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Revolutionizing Agriculture with Low Emissions, Resilient Crops
123 views / 0 likes - addedThis project is working to revolutionize the agricultural sector with climate-resilient crops and fertilizers that have the ability to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food production. Learn more about this project: https://climategrandch
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How to Farm Crops Indoors | Earth Lab
258 views / 0 likes - addedHow can you grow plant indoors? And why is it important for the future of the planet?Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth videos http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos
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Why Our Favorite Crops Live Fast and Die Young
527 views / 0 likes - addedTo start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 We mostly grow annual plants because they reliably produce energy-rich seeds, which we like to eat. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our You
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Deadly Straw Bullets. // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany
365 views / 1 likes - addedAfter a tornado had ripped through our land, nearby housing developments, and farmland, there was a story circulated by a local farmer about the storm. He described that as he was surveying the damage to the buildings and property, he came across quite a
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Why Apple Pie Isn't American
585 views / 0 likes - addedJoin our Reddit AskScience discussion at https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6d3a4b/discussion_minuteearths_newest_video_on_the/ Buy the map & T-shirts at our store: http://dftba.com/MinuteEarth Our diets are more global than we realize, because
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The Case Of The Vanishing Honeybees - Emma Bryce
751 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-case-of-the-vanishing-honeybees-emma-bryce In the past decade, the US honeybee population has been decreasing at an alarming and unprecedented rate. While this is obviously bad news for honeypots everywhere,
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Growing DRAGON FRUIT Time Lapse - Seed To Cactus in 113 Days
296 views / 0 likes - addedSince getting this one to fruit would probably take a few years i thought i would stop at 4 months. Will put it in a light spot at home and see how big it will grow over time."Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of Cactaceae and
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Scientists just discovered how bees clean themselves
595 views / 1 likes - addedBees perform a crucial function for nature by pollinating crops. Now, researches out of Georgia Tech have explored how they keep themselves clean while dealing with that messy pollen. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.fac
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The Haber Process - Daniel D. Dulek
1,087 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-chemical-reaction-that-feeds-the-world-daniel-d-dulek How do we grow crops quickly enough to feed the Earth's billions? It's called the Haber process, which turns the nitrogen in the air into ammonia, easily
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How Ants Take Care Of Their Farms
712 views / 1 likes - addedHundreds of ant species have been farming for tens of millions of years. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, John Szymakowski, Fatima I
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The Incredible Logistics Behind Corn Farming
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Where Do Baby Carrots Come From?
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How Native Americans Are Saving Vegetables from Extinction
882 views / 2 likes - addedRare strains of corn, beans, squash and other native crops might have been lost forever if not for the protection efforts of the Potawatomi and Ojibwe tribes and the Jijak Foundation in Hopkins, Michigan. Thanks to the salvation efforts of these tribes an
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These 'Resurrection Plants' Spring Back to Life in Seconds | Deep Look
677 views / 0 likes - addedRain falls and within seconds dried-up moss that's been virtually dead for decades unfurls in an explosion of green. The microscopic creatures living in the moss come out to feed. Scientists say the genes in these “resurrection plants” might one day prote
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Why Are GMOs Bad?
1,128 views / 0 likes - addedWhy are GMOs bad? They aren’t. They just aren’t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We’ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every oth
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Craig Catches a Monster | Craig Of The Creek | @cartoonnetworkuk
42 views / 0 likes - addedCraig helps his grandad catch the mysterious creature that's eating all his crops.Subscribe to watch more awesome videos - https://goo.gl/hRAVDf Play free Craig of the Creek games on the Cartoon Network UK website - https://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk/show/c
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Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
1,065 views / 2 likes - addedAre GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded? Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt?ty=h Kurzgesagt merch here: http://bit.ly/1P1hQIH Get the music of the video here:
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Truffles and the doggies who find them for us
118 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Audible for sponsoring this video! Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial. Choose one audiobook and two Audible Originals absolutelyfree: http://audible.com/adamragusea or text adamragusea to 500-500.The Alternative Crops and Organics Progr
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Ants Are Growing Food and They're Better at It Than We Are
675 views / 2 likes - addedBelieve it or not, ants started farming way before we did. How do they do it? What A Bug Scientist Says About 'Ant-Man' - https://youtu.be/-nUpY4M1dWA Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Ants Mastered Sustainable Agri
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Life Aboard the International Space Station
320 views / 0 likes - addedFrom 250 miles above the Earths surface, NASA astronaut Anne McClain has a unique perspective. Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://bit.ly/3mOfd77More info below Circling the planet 16 times a day aboard the International Space Station, NASA as
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Can We Survive Curiosity?
