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Why soil is one of the most amazing things on Earth | BBC Ideas
900 views / 0 likes - addedSoil is underappreciated. But it's vital in so many ways. Here's a look at the importance of soil - and why soil matters so much.This was made in partnership with The Royal Society. Animation by Flock London.Enjoyed this? Have a watch of this video next!
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How to test the soil in your garden | Do Try This At Home | We The Curious
261 views / 0 likes - addedSoil is essential to life as we know it on planet Earth. This week, Robbie and Joel show you a simple activity to try at home to investigate what kind of soil you might have in your garden. How to scramble an egg inside its shell: https://youtu.be/HCAsQU5
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Soil Is Alive!
581 views / 0 likes - addedJessie and Squeaks make a new friend named Grady, and he teaches them about all the living things you can find in soil!Disciplinary Core Idea:LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in d
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Why Noise Pollution Is More Dangerous Than We Think | The Backstory | The New Yorker
1,078 views / 1 likes - addedDavid Owen reports on noise pollution, an intangible phenomenon with serious costs to human health and wildlife. Still haven’t subscribed to The New Yorker on YouTube http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesub Why Noise Pollution Is More Dangerous Than We Th
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This Is What Pollution Does To Your Body
1,450 views / 12 likes - addedChina has issued its first red alert for air pollution, but what are the potential dangers of being surrounded by pollution? Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1McUJdm What Are The World's Cleanest Cities? ►►►► http://dne.ws/1Zd0x
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Is Soil Alive?
140 views / 0 likes - addedTo learn more about restoration action - and get involved - visit RESTOR from the Crowther Lab at https://restor.eco.Soil doesn't seem like it's "alive", yet it functions like a living thing in lots of key ways.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about
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Spinach Time-Lapse - 40 days | Soil cross section
350 views / 0 likes - addedSpinach time lapse with soil cross section. Revealing both - how spinach leaves and roots grow.Root development is best visible at germination and 30 days in.Those brighter dots in the soil, moving like there is no tomorrow, are saprotrophs - bugs and wor
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Nature's Superheroes: The Pollution Problem
644 views / 2 likes - addedIncreasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing the oceans to heat up. This is bad news for coral reefs and the animals that depend on them, such as animals with shells. Join Madeline, Charlie, and Ezra to learn about how pollution affects our envi
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Light Pollution Is More Dangerous Than You Think!
767 views / 2 likes - addedLight pollution in cities can make it hard for us to see the stars, but can it also kill baby sea turtles? How dangerous is light pollution? This Is What Pollution Does To Your Body - https://youtu.be/_k22ejJ_fvc Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - h
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Where Does Soil Come From?
1,476 views / 4 likes - addedTrees come from seeds, and birds come from eggs, but where does all the soil and dirt come from?----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a question for Jessi, Squeaks,
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Explaining the Science of Soil
391 views / 0 likes - addedThey say you are what you eat. This applies to cows, too. Which is why Horizon Organic dairy farmer, Cody Turner is all about biodiversity. He plants a variety of grasses and legumes in the pasture at his family farm and carefully tends his soil to ensure
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How can we solve our plastic pollution problem?
277 views / 1 likes - addedJoin us for a live conversation on plastic pollution, the solutions, and whats at stake if we dont act now.
