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Adopting Sustainable Food Practices Hear about how respect for Earth can help us attain a more sustainable lifestyle in the face of climate change in this video segment adapted from United Tribes Technical College. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Alaska Native Teens Help Researchers In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Native students contribute to research on how their environment is changing as a result of global warming. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
An Ancient Legend Teaches Climate Change Adaptation Today’s unsustainable use of natural resources is compared to the legend of the giant Uab, in this video adapted from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Antarctica's Dry Valleys In this video segment produced by ThinkTV with the Byrd Polar Research Center, a young scientist describes her journey to the remote Dry Valleys of Antarctica and her search for life under some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Antarctica: A Challenging Work Day What happens when the ground under your feet is ice and it's moving? This video segment adapted from NOVA features some of the dangers faced by scientists conducting research in Antarctica. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Antarctic Ice: Sea Level Change What would happen if a portion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt? This video segment adapted from NOVA uses animations to show the effect of a 6-meter sea-level rise on coastal cities across the world. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Arctic Climate Perspectives This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, describes how global climate change is affecting Barrow, Alaska. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	6-9	Video
Arctic Climate System Learn how the Arctic is a part of a global climate system in this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Capturing Carbon In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, a scientist, inspired by his daughter's science fair project, develops a synthetic "tree" to remove excess carbon dioxide from the air. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Carbon-Fiber Car of the Future In this video segment adapted from NOVA, find out how cars made of a material stronger than steel and half the weight can help combat climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Changing Arctic Landscape In this video adapted from the Arctic Athabaskan Council, learn how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the landscape, triggering a host of effects such as permafrost thawing and insect infestations. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Chemist and Biologist Catherine Drennan In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, learn about MIT professor Cathy Drennan's research into microorganisms that remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Climate and Human Evolution In this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Becoming Human," learn how the analysis of rock layers and ocean sediments supports the theory that rapid climate change may have jump-started human evolution two million years ago. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Learn about climate change adaptation and mitigation in this animated video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Change Impacts Alaska Glaciers This video adapted from KTOO takes a look at Earth's warming and cooling cycles and the current atypical trend of warming that is impacting the glaciers in Alaska's Inside Passage. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Change Threatens Pacific Paradise Learn how climate change has impacted food and freshwater resources on the Carteret Islands of Papua New Guinea, in these two videos adapted from UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative and Pacific Black Box, Inc. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Models In this video by ThinkTV, explore the many uses of climate models and see a visualization of a global climate model. Models are tools scientists use to see patterns and trends. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Birkebeiner Experience the largest cross-country ski race in North America and learn how it is being impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Farming Learn how a family farm in Wisconsin functions and how it is impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Forestry Learn how a family farm in Wisconsin functions and how it is impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Ice Fishing Discover how climate change is impacting ice fishing in Wisconsin in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Phenology Explore phenology and its relation to climate change research in this multimedia video resource produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Great Lakes Shipping Learn how shipping on the Great Lakes is being impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Sugaring In this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, learn how maple syrup is produced and how its production may be impacted by climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Conserving a Unique Ecosystem in Micronesia Learn about the steps that the people of Kosrae, Micronesia, are taking to protect their natural resources, in this video adapted from the Micronesia Conservation Trust. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Dendroclimatology in the Navajo Nation In this video segment adapted from Navajo Technical College, meet a dendroclimatologist who studies the relationship between precipitation and tree growth in the Navajo Nation. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Diatoms Measure Climate Change In this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Becoming Human," learn what the analysis of fossilized microscopic algae in sediment tells us about rapid changes in climate in Africa's past. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Earth's Cryosphere: Antarctica Learn about the different features of snow and ice in Antarctica using satellite imagery in this video segment adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Earth's Cryosphere: The Arctic In this video segment adapted from NASA, take a tour of the cryosphere in North America and the Arctic using satellite imagery. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Earth System: El Niño This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center describes El Niño, how it forms, and the chain reaction of consequences it triggers around the globe. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Earth System: Ice and Global Warming This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains ice's role in the Earth system, highlighting the delicate balance that could be upset with a continued rise in temperature due to climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Effect of Sea Surface Temperature on Hurricanes In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, scientists examine the link between rising sea surface temperature and more intense hurricanes. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