592 views / 0 likes - addedThere's a March for Science happening all over the world: http://marchforscience.com This is a video about how science is both inherently political and apolitical. And how hopefully we won't end up in nuclear war... REFERENCES: Language acquisition and ag
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Why Bees Going Extinct Could Mean No More Ice Cream Or Avocados
585 views / 1 likes - addedBees pollinate more than a third of the worlds crops. So what would happen if they went extinct? For one, it would likely halve the number of fruits and vegetables on supermarket shelves. Plus, it could drastically alter the food chain, starting with inse
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Are Aliens Real?
1,155 views / 1 likes - addedHave you ever wondered if aliens exist? You’re not alone! Learn about what alien life needs to survive in the universe! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Che
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What If All The World's Supervolcanoes Erupted At Once
306 views / 0 likes - addedIf all 12 or so supervolcanoes on Earth erupted at once, civilization would likely collapse. The volcanoes would spew thousands of tons of ash and toxic gas into the atmosphere, which would linger for months and block out sunlight. This could set off a vo
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The Story of George Washington Carver
968 views / 15 likes - addedSqueaks has a big problem! Every year, he grows lettuce in the Fort's greenhouse, but this year it just won't grow. Luckily, Mister Brown knows someone who can help Squeaks and his lettuce: botanist and inventor George Washington Carver!----------------SO
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How These Flame-Throwing Tractors Kill Weeds
578 views / 0 likes - addedThese tractors are equipped with torches and propane tanks and are used to kill weeds. Today, it's commonly used for corn and soybean crops. This non-chemical method of weed control has been around for over a century. BigYield.us helps break down how the
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The Ladybug Love-In: A Valentine's Special | Deep Look
708 views / 3 likes - addedLadybugs spend most of their lives alone, gorging themselves on aphids. But every winter they take to the wind, soaring over cities and fields to assemble for a ladybug bash. In these huge gatherings, they'll do more than hibernate-it's their best chance
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Is this the Farm of the Future?
670 views / 1 likes - addedSubscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions For more on vertical farming, check out this article from ChemMatters: http://bit.ly/verticalfarmingchem There’s a new trend in agriculture called vertical farming. As humans learned to farm, we arranged plants outsid
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This Freaky Fruit Fly Lays Eggs in Your Strawberries | Deep Look
165 views / 0 likes - addedThe spotted wing drosophila may look like a common fruit fly, but its so much worse. Just as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are ripening in the field, this fly saws into them and lays her eggs inside. The growing maggots turn the
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Water Fight!: Crash Course Kids #36.1
1,519 views / 1 likes - addedSo, what happens when there's not enough water? Well... not good things. Do we let homes have more water for showering and cooking? Or do we let farms have the water for growing crops? There aren't any easy solutions, but today Sabrina chats with us about
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Humans Need Not Apply
593 views / 0 likes - addedDiscuss this video: http://www.reddit.com/r/CGPGrey/comments/2dfh5v/humans_need_not_apply/ http://www.CGPGrey.com/ https://twitter.com/cgpgrey ## Robots, Etc: Terex Port automation: http://www.terex.com/port-solutions/en/products/new-equipment/automated-g
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The Future of Farming Is Underwater
826 views / 2 likes - addedBeneath the glistening blue waves of the Bay of Noli in the Italian Riviera are biospheres bursting with basil, tomatoes, herbs and other plants. It's all a part of a science experiment known as Nemo's Garden. While growing plants underwater might seem st
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How Does Pepper Spray Work?
