COVID Decreased Lightning Strikes
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just affected us. It’s also affected the weather. And this turns out to be a lucky natural experiment to help us understand how much we influence the world around us.
Science360
Scientists detail Front Range air pollution - FRAPPE
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and partner organizations are using specially equipped aircraft, mobile radars, balloon-mounted sensors, and sophisticated computer simulations to measure local and...
TED Talks
TED: Art made of the air we breathe | emily Parsons-Lord
emily Parsons-Lord re-creates air from distinct moments in earth's history -- from the clean, fresh-tasting air of the Carboniferous period to the soda-water air of the Great Dying to the heavy, toxic air of the future we're creating. By...
The Guardian
Toxic school run: how polluted is the air that children breathe?
Most of Britain's cities have had illegally polluted air for nearly a decade and the effect of air pollution is particularly bad on children. Ahead of Clean Air Day, we conducted an experiment to assess the air quality on a school run in...
Curated Video
What makes Delhi's air so deadly
The policy behind the pollution. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Every November, Northern India experiences some of the most dangerous air pollution levels in the world. Typical pollution sources like car exhaust,...
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Public Transport: The Urea Fuel Additive Experiment
Discover how Winchester is leading the way in cleaner transport with a revolutionary bus fuel additive made from urea, a chemical found in animal waste. This innovative technology converts harmful exhaust fumes into harmless steam,...
Curated Video
Living in Harmony: The Canopy House Experience
Discover how Emmanuel Coste's Canopy House merges Feng Shui principles with sustainable design to create a healthy, comfortable living environment. Learn about the innovative double-flux ventilation system, natural materials, and the...
TED Talks
Natalie Jeremijenko: The art of the eco-mindshift
Natalie Jeremijenko's unusual lab puts art to work, and addresses environmental woes by combining engineering know-how with public art and a team of volunteers. These real-life experiments include: Walking tadpoles, texting "fish,"...
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NSF supports Array of Things prototype in Chicago - Science Nation
New urban-scale smart city technology acts as a fitness tracker for livability Description: University of Chicago scientists supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are collaborating with researchers at the Argonne National...
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Greenstreets Drexel University researchers investigate urban ecosystem improvements
"Greenstreets" are specially engineered vegetated areas, such as medians and traffic islands, with benefits that go beyond beautifying a city's landscape. From managing stormwater to alleviating air pollution, greenstreets can provide...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding and Solving Problems
This video explores the concept of problems and their various forms. It highlights how problems can range from everyday inconveniences, such as a clogged sink, to complex issues like finding the cause of diseases or combating air...
TED Talks
Joanne Chory: How supercharged plants could slow climate change
Plants are amazing machines -- for millions of years, they've taken carbon dioxide out of the air and stored it underground, keeping a crucial check on the global climate. Plant geneticist Joanne Chory is working to amplify this special...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: European Science on Station
Angelique Van Ombergen details the unique experiments from the European Space Agency on the International Space Station. HWHAP Episode 217.
Science360
Tropospheric ozone - Summers of smog
Local weather forecast warnings about unhealthy air could become much more common around the country. A recent scientific study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research warns of a whopping 70% increase in the number of days with...
The Guardian
How heat is radically altering Americans' lives before they're even born
Even before a child is born in the US, their race plays a huge part in how they'll experience heat and pollution. It starts with America's history of racist housing policies that segregated families of color into undesirable...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Breath of the Earth
Annmarie Eldering describes an experiment on the International Space Station that is gathering data on carbon dioxide around the globe. HWHAP Episode 216.
Curated Video
One reason why coronavirus hits black people the hardest
Toxic air can weaponize the coronavirus. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Across the US, black people are dying from Covid-19 at disproportionately high rates. While there are many different factors at play behind the...
Curated Video
Lightning | Electricity | Physics | FuseSchool
Lightning | Electricity | Physics | FuseSchool A flash of lightning, and a rumble of thunder. But what exactly are these spectacular occurrences? In 1752, Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning was caused by powerful electrical...
Curated Video
Cool Us or Kill Us? Did Geoengineering Cause a Huge Famine?
This episode of Weathered explores the controversial world of solar geoengineering by injecting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere, looking at both the controversial promises and profound risks associated with manipulating the...