The Effects of Atmospheric Particles on Climate This video segment produced by ThinkTV explains that particles suspended in the atmosphere, or aerosols, can have a surprising effect on regional warming and cooling, adding to the complexity of global climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990 In this 1990 archival news footage from Cambridge Community Television, environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks about the possible effects of climate change at an Earth Day celebration in Cambridge, MA. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Extreme Heat Learn how extreme heat—which is projected to occur more frequently in our changing climate—disproportionately affects the urban elderly and the poor in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Fastest Glacier In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, scientists in western Greenland explain how a glacier there is shrinking and moving faster due to increased melting. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Field Research on Glacial Change In this video segment produced by ThinkTV, learn how scientists take measurements in the field to gain an overall understanding of changes in local water supplies, and how they may relate to changes in the mass of nearby glaciers. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Climate Wisconsin: Fly Fishing Learn how fly fishing and trout are impacted by Wisconsin’s changing climate in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Global Warming: The Physics of the Greenhouse Effect This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE examines the greenhouse effect, its role in keeping Earth habitable, and the industrial changes that have led to an increase in the planet's average temperature. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Global Warming Threatens Caribou This video segment adapted from Arctic Mission presents the challenges faced by caribou herds unable to adapt to a warming climate. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Global Warming Threatens Shishmaref In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, visit the Alaska Native village of Shishmaref, and learn how an entire town may be forced to relocate because of warmer temperatures, melting sea ice, and coastal erosion. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Global Warming Threatens World Water Supply Potentially half of the world's water supply may be at risk because of melting glaciers. Learn more about the consequences of global warming in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Heat." Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Healing Mother Earth for Future Generations In this video segment adapted from United Tribes Technical College, meet Native Americans who are concerned about climate change and believe that action today can help future generations once again live in harmony with Earth. Accessibility features: Caption	3-11	Video
High Altitude Glaciers in the Tropics While it may seem like a contradiction, glaciers do exist in the tropical latitudes. In this video produced by ThinkTV, learn about tropical glaciers and why scientists are studying them to better understand global climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
How the Arctic Ecosystem Might Change In this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn why the unique Arctic ecosystem may be replaced if global warming continues to melt sea ice. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
How The Ohio River Was Formed This video segment adapted from KET's Where the River Bends demonstrates how climate change and glacier movement during the Ice Ages destroyed the old Teays River and created the Ohio River, Kentucky's northern border. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Hunters Navigate Warming Arctic In this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn how the Inuit people have used their traditional knowledge to understand and adapt to changes in their Arctic environment, particularly when hunting and navigating the landscape. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Ice-Core Record of Climate This video excerpt from NOVA: “Extreme Ice” explores how ice cores reveal a relationship between greenhouse gases and climate. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Inuit Observations of Climate Change In this video adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, an Inuit community collaborates with Western scientists studying climate change. Inuit observations are recorded and included in the data collection process, expanding the scientists' understanding of changes in the area. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
La'ona DeWilde: Environmental Biologist In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet La'ona DeWilde, an environmental biologist who integrates her Athabascan heritage and her Western scientific training to help remote Alaskan villages address environmental issues. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Losing Permafrost in Alaska In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, learn how Alaska Native communities that rely on hunting and fishing are threatened by rising temperatures and melting permafrost. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Mass Extinction In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about a chain of events, including ancient volcanoes, global warming, and deadly gases, which may have caused Earth's greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Melting Permafrost In this video adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, see melting permafrost and hear Alaska Native peoples and Western scientists discuss its impact on Inuit culture and resources. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Micronesia's Changing Climate: The Problem Discover what Pacific Island communities can do to reduce the impact of climate change, in these four videos adapted from the Micronesia Conservation Trust. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Mitigating Climate Change In this video segment adapted from Navajo Technical College, meet a chemistry professor who explains some of the core concepts connected to climate change: carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and emissions from energy use. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Native Student Filmmakers Focus on Climate Change In this video segment adapted from Haskell Indian Nations University, student filmmakers explain why it is important to them to make a video about climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Navajo Elders' Observations on Climate Change In this video segment adapted from Navajo Technical College, hear about changes in climate and in the natural environment as observed by two Navajo Elders. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Navajo Reflections on Climate Change In this video segment adapted from Navajo Technical College, meet two members of the Navajo Nation, one Elder and one scientist, as they share their observations about how precipitation has changed since they were children. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
North Dakota Tribal Members Talk About Climate Change In this video segment about climate change adapted from United Tribes Technical College, members of several Native American tribes discuss their observations about how the seasons are changing and share their concerns and hopes for the future. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Observing Changes in Snowfall Learn how snowfall happening later in the year than usual is impacting cultural practices in this video segment about climate change adapted from the College of Menominee Nation. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Observing Changes in Water Resources In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, tribal members observe lower water levels in lakes and streams and call for global, collaborative solutions to address climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Ocean Temperatures and Climate Patterns This animation from The New Media Studio illustrates how the atmosphere and ocean together shape wind, current, and rainfall patterns in the tropical Pacific. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Pacific Islands Benefit from Climate Change Adaptations Discover how island communities in Papua New Guinea are adapting to climate change, in these three videos from The Nature Conservancy. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Penguin Response to Climate Change Find out how climate change is affecting Antarctic Adélie penguins and their ecosystem in this video segment adapted from Lloyd Fales and Sweetspot Pictures, Inc. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