440 views / 0 likes - addedPersonal safety is something we all should take seriously. Whether it’s walking down a dark street at night or fighting off grizzly bears on the trail, pepper spray is an effective tool to fend off an attacker and get safely away. But have you ever though
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In Peru, a 'Foggy' Solution to a Water Shortage
835 views / 0 likes - addedMillions of people in Peru lack access to safe water and sewage services. But Abel Cruz Gutiérrez has a solution. Gutiérrez, president of the "Peruvians Without Water" association, uses an ingenious system of "fog catchers" to make water accessible to res
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The search for a safer mosquito spray
586 views / 0 likes - addedSafer, cheaper, better-smelling insect repellent is coming thanks to recent research from UC Riverside that lets researchers know what a bug’s nose knows. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY How Do Our Bodies Fight Off Dangerous Chemicals? https://youtu.be/8
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19 Secret Minecraft Features Youll Use Right Away
834 views / 4 likes - added19 Secret Minecraft Features Youll Use Right Away! Minecraft doesn't tell you much about what to do in the game, so sometimes the best features can pass you by. In that case, let's go over some of the best 'hidden' or untold features in Minecraft 1.16 tha
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Inside the Illegal Songbird Trade in Indonesia
251 views / 0 likes - addedThere are few birds more colorful or with a more beautiful song than the Javan green magpie. Unfortunately, this beauty has led the birds to be captured and sold illegally into the songbird trade in Indonesia for singing competitions or as pets. Conservat
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NASA Actually Helped Save The World — Here's How
478 views / 0 likes - addedNASA literally saved us from a planet-wide apocalypse in the 1980's. If they hadn't noticed a huge problem in our atmosphere, life on Earth would have collapsed by the year 2065. Tech Insider tells you all you need to know about tech: gadgets, how-to's,
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Why Americans Don’t Eat Enough Vegetables
978 views / 2 likes - addedIn 2011 the USDA counted two tablespoons of tomato paste as a serving of vegetables, why don’t Americans eat their veggies? Read More: The U.S. Doesn't Have Enough Of The Vegetables We're Supposed To Eat http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/19/4414
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The ancient city designed to track time
613 views / 0 likes - addedKeeping time was challenging for ancient civilizations, so this one built a city to do it. Follow Johnny on Instagram: https://goo.gl/CduwlO and Facebook: https://goo.gl/l0x5cA The first Vox Borders documentary is releasing on Youtube and Facebook on Octo
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Monsanto: The Company that Owns the World’s Food Supply
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These Mites Rain Down To Save Your Strawberries | Deep Look
259 views / 0 likes - addedTwo tiny mites duke it out on strawberry plants throughout California. One is a spider mite that sucks the juices out of the delicious crop and destroys it. The other, persimilis, is a crafty predator that growers drop by the thousands from high-tech dron
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The Power of Pollinators
375 views / 0 likes - addedEveryone has heard of honeybees, but what about the 4,000 species of wild, native bees that live alongside honey bees here in North America? Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed it! **More info & videos below** ---------------For full NATURE episodes,
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The $1.2 trillion plan that could kill 90% of humanity. w Stephen Fry.
182 views / 0 likes - addedThe US will soon review its nuclear weapons programme. Should it spend $1.2 Trillion extending and updating it?Voiced by Stephen Fry Thanks to ICAN for helping achieve the nuclear weapons treaty.Please support them at icanw.org, and visit them at https://
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What Happens If All The Bees Die?
1,110 views / 0 likes - addedWill we go extinct if the bees all die? Get FREE audiobook: http://audible.com/asap Watch AsapSCIENCE LIVE! https://youtu.be/yUofDfhaIMM Get the book elsewhere: http://asapscience.com/book Subscribe! (It's free): http://bit.ly/asapsci Written by Amanda Ed
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Irrigate like its 2000 BC with these easy DIY terracotta watering pots called ollas
167 views / 0 likes - addedMake an Olla (pronounced oi-ya)Ollas have been used for thousands of years in agriculture and gardening practices and are traditionally unglazed terracotta jugs filled with water and buried into the soil, with their necks protruding slightly. Once the por
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Bananas Are Losing The War On Fungus
650 views / 3 likes - addedThe Gros Michel banana lost the battle with fungus in the 1950s, but was replaced by the Cavendish. This time we might not have a new banana to come to the rescue. Could this be the end of bananas? Hosted by: Hank Green Thank you Craig Benzine and The Goo
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Samurai Wasps Say 'Smell Ya Later, Stink Bugs' | Deep Look
658 views / 0 likes - addedSupport Deep Look on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Yep, brown marmorated stink bugs are stinky, but that’s not the worst thing about them. They're imported agricultural pests eating their way across North America. But a native enemy from Asia
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This Vibrating Bumblebee Unlocks a Flower's Hidden Treasure | Deep Look
760 views / 1 likes - addedMost flowering plants are more than willing to spread their pollen around. But some flowers hold out for just the right partner. Bumblebees and other buzz pollinators know just how to handle these stubborn flowers. They vibrate the blooms, shaking them un
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The rise and fall of historys first empire - Soraya Field Fiorio
355 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover historys first empire: Sumer, located in Mesopotamia, which built the worlds first cities and created the first writing system.--Historys first empire rose out of a hot, dry landscape, without rainfall to nourish crops, without trees or stones fo
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Why Do Weeping Willows Weep?