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Earthworm Effects on Soil: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
159 views / 0 likes - addedClay animation video showcasing some of the effects earthworms have on the soils they inhabit, with emphasis on the fact that while they can be good in some soils, they can negatively affect other soil environments, especially when they are invasive. Ther
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Sooty Birds Share Dirt on Air Pollution [60 Second Specimens]
632 views / 0 likes - addedEvery specimen has a story; these dirty birds helped scientists answer questions about levels of air pollution in the United States over a period of 135 years. More 60 Second Specimen stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8_5VpX9Txpke4mWgBrsHV
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A light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide
541 views / 1 likes - addedUsing high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the effect of raindrops falling on dry soil laden with bacteria. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/light-rain-spread-soil-bacteria-0307) Watch more vid
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Erosion and Soil
1,137 views / 1 likes - addedJared explains why erosion occurs more slowly when soil is paired with leaf debris or plants, in this simple demonstration you can try at home or in class! Are you a teacher? Click here to explore our teaching resources! https://sites.google.com/temple.ed
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Pedaling Through Pollution
580 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more and find out how you can take part at wnyc.org/streets. Find out about this National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Study here : Avoiding belligerent bus drivers or unwitting tourists popping out of taxis are just a few of the more
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How These Handmade Tiles Lock Up Air Pollution | World Wide Waste
479 views / 1 likes - addedA startup in India makes cement tiles using the black carbon that causes smog. But can new building materials help clear the air in a country with some of the world's worst pollution?MORE BUSINESS INSIDER VIDEOS: How Old Tires Are Turned Into Electricity
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Bean Time-Lapse - 25 days | Soil cross section
1,099 views / 3 likes - addedKidney bean time lapse with soil cross section. Showing how roots ant upper part of plant grows. Play speed - 17280x (one shot every 9 minutes 36 seconds played at 30 FPS). This was fourth attempt. During other attempts roots grew hidden, further from the
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London has a toxic air pollution problem. One solution was born in the 1950s | WIRED
792 views / 0 likes - addedLondon is in the midst of an air pollution crisis, but it’s not a new problem. The Great Smog of 1952 caused the deaths of 12,000 people in just four days. Back then, as London choked on chimney fumes, one project had an innovative solution. Subscribe to
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Why the Plastic Pollution Problem Is So Much Worse Than You Think
545 views / 2 likes - addedCan we really clean our way out of this problem?Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Theres been a lot of talk on YouTube lately about ocean plastic pollution and #TeamSeas. But there has
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Short Film: How a 90-year-old Balinese Fisherman Fights Plastic Pollution
208 views / 1 likes - addedEach year, just about 30,000 metric tonnes of plastic pollution enter Indonesias waters. How does one man plan to clean it up?Special thanks to Jackson Wild Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Catch up on Seeker Indie! https://bit.ly/3cpNPc
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Can We Use Pollution to Find Aliens?
482 views / 0 likes - addedAstrophysicist Avi Loeb wants to hunt for pollution in other planets’ atmospheres to determine whether or not we are alone in the universe. Learn more by watching "NOVA Wonders: Are We Alone?" at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wonders/#are-we-alone NOVA on
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Food Grown Without Soil. Lufa Farms
594 views / 0 likes - addedUsing city rooftops to grow healthy sustainable food. Learn how Lufa Farms is using technology and automation to grow fresh food daily with no soil, no pesticides, less water and zero waste. Support our educational documentaries by contributing on Patreon
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DIY Seed Starting Soil Made Easy
117 views / 0 likes - addedSeed Starting Time Is Here My Friends! The beginning of a great garden year all starts with our seedlings. And to get the best seedlings, a good starting soil mix is the foundation. Seeding soils are a different beast than regular garden soils and today w
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Where Are the Stars? See How Light Pollution Affects Night Skies | Short Film Showcase
689 views / 0 likes - addedOf the many ways Earth is polluted, light pollution may be the least talked about. It's not an illusion; astronomers measure it from one to nine on the Bortle scale, and earlier this year, one study suggested that light pollution may be causing spring to
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How noise pollution threatens ocean life | The Economist
629 views / 2 likes - addedNoise pollution has led to multiple whale-strandings and poses a threat to thousands of ocean creatures. Meet the scientist who is mapping ocean noise in a bid to dial down the volume. Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: https://econ.st/2
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Flip-Flops Made From Plants And Algae Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution | World Wide Waste
303 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers at the University of California San Diego have figured out how to turn algae into flip flops. They founded a startup to sell the shoe, but face a challenge in getting their invention mass produced: There aren't enough algae farms to support th
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Radish Time-Lapse - 68 days | Soil cross section
363 views / 0 likes - addedRadish time lapse with soil cross section. Showing development of radish from germination to flowering. Both - roots and upper parts of plant are shown. This one didn't went according to plant. Initial plant was to make time lapse of a month or month and
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How light pollution affects stars in the night sky
547 views / 1 likes - addedAt night, artificial light can block our view of the stars. Night light pollution levels determine how well stars can be seen, and are based on a scientific scale that measures the brightness of the night sky. Photographer Sriram Murali filmed timelapse v
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Pollution: Crash Course Ecology #11
1,008 views / 0 likes - addedHank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment in this penultimate episode of Crash Course Ecology. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine distruptors - and ultimately, humans
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On Light Pollution: The End of Darkness | The New Yorker
879 views / 0 likes - addedIn our increasingly light-polluted world, what does it take to glimpse a truly dark night sky? Still haven’t subscribed to The New Yorker on YouTube ►► http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesub CONNECT WITH THE NEW YORKER Web: http://www.newyorker.com Twitt
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Breaking Paddleboard Records to Fight Pollution
441 views / 1 likes - addedLizzie Carr took up paddleboarding to get back in shape after undergoing treatment for cancer, and it wasnt long before she became dismayed by all the plastic pollution she saw floating in Englands waterways. Soon enough, Lizzie was on plastic patrol, set
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President Obama Explains How Pollution Affects Our Planet
923 views / 9 likes - addedPresident Barack Obama joins us today to discuss how NASA mapped pollution from space and what it means for our future. Join the conversation on Twitter #ObamaOnDNews! Watch President Obama on Science Presents DNews every night this week at 9/8c on Scienc
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Plastic Pollution. Ocean Confetti.
