Instructional Video9:32
PBS

That Time The Ocean Lost (Almost) All Its Oxygen

12th - Higher Ed
This is the story of how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period, at the cost of essentially suffocating the oceans for half-a-million years.
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

The Nuclear City Lost Under Ice | Camp Century

12th - Higher Ed
Hidden beneath Greenland’s ice and powered by a nuclear reactor, Camp Century made for an interesting US military base. But life under the ice came with unique struggles; and although it wasn’t mainly constructed for science, the base...
Instructional Video0:44
Curated Video

Climatology

6th - 12th
The study of climate, long-term weather patterns and behaviour, rather than its short-term fluctuations. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions....
Instructional Video5:03
Wonderscape

The Greenhouse Effect: Unraveling the Impact on Global Climate

K - 5th
This video explores the greenhouse effect and its significant role in global warming. It explains how greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to a rise in global temperatures. The...
Instructional Video5:23
Wonderscape

Climate Explained: Understanding Earth's Diverse Weather Patterns

K - 5th
This video demystifies the concept of climate, differentiating it from weather. It explains that while weather is a short-term atmospheric condition, climate represents long-term patterns in a region. The video covers various climate...
Instructional Video1:08
Next Animation Studio

Climate change is inflating the troposphere like a balloon

12th - Higher Ed
Pushed by warming air and pulled by a shrinking stratosphere, no one knows where the troposphere goes from here.
Instructional Video14:35
Curated Video

Climate

K - 8th
This live-action video program explores the different climates found on earth. Through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels, viewers will come to understand how weather, landforms and...
Instructional Video1:14
Next Animation Studio

Heat and evaporation causing “irreversible” drying of Mongolia

12th - Higher Ed
Record high temperatures in the region are accelerated by soil drying, and together these changes are magnifying the decline of soil water. <br/>
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Taking the Earth's Temperature

9th - 10th
This video segment from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "What's Up with the Weather?" depicts research efforts to record Earth's past and present temperatures shifts. [4:39]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The World Is Black and White

9th - 10th
Everything in our environment is interconnected. A change in one area causes a change in another area. Nowhere is this more evident than in our climate. NASA created a theoretical planet called "Daisy World" to show the complex system of...
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Earth's Changing Climate (Video)

9th - 10th
Take a deeper look into two scientific research projects: one that looks into the past, and the other which looks into the future. Applying the information learned through these projects can help us understand better ways to cope with...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Are Southern Hemisphere Seasons More Severe?

9th - 10th
Are Southern Hemisphere seasons more severe because of the eccentricity in Earth's orbit? [7:17]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Of Email, Data, Graphs and Climate

9th - 10th
Two investigations have cleared researchers at a climate research institute of wrongdoing after questions were raised about comments made in email exchanges between the scientists. We'll take a look at the controversy.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Remembering Stephen Schneider

9th - 10th
Climate scientist Stephen Schneider passed away this week at the age of 65. We'll talk about his life and accomplishments.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Two Cold Winters Don't Make a Climate Trend

9th - 10th
Atmospheric scientist John Wallace says he's cautious to link weird weather to global warming.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Taking the Politics Out of Climate Science

9th - 10th
Why 'conservative' doesn't have to mean 'climate change denier.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Noaa Warns of Gap in Future Forecasting Abilities

9th - 10th
Budget cuts may impair NOAA's ability to monitor severe weather, such as tornadoes and blizzards.
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Noaa Winter

3rd - 8th
NOAA satellites demonstrate why the winter of 2009-2010 was as harsh as it was in the United States. [3:10]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Why Climate Change Ups the Odds of Fires, Floods

9th - 10th
Climatologist Jennifer Francis talks about how climate change and severe weather may be linked.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Michael Mann, From the Trenches of the Climate War

9th - 10th
Michael Mann discusses his new book and his journey from computer geek to climate warrior. He also touches on what he calls a well-funded campaign to discredit climate change.