77 views / 0 likes - addedMost trees reach for the sun but not the weeping willow. Why?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Hormones: chemical messengers that are secreted directly into the blood, which carries them to
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What's inside this crater in Madagascar?
111 views / 0 likes - addedOn satellite imagery, we spotted a village inside a strange crater in Madagascar. We set out to learn how it got there.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjORight in the center of the island nation of Madagascar theres a strange, almost perfectly
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The Spacefaring Power of Pee
768 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Getting to Mars is on our minds back here on Earth, and when it comes to space travel, recycling is a space traveler's best friend - pee included! Today we're looking at a brilliant new potential use for pee in space,
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The Amazing World of Bees
585 views / 0 likes - addedWithout the honeybee, a third of the world's crops would disappear... So why are we killing our buzzing buddies? Get episodes a WEEK EARLY by signing up for a free 30 day trial of the video streaming app Love Nature: http://bit.ly/KeepAnimalogicAlive It's
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The Secret Global Sewer System
354 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Ditches and drain pipes help crops survive but can negatively impact the broader landscape.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth a
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Why Don’t We Have Functional Biofuel Yet?
361 views / 0 likes - addedAlternative fuels, like ethanol and algae, have been around for years, yet there have been obstacles hindering these biofuels' take over the market. Here's why. Are We Getting Closer to Thorium Nuclear Fuel? - https://youtu.be/bcjYwxrUERg Read More: Biofu
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We don't know what a tree is (and this video won't tell you)
203 views / 0 likes - addedOffset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll protect 5 extra acres of rainforest for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/join/minuteearth.It turns out that defining what is and isn't a tree is way harder than it seems.LEARN
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Leaf Miner Fly Babies Scribble All Over Your Salad | Deep Look
291 views / 0 likes - addedThis flys larvae tunnel inside bitter-tasting greens like arugula and kale, leaving squiggly marks behind. The plants fight back with toxic chemicals. So before laying her eggs, the fly mom digs into a leaf and slurps its sap a taste test to find the leas
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The Secret Weapon That Could Help Save Bees
489 views / 2 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Honeybees are dying from parasites, pesticides, and poor nutrition, but we can help them in a number of ways, including by encouraging them to make a homemade ant
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What Has No Brain And the Ability To Self-Heal?!
313 views / 0 likes - addedWith its ability to self-heal and farm bacterial crops, slime mold is challenging everything we know about intelligent life. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://sh
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The Amazon Rainforest Doesn't Produce 20% of Our Oxygen, Here's Why
600 views / 1 likes - addedContrary to popular belief, the Amazon forest doesnt provide Earth with 20% of its oxygen supply. So how exactly do the fires currently destroying Earth's largest remaining rainforest affect us? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch mor
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The secret history of dirt
305 views / 0 likes - addedDirt isnt just the stuff beneath our feet. Its the stuff of life.Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids!Become a Video Lab member!http://bit.ly/video-labDirt is alive. It's full of billions of creatures so small you can't even see them und
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What Is The Dwarf Planet Ceres?
822 views / 2 likes - addedDon’t know what the dwarf planet Ceres is, and at this point you’re too afraid to ask? BrainStuff will give you the deets on this otherworldly object. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/asteroid.ht
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The Palm Oil Catastrophe
282 views / 0 likes - addedThe history of palm oil production and how it lead to a climate catastrophe. Facebook: https://facebook.com/nextobserver Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nextobserver Sources Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions
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GIANT Pencil Made From CORN!?
324 views / 0 likes - addedScience Matters: www.4-H.org/Bayer Big shout out to Bayer 4H Council for partnering with us on this video! Note: The vast majority of corn is for feed or fuel, not food for people https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sweet-corn-vs-field-corn_n_596f6718e4b0a03ab
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How Is Cotton Candy Made? | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids
1,320 views / 4 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks and Mister Brown love cotton candy, so they learn how cotton candy machines turn regular sugar into fluffy, delicious cotton candy!Hosted
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Fire Ants Turn Into a Stinging Life Raft to Survive Floods | Deep Look
181 views / 0 likes - addedDuring hurricane season, as floodwater flows into their nest, red fire ants build a terrifying raft out of their own interlocking bodies. If you wade into this ant raft nightmare, youll likely get a vicious bite and sting.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! https://w
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How Close Are We to Saving the Bees?
460 views / 1 likes - addedA world without bees would sting, to say the least. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more How Close Are We | http://bit.ly/HCAWplaylist Follow Olivia on Instagram: @OliviaPavcoGCorrection: Our Interview with Dr. Villalobos & scenes
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