2,146 views / 11 likes - addedThanks to CSIRO for supporting MinuteEarth. - http://csirofrvblog.com/ Support MinuteEarth on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth And Subscribe! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 ________________________ Created by Henr
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How an Architect Is Turning Air Pollution Into Gorgeous Tile
126 views / 0 likes - addedTejas Sidnal is an architect who believes people in his profession have a responsibility to rid the world of air pollution. Which is why he founded Carbon Craft Design, a startup in Mumbai, India that upcycles carbon emissions into construction materials.
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Tracking Air Pollution With the Pigeon Patrol | That's Amazing
650 views / 1 likes - addedMore than five million people die every year from pollution-related illnesses, and nearly 10,000 of those deaths occur in London. But Romain LaCombe has made it his mission to change that. To do so, LaCombe—the London-based CEO of Plume Labs—has designed
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Why 99% of ocean plastic pollution is "missing"
336 views / 0 likes - addedThe plastic we dump into the ocean might be hiding in plain sight. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out htt
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What is Soil Made Of?
560 views / 1 likes - addedAn animated introduction to soils functions and threats. © FAO: http://www.fao.org
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Growing Tomatoes Indoors With 94% Less Water And No Soil
381 views / 0 likes - addedWith climate change and rising populations, we have to find more sustainable ways to farm our food. Are hydroponic greenhouses the key to farming's future? Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go This is an excerpt from the Australian docum
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Growing Plants Without Soil! | Squeaks Grows a Garden! | SciShow Kids
138 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Today, Squeaks and Mister Brown explore the world of plants with an experiment! They'll learn what plants actually need to grow, which can help th
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Pollution Is Changing The Sex Of These Animals!
1,318 views / 2 likes - addedWhat if our gender was determined by external temperature at a certain point in fetal development? For these animals, this is the reality! How Does Asexual Reproduction Work? - http://bit.ly/28NW9Cr Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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How noise pollution is ruining your hearing
575 views / 0 likes - addedOur ears are exposed to dangerous levels of noise every single day. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Health organizations warn that continual exposure to noise levels above 70 decibels can potentially damage your ears. And yet we are routine
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Could Your Phone Hurt You? Electromagnetic Pollution
794 views / 0 likes - addedGet a 30 day free trial of Dashlane by going to : https://www.dashlane.com/kurzgesagt If you like it use the code ‘kurzgesagt’ at checkout – the first 200 people will get 10% off. Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-electrosmo
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A robotic eel that sniffs out pollution
587 views / 0 likes - addedScientists in Switzerland built a robotic eel to detect pollutants in water. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/kdDpXu FOLLOW QUARTZ: Facebook: https://goo.gl/DsmLvx Twitter: https://goo.gl/rY7pSX Check out the rest of our videos: https://goo.gl/A8gZvx Quartz is a
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Teen Titans Go! | Teen Titans vs. Pollution | Cartoon Network UK
565 views / 3 likes - addedThe Titans meet a real monster of the oceans, Pollution! The Titans learn how to fight it.Welcome to the official Cartoon Network UK YouTube channel!Get ready to laugh out loud and have loads of fun by subscribing to the channel! -https://goo.gl/hRAVDf Wa
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Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic
1,763 views / 10 likes - addedModern life would be impossible without plastic – but we have long since lost control over our invention. Why has plastic turned into a problem and what do we know about its dangers? This video is a collaboration with UN Environment and their Clean
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Bears Eat Dirt?
793 views / 0 likes - addedAfter months of hibernation, Yellowstone's grizzly bears immediately eat volcanic soil to jumpstart their digestive systems. The soil contains potassium and magnesium, which kill off parasites that cause diarrhea. From: MYSTERY IN YELLOWSTONE http://bit.l
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Tomato plants from tomato slice
381 views / 0 likes - addedIn the honor of Italian pizza. These are three slices of tomato put in a pot with a varying amount of soil on top, to see how it affects the germination. It nicely shows the increased humidity that you get by putting some soil on top.
