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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Arctic Climate Perspectives

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, describes how global climate change is affecting Barrow, Alaska.

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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.

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Arctic Haze

In this video segment adapted from KUAC, find out why the horizon in Alaska is sometimes shrouded in pollution and what it means for climate change in the Arctic.

Arctic Sea Ice Satellite Observations

In this interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain, learn how Arctic sea ice has changed over the past 25 years in terms of maximum winter extent, concentration, and the timing of breakup each spring.

Biomes

This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and vegetation patterns in seven biomes: coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, desert, grassland, rainforest, shrubland, and tundra.

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.

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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.

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Carbon Cycle Diagram

This diagram from NASA Earth Science Enterprise illustrates Earth's carbon cycle.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Learn about climate change adaptation and mitigation in this animated video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

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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.

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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.

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Climate Migrants in Bangladesh

This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast explores the plight of the rising numbers of migrants, in the South Asian nation of Bangladesh, forced to leave their homes because of climate changes.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Climate Wisconsin: Ice Cover

Ice cover data and long term trends for Lake Mendota and Lake Mendota in Madison, WI can be explored in this interactive resource produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

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.

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Climate Wisconsin: Phenology

Explore phenology and its relation to climate change research in this multimedia video resource produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

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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.

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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.

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Climate Wisconsin: Temperature Change

Investigate observed and projected average annual temperature change in Wisconsin in this interactive resource produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

Clouds and Currents

Learn about cloud formations over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in this video from Nature.

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Clouds and Weather

Learn about different types of clouds and the weather they signal in this video featuring original stop-motion animation.

Clues from Past Climates

In this interactive produced by ThinkTV, learn how scientists discover clues to past climates that lie hidden in the natural environment, as well as in some surprising historical documents.

CO₂ Concentrations at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaiʻi

This resource, adapted from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, provides a graph of monthly average carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration from 1958 to 2000 at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaiʻi.

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.

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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.

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Deserts

Not all deserts are the same. This still collage produced for Teachers' Domain features views of different deserts around the world.

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.

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Documenting Glacial Change

This collection of comparative glacier images adapted from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows substantial changes in five Alaskan glacier positions over periods of 60 to 100 years.

Dress for the Weather

Learn more about the seasons and help George dress for the right time of year with this interactive game.

Early Exploration of Antarctic Climate

In this interactive feature produced by ThinkTV, view historic photos of Admiral Byrd’s expeditions to Antarctica, where he was one of the first explorers and scientists to record weather and climate observations.

Earth’s Albedo and Global Warming

In this interactive activity adapted from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, learn about Earth's albedo (the ratio of reflected vs. incident solar radiation), how pollution alters albedo, and how ice-albedo feedback may accelerate global warming.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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