TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare
Is it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing? In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The science of smog - Kim Preshoff
On July 26, 1943, Los Angeles was blanketed by a thick gas that stung people’s eyes and blocked out the Sun. Panicked residents believed their city had been attacked using chemical warfare. But the cloud wasn’t an act of war. It was...
Curated Video
Quarrying - economic, environmental and social effects
Learn the basics about quarrying, its economic advantages and disadvantages concerning environment and healthy living. What is quarrying? and how does it affect us and our environment? Find out more in this video!
Curated Video
What is Evolution: A REALLY SIMPLE and Brief Explanation
Evolution “is the net change in organisms or a population over the span of many generations.” This change in organisms or populations happens through DNA mutations and reconbination and is passed down to the next generation through...
Visual Learning Systems
What Is Science?: Careers in Science
This instructive video describes what makes science different from other disciplines, while highlighting many exciting science career opportunities. Concepts and terminology: observing, solving problems, health, career, education, and...
Curated Video
What Is Carbon Neutral and Biofuels
Learn the basics about carbon neutral and biofuels, as a part of environmental chemistry. Coal, oil, natural gas, shale gas and gas from fracking are fossil fuels formed hundreds of millions of years ago from living things that got...
Let's Tute
Understanding Environmental Pollution: Types and Causes
This video discusses the problem of environmental pollution and its three aspects: the introduction of contaminants, the extent to which they are present, and their harm to living beings and the environment. It also covers different...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? - Dan Kwartler
Human beings are everywhere. With settlements on every continent, we can be found in the most isolated corners of Earth's jungles, oceans and tundras. Our impact is so profound, most scientists believe humanity has left a permanent mark...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why is biodiversity so important? - Kim Preshoff
Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in...
SciShow
Oh No...Is Nature Going to Make Climate Change WORSE?! | SciShow News
Photosynthesis plays a huge role in regulating the earth's CO2. But what happens when the temperature gets high enough that photosynthesis slows down?
Natural History Museum
What is environmental DNA? | Live talk with NHM scientist
We mostly think of DNA as something we find inside the cells of living things, but actually it’s all around us. It’s in the ground, in the water and even in the air! What’s it doing there? How can we study it? What can we learn from it?...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang
Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what's its environmental impact? Angel...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do animals see in the dark? - Anna Stockl
To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, shapes, and colors. What is it, then, that separates moths from men?...
Curated Video
Environmental Science – Grad, Div and Curl (1/3)
Introduction to this gradient vector. What is meant by 'steepness of a path' on a hillside? (Part 1 of 3) Playlist link - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4CDD2976B5FE747 Transcript link -...
Curated Video
What Is Environmental Sampling?
From this video you will learn that ecologists are interested in the distribution of organisms within habitats, and use transects and quadrats and other sampling methods to collect quantitative data. They take unbiased and representative...
MinuteEarth
Why The Ocean Needs Salt
Our oceans don’t technically contain salt, but the ions salt is made of play a critical role in planet-wide processes that make the Earth habitable.
Curated Video
What Is The Water Cycle
Science, Chemistry, learn, Revision, GCSE, Alevels, AQA, students free online courses video science videos, student, fuseschool, global education, ict4d, Water (Chemical Compound), Water Cycle, Environmental Chemistry (Field Of Study),...
Curated Video
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...
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Environment - What is organic farming
As populations have grown, farming practices have become more intensified to maximise crop yields and ensure we can feed the ever growing population. Fertilisers and pesticides are used on crops, and animals may be kept inside in more...
Curated Video
What Is Water Pollution
Learn the basics about water pollution, whilst learning about environmental chemistry. The substances mankind throws away have polluted lakes, rivers and even the oceans. The United Nations estimate that around 10% of the world’s people...
Curated Video
What Is The Carbon Cycle - Part 1| Environmental Chemistry
Watch the first part of our Carbon Cycle videos, as 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...
FuseSchool
What Is The Hole In The Ozone - Part 2
Learn some more about the hole in the ozone, as a part of environmental chemistry. The hole in the ozone layer has become thinner, mainly due to CFC’s. CFCs are inert stable molecules and were once the wonder chemical. They were...
Curated Video
What Is A Species?
Carl Linnaeus classified all living things into groups based upon their physical features. His system placed organisms with the most similar characteristics together in a group he called the “species”. A species is defined as all...
Curated Video
What is GOES-R?
The GOES-R series, NOAA's next-generation geostationary weather satellites, is a game changer. These satellites will provide continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s Western Hemisphere, total lightning data, and space...