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How to Grow Potatoes in a Bucket
802 views / 0 likes - addedA fun way to learn about growing potatoes in a bucket! Video by Topic Simple (http://www.topicsimple.com) Music by David Newberry (http://davidnewberrymusic.com/) Need something explained? Get a video: http://topicsimple.com/get-a-video/ Growing Potatoes
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Trapped Inside the Plastic Prison #TeamSeas
253 views / 0 likes - addedLet's join Mr.Beast and the rest of Team Seas in cleaning up trash from our oceans and rivers!Donate: https://teamseas.org/Meet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGraziosi Animator: Robert GrishamWriter: Ashleen KnutsenProducer:
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How To Grow A Martian Salad On Earth
310 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe to Aspect Science! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyi06SeKkiwoAzFVmQtDtfg or start with Tom's video on what would happen if a meteoroid hit an Apollo astronaut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll8izWe9nqk"12kg of Martian soil simulant" is a pr
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What makes Delhi's air so deadly
330 views / 0 likes - addedThe policy behind the pollution.Become a Video Lab member!http://bit.ly/video-labEvery November, Northern India experiences some of the most dangerous air pollution levels in the world. Typical pollution sources like car exhaust, construction dust, and in
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Environmental Econ: Crash Course Economics #22
743 views / 0 likes - addedSo, if economics is about choices and how we use our resources, econ probably has a lot to say about the environment, right? Right! In simple terms, pollution is just a market failure. The market is producing more pollution than society wants. This week,
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What if Grass Disappeared? | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children
854 views / 1 likes - addedWhat if Grass Disappeared?Firstly, if grass disappeared, public parks will lose their charm, people may stop visiting them.Secondly, if grass disappeared, animals likes cows and goats will have to change their eating habits.Thirdly, grass is nature's way
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There's Water On Mars! Here's Everything You Need To Know
897 views / 2 likes - addedWater on Mars. Seems like we’ve been here before. So, why is NASA’s most recent announcement different? Come see us at DNews After Dark! ►►►► http://dne.ws/1Fa2OCh Watch more DNews! ►►►► http://dne.ws/1jEtX71 Read More: Briny Water May Pool in Mars' Equat
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5 Genius Ways to Water Your Plants When You are Away on Vacation - Indoor Plants Automatic Watering
1,096 views / 1 likes - addedWhen you are away from home you need to make provisions to ensure that your plants stay healthy. If you are unable to get a friend or neighbour to come in and water your plants, there are some easy tips you can follow to keep your plants in great conditio
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Thirdhand Smoke
476 views / 0 likes - addedWhen people smoke, it creates smoke that you can see (secondhand smoke) and a kind of air pollution that you can't see that's called thirdhand smoke.
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These 10 Inventions Are Saving The Earth
1,533 views / 2 likes - added1. This bin collects garbage from the sea. Seabin has a pump that creates a flow of water. The garbage is caught in a bag, allowing water to flow out back to sea. 2. This machine crushes beer bottles into usable sand. 200 grams of powder form each bottle
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Roots from different plants compete for prime real estate underground
358 views / 0 likes - addedMathematical modeling and greenhouse studies show complex interactions keep roots productiveWhen it comes to plants, the roots hidden underground are as importantif not more importantthan whats visible above ground. Now researchers have figured out how ro
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Futuristic straddling bus allows cars running underneath
676 views / 1 likes - addedTired of traffic jams and tail gas? The design of electric "straddling buses" lets cars drive underneath them, and can help reduce air pollution. Also known as land airbus, the new invention is less costly than subway systems.
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How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?
1,587 views / 5 likes - addedWhat can you do to make the oceans plastic-free? ↓↓↓Check the resources below ↓↓↓ Ocean plastic pollution is a massive environmental problem. Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the ocean every year, even plastic that goes in the trash can often ends
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What Happened to the Milky Way?