People of the Arctic This video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada explores how the Inuit people have adapted their traditions and ways of life to changing environmental realities. The video features archival footage and interviews in Native languages. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Restoring Wetlands in Hawai‘i Learn how Hawai‘i’s wetlands help reduce the effects of climate change, in this video from the Hawai‘i Nature Center. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Role of Ocean Currents in Climate This video produced by ThinkTV describes the overall functions of ocean surface currents, their movement across the planet, and their relationship to climate. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Salmon Move into Deeper Waters For generations, Native Americans have depended on their observations of nature for their survival. In this video segment adapted from Northwest Indian College, an Elder recalls how fishermen suspected the water was warming after observing salmon retreating to deeper waters. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Samoa Under Threat In this video segment adapted from Bullfrog Films, a local climatologist talks about the Pacific island of Samoa, which is under threat from an increasing number of intense storms possibly related to global warming. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Sandy and Climate Change This video excerpt from NOVA: “Inside the Megastorm” explores how global climate may have influenced Hurricane Sandy. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Seasons Are Moving In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, tribal members share examples of how seasons are changing, and how these changes are affecting local plants. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Snapshot of U.S. Energy Use This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	3-12	Video
Soil Microbes and Global Warming In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, discover how warmer winters in Alaska may cause soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Solar Magnetism This video segment adapted from NOVA describes how the Sun's magnetism can have an effect here on Earth, from dramatic auroras to a mini-Ice Age in the 1600s. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Solar Paint Your Roof In this video segment adapted from NOVA, see how nanotechnology might be used to create a new, cheaper way to produce solar electricity for the home. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Solar Panels for Your Home In this video segment adapted from NOVA, take a look inside a solar panel to see how it works, and hear firsthand about the benefits from homeowners who are using this technology. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Steve MacLean: Conservationist In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet conservationist Steve MacLean, an Iñupiaq from Barrow, Alaska, who works to preserve the health of the Bering Sea ecosystem. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Storms on Jupiter View images and animation of storms on Jupiter and find out what scientists learned from them in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Students Measure Changes in Lake Ice and Snow In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, students provide field measurements that researchers need in order to understand how lakes in Alaska are changing as a result of climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change This video adapted from the Arctic Athabaskan Council explains how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the ecosystem and threatening the subsistence culture of the Athabaskan people. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Sustainable Pacific Island Watersheds Learn about Pacific Island watersheds, some of the threats they face, and their relationship to freshwater and marine resources, in these videos adapted from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Sustaining Freshwater Lenses Learn about the threats to freshwater lenses in the Marshall Islands, in this video adapted from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Sustaining Healthy Coral Reefs in Micronesia Learn about the dual impact of land pollution and climate change on coral reefs, and the steps being taken by communities in Micronesia to protect them, in these two videos adapted from the Micronesia Conservation Trust. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
The Difference Between Weather and Climate See how ice cover data from Lake Mendota in Madison, WI can explain the difference between weather and climate in this video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Warming Trend and the Greenhouse Effect This video segment produced by ThinkTV explains the greenhouse effect and its connection to the recent rise in Earth's average temperature. Scientists explore the role of human activity in the increase of greenhouse gases and the warming trend. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Tropical Ice Cores Measure Climate In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, glaciologist Lonnie Thompson shows how glacial ice cores from the tropics track centuries of climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	6-8	Video
Trying to Breathe on Mount Everest In this video segment adapted from NOVA, climbers attempting to reach Mount Everest's summit must contend with the low levels of oxygen at high altitudes. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Uncertainty in Climate Change Modeling Learn why trout are important indicators in Wisconsin’s changing climate, and why the uncertainty of global climate models complicates predictions about their survival, in this video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
An Unpredictable Environment In this video segment adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Inuit observers describe how their traditional understanding of weather patterns is being challenged by unpredictable weather behaviors. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Warmer Oceans Affect Food Web In this video adapted from KTOO, scientists discuss how ocean warming may be responsible for the decline in the seabird, seal, and sea lion populations of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Warmer Water Kills Salmon Eggs In this video segment adapted from Northwest Indian College, a Native American Elder explains her observation that a temperature rise of just 3°F is killing salmon eggs. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Warming Climate and Invasive Species In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, learn about the emergence of invasive forest species and diseases and their possible impact on the Menominee tribal forest. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Why Does Climate Change Matter? In this video segment adapted from United Tribes Technical College, listen as six Native American students share their concerns, hopes, and knowledge about climate change. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video