370 views / 0 likes - addedCan you see the stars at night? Only a few centuries ago, the Milky Way was visible from almost anywhere in America. Today, more than 99 percent of the population in the continental U.S. live in light-polluted areas. It's impossible to see the Milky Way i
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How Millions of Microscopic Fibers Are Ending Up in Our Bodies | The Swim
516 views / 0 likes - addedEvery day, billions of sharp, invisible fibers are making their way out to our oceans and air, and into our water, wine, beer, and cells. Read More How much plastic is your washing machine sending out to sea? https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/19/178006
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Lung In A Box: Testing Air Quality Anywhere
638 views / 0 likes - addedTraditional laboratory studies fail to accurately mimic the effects of air pollution on human lungs. Enter Harvey Jeffries. Produced by Adam Cole Senior Producers: Vikki Valentine and Ben de la Cruz
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What's The Dirt On ... Dirt?
1,075 views / 2 likes - addedA SciShow Kids viewer has asked us: What is dirt made of? Join Jessi to get the dirt on … dirt! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome produ
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This Engineer's Crazy Plan to Clean Air with Smog-Sucking Bikes
749 views / 1 likes - addedThese bicycles are designed to filter smog out of the air as you ride. This could be a game changer for smoggy cities like Beijing. This Is What Pollution Does To Your Body - https://youtu.be/_k22ejJ_fvc Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit
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It's Earth Day! We explain the history of the environmental event | Nightly News: Kids Edition
88 views / 0 likes - addedIt's Earth Day! We explain the history of the environmental event, what pollution is and what you can do to protect our planet, like recycling. Another thing that might help? Composting! We'll show you a program teaching students how to turn food waste in
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Why Meat Is Now 10X More Deadly, w Stephen Fry
202 views / 1 likes - addedA threat eclipsing coronavirus. A message for Mr Johnson.Voiced by Stephen Fry90% are exposed to air pollution (WHO) and fossil fuel air pollution alone is linked to 18% of all deaths globally (Harvard). Please sign the petition to make polluters pay:http
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Why 10 Daily Tons of Ant Poop Keep This Rainforest Thriving
1,032 views / 4 likes - addedThe soil in the rainforests of Barro Colorado is packed with nutrients, but where does it come from? The answer lies high up in the canopy, where a remarkable, prolific species of nest-building ants drops its waste. From: MYSTERIES OF THE RAINFOREST http:
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Transforming Human Poop Into Eco-Friendly Fertilizer: #bestjobever
888 views / 0 likes - addedEveryone poops. But who wants to actually deal with it? Ecologist Sasha Kramer literally works with poop and thinks about it every day. She is helping to transform human waste into fertile organic compost for agricultural use in Haiti. Kramer is an ecolog
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Why cities should plant more trees
520 views / 0 likes - addedOver 3 million people die annually from air pollution. Planting trees can help lower that number. Read more: http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2016/11/4/13510352/planting-trees-pollution-heat-waves Check out The Nature Conservancy report, "Plantin
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What the Completed Great Pyramid Would've Looked Like
794 views / 0 likes - addedToday, the Great Pyramid is tinted by smog and pollution, but when it was first built, the sanded limestone used to make it would've shone magnificently. From: SECRETS: Great Pyramid http://bit.ly/1rmxP9B
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An Unexpected Consequence of COVID
307 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about Lydalls mission to create a cleaner, quieter and safer world at https://www.lydall.com. The global pandemic led to a drop in outdoor air pollution, but it also led to an increase in indoor air pollution - and our exposure to it.LEARN MORE
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Where Do Trees Get Their Mass?
230 views / 0 likes - addedComplete unedited interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dcw98B2NzgTrees can weigh hundreds or even thousands of tons, but where do they get this mass from? A few common answers are: the soil, water, and sunlight. But the truth is the vast majority o
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How To (Literally) Save Earth
651 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to http://www.soylent.com/earth for sponsoring this video! Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - 靛蓝字幕组 - Melissa Vi
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Ancient Wonders Captured In 3D - Ben Kacyra
853 views / 0 likes - addedAncient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in a
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This Could Be the End of Urban Astronomy (360 Video)
502 views / 0 likes - addedCity lights are blinding our view of space, and its forcing urban astronomers to rethink the way they make observations. To make matters worse, a change in the type of lights being used could be the end of some observatories. Plunging Down an Ice Track at
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Smog Almost Killed New York City, Here’s How
631 views / 1 likes - addedPollution levels around the world today seem astronomical, but in New York City, they used to be deadly. How did this happen and when did it change? When Did Environmentalism Become So Political? https://youtu.be/r0tX54XUcHs?list=UUzWQYUVCpZqtN93H8RR44Qw
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Irrigate like its 2000 BC with these easy DIY terracotta watering pots called ollas
171 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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Arabidopsis time-lapse
387 views / 0 likes - addedArabidopsis thaliana or thale cress is a common weed which prefers to grow on sandy soil and occurrs all over the world. Because of its small rosette size and plain appearance the plant is often overlooked. However, its small size made it very convenient
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Fungi: Death Becomes Them - CrashCourse Biology #39
976 views / 2 likes - addedDeath is what fungi are all about. By feasting on the deceased remains of almost all organisms on the planet, converting the organic matter back into soil from which new life will spring, they perform perhaps the most vital function in the global food web
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Why We Are Losing the Night Sky
396 views / 1 likes - addedCheck out America From Scratch: https://youtu.be/LVuEJ15J19sSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below It never gets dark anymore. Not REALLY dark, anyway. Not like it used to. Light pollution is not only makin
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The Economic Injustice Of Plastic - Van Jones
592 views / 0 likes - addedVan Jones lays out a case against plastic pollution from the perspective of social justice. Because plastic trash, he shows us, hits poor people and poor countries "first and worst," with consequences we all share no matter where we live and what we earn.
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How Much Plastic Is Really In Our Bodies? - Cheddar Explains
533 views / 0 likes - addedPlastic has become the face of global pollution. To date, humans have produced 8.3 billion metric tons of it. Once discarded, plastic doesnt biodegrade. Instead, it fragments into microplastics smaller than the size of a sesame seed and further into nanop
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How to stop plastic getting into the ocean | The Economist
354 views / 0 likes - addedPlastic pollution poses a major threat to ocean life. Meet the engineers who are using rubbish-guzzling boats to stem the flow at its source. Read more here: https://econ.st/3d0bjCe Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: https://econ.st/2xvT
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The World's biggest hidden killer, w Stephen Fry.
170 views / 0 likes - addedSurprising climate change facts, with Stephen Fry.Help us make more videos like this (and enjoy exclusive content):patreon.com/pindexReceive our videos via email:https://www.pinfact.org/joinNeed a video?https://www.pindexvideoproduction.comSources and res
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This Mutant Super-Enzyme Can Eat Plastic Waste Within Days
305 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers have re-engineered a plastic-eating enzyme to degrade plastic bottles within days and it might be ready to start eating our trash as soon as next year. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/Eleme
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Earth Day Crisis | Cartoon Network
1,024 views / 2 likes - addedDeep inside the S.S. Plunder, eco-villains Looten Plunder, Verminous Skumm, Dr. Blight, Duke Nukem and Sly Sludge endure suffering at the hands of Cartoon Network before vowing to ruin Earth Day by combining their powers to form Captain Pollution. Featuri
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Superbloom: How Death Valley Springs To Life
899 views / 3 likes - addedhttp://www.sciencefriday.com When it rains, it blooms. Beneath Death Valley lies a massive seed bank of desert wildflowers, and when heavy winter rains soak deep into the soil, these hidden wonders spring to life. Some call this growing spree a "beautiful
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There Is No American Cuisine, But There Could Be
754 views / 0 likes - addedDan Barber explains how national cuisines tend to be defined by historical precedent influenced by agricultural limitations. As the United States is a young country with rich soil, its own quintessential cuisine never developed. Barber's latest book is "T
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The secret history of dirt
307 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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Meet the mycologists aiming to illuminate the hidden world of fungi
130 views / 0 likes - addedA new nonprofit, the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, is on a mission to illuminate the hidden world of fungi beneath our feet. Gabriel Popkin, a contributing correspondent, joined these researchers on their inaugural sampling expeditio
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How Artemis Astronauts Plan to Grow Plants on the Moon | WIRED
180 views / 1 likes - addedAs NASA ramps up the Artemis program, growing plants using water and soil from the moon could become a necessity during longer duration stays there. When space biologists recently grew plants in actual moon soil, it was a game changer. WIRED spoke with Sh
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1,102 views / 2 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-can-you-learn-from-ancient-skeletons-farnaz-khatibi Ancient skeletons can tell us a great deal about the past, including the age, gender and even the social status of its former owner. But how can we know a
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Plastic Wars (full film) | FRONTLINE
284 views / 0 likes - addedHave efforts to solve the plastic pollution problem made it worse? Go inside the battle over plastics, recycling and what’s at stake. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donat
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Do bones decompose? How long does it take for bones to decompose?
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Is Our Food Becoming Less Nutritious?
268 views / 0 likes - addedThe nutrient content of food is declining. Is it because of soil depletion, selective breeding, or... something else?Watch my new documentary, VITAMANIA: http://ve42.co/vitaI came across this story as I was making the film Vitamania. When you ask sellers
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Sand Castle Holds Up A Car! - Mechanically Stabilized Earth
475 views / 0 likes - addedDirt is probably the cheapest and simplest construction material out there, but it's not very strong compared to other choices. Luckily geotechnical engineers have developed a way to strengthen earthen materials with almost no additional effort - Mechanic
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The Haber Process - Daniel D. Dulek
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How transforming river banks can clean contaminated waterways
281 views / 0 likes - addedRivers throughout the eastern United States are well-known for their high banks and steep, winding courses. But in 2008 scientists proposed that years of damming rivers had transformed them from marshy streams good at filtering waste, to the pollution chu
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Environmental DNA
241 views / 0 likes - addedMonitoring biodiversity using traditional methods can often be challenging and costly. With threats to our natural world mounting, it is now more important than ever to monitor ecological systems quickly and efficiently, to help us protect and conserve th
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How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Saved: Crash Course Engineering #40
391 views / 0 likes - addedThis week were going underground to explore geotechnical and seismic engineering. Well look at how structures connect to the ground and transmit loads through their foundations, and how those foundations need to provide a high bearing capacity. Well see h
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How plastic from clothing gets into seafood
429 views / 0 likes - addedMicrofibers, used to make things like yoga pants, are the ocean’s tiniest problem. Correction: At 1:04, we mistakenly suggested that rayon is made from plastic. In fact, it is derived from cellulose. To go deeper on this topic, make sure to read Vox scien
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Lost Maples | 4K Astrophotography Timelapse Compilation
425 views / 0 likes - addedLost Maples State Natural Area is a large, pristine area of beautiful hills and canyons on the upper Sabinal River in the Edwards Plateau Region of Texas. It is designated a Natural Area, rather than a State Park, which means the primary focus is the main
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Indias Mount Everest of garbage
357 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi is India's highest rubbish mountain, spreading over an area larger than 40 football pitches. It is predicted to grow taller than the Taj Mahal b
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Super Bacteria Has a New Enemy: The CRISPR Pill
609 views / 1 likes - addedScientists are developing a CRISPR pill that can fight superbugs. Can we modify bacteria's DNA to make it self destruct? What is CRISPR & How Could It Edit Your DNA? - https://youtu.be/SyAo51IYgUw Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO
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Is Your Fleece Jacket Polluting The Oceans?
551 views / 1 likes - addedPlastic pollution has been a problem for decades. But new research shines the spotlight on a new plastic pollution menace -- microfibers. SUBSCRIBE to Above the Noise:[https://www.youtube.com/abovethenoise?sub_confirmation=1] ABOVE THE NOISE is a show fro
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The New Mars Rover Is The Most Advanced Yet, Here's Why
320 views / 1 likes - addedWe've set our sights on Mars once again with NASAs Perseverance rover due to launch in the summer of 2020. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Sinc
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What You Think It Is | The Swim
604 views / 1 likes - addedIt's not an island twice the size of Texas. But it is severely impacting marine life and human health... and incredibly hard to study. How Millions of Microscopic Fibers Are Ending Up in Our Bodies - https://youtu.be/Bbg0L7JN15U Read More What Happens to
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Single-use plastic, microplastic are an environmental disaster | CBC Kids News
124 views / 0 likes - addedSingle-use plastic, such as water bottles, cutlery and packaging, are a huge environmental problem. Trash and microplastics are filling up our oceans.The problem is worldwide and its only been getting worse in recent years. CBC Kids News contributor Saba
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What if Gray Color Disappeared? | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children
707 views / 0 likes - addedWhat if Gray Color Disappeared?Firstly, if gray color disappeared, happiness of people whose hair has just started turning gray may know no bounds.Secondly, if gray color disappeared, cement roads, bridges may also disappear, traffic in cities will be in
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Tunneling With A Mechanical Worm On Steroids
667 views / 0 likes - addedMexico City was founded on an unstable lake bed at the bottom of a volcanic crater. The soil is so soft that the city has sunk thirty feet in the last century alone. Blasting to create tunnels would topple buildings, so the government turned to giant tunn
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The Crazy Plan To Capture And Store CO2 Under The Ocean
602 views / 1 likes - addedThere’s technically a way to take pollution out of the air. But if we did that, where would we put it all? This Is What Pollution Does to Your Body ►►►►http://bit.ly/1JvKtfT Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Tr
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UVM and Tufts Team Builds First Living Robots
391 views / 0 likes - addedScientists from UVM and Tufts repurposed living cells scraped from frog embryos and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. More: http://go.uvm.edu/firstrbts These tiny “xenobots” can move toward a target and heal themselves after being
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Interceptor 007 Faces the First Rain Event in LA (& stops 35,000 lbs of waste) | The Ocean Cleanup
130 views / 0 likes - addedInterceptor 007 is operational in Ballona Creek, LA County, and the first rains of the storm season have arrived - bringing the first flushes of plastic waste. Subscribe to our channel to stay updated: https://bit.ly/371k8sN. See how Interceptor 007 handl
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You Can't Shop Your Way Out of Climate Change
39 views / 0 likes - addedWe have seen a boom in eco-friendly products marketed to consumers concerns about the impact of the stuff we buy. But this "shop til you drop approach doesnt solve the bigger issue: overconsumption and overproduction are the key drivers of pollution and c
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The Towns That Embraced Darkness to See Starlight
417 views / 0 likes - addedLight pollution is no joke. As our cities grow bigger and brighter, fewer Americans get to take in the breathtaking grandeur of the Milky Way. Sensing this, the residents of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff, two small towns in Colorado, purposefully dimmed the
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We Could Live in Caves on the Moon, Here’s Everything You Need to Know
599 views / 0 likes - addedThe pits on the moon might lead to caves big enough to fit cities, but how were they formed? Could We Create A Livable Atmosphere On The Moon? - https://youtu.be/ksvlHp--TgA Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupo
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Why Different Soils Feel Different
298 views / 0 likes - addedSqueaks and Mister Brown do some experiments with soil, and learn all about why different soils feel different!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a question for J
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The Big Problem With The North Pole
454 views / 2 likes - addedThere's something not quite right with the North Pole.... Santa Claus Voiced by Sam Bashor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnhFudM67-ycGVx8P9Ss37A Watch more: Why Do You Get Sick When It's Cold? - Dear Blocko #9 ►►https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mt5nvW
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Scientists Can't Find 99% of Plastics in the Ocean, But Here's What We Know | The Swim
220 views / 0 likes - addedIn 2018, Ben Lecomte attempted a historic first - swimming across the Pacific Ocean. The expedition resulted in the collection of invaluable scientific data that could help find a solution for the plastic pollution problem in our oceans. Streaming now on
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Sesame Street: Grover Talks About Plants
716 views / 1 likes - addedYour cute, furry, blue, gardening monster Grover is here to tell you all the things plants need to grow and stay healthy. A plant needs sunlight and soil. What else does a plant need? Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/sub
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Our Lungs Have A Fatal Flaw
304 views / 1 likes - addedGet started mitigating your carbon footprint with Wren at https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearthOur respiratory systems do a great job of protecting us, but they are no match for the smallest pollution particles created by the modern world.LEARN MORE******
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Sesame Street: Bert And Ernie Meet A Mermaid (Bert And Ernie's Great Adventure)
1,058 views / 2 likes - addedBert and Ernie have met a mermaid! Mermaids like a lot of things: singing, playing, swimming, going to bed at a reasonable. They definitely don't like pollution though. No Way! Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscripti
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Is There Life on Mars?
1,255 views / 0 likes - addedYou know what would be exciting? Finding life on Mars. What is the best evidence we’ve seen for life on the Red Planet? References: http://mars.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/past/viking/ http://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/potential-signs-ancient-l
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Why Plastic Straws Suck
656 views / 3 likes - addedFor years, the world has been relying on the ocean as a dumping ground for our plastic waste. This video of a sea turtle having a plastic straw pulled out of its nose sparked a public outcry to ban the use of straws. There are those who require plastic st
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How To Grow Strawberries - The Definitive Guide
196 views / 1 likes - addedStrawberries! The official flavor favorite of summertime. Delicious red globes of juicy goodness that we can't wait to bite into. The real beauty of Strawberry plants is that not only are they an absolute delight to eat, they are also very easy to grow! I
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3 minutes to the centre of the Earth | The Royal Society
100 views / 0 likes - addedAccompany seismologist Paula Koelemeijer on a voyage to the centre of the Earth!#earth #planet #seismology #geology #mantle #core Find out which animal burrows the farthest, where the world's deepest hole is, and discover two mysterious blobs the size of
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Why didn't this 2,000 year old body decompose? - Carolyn Marshall
1,095 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover the surprising biodiversity of soil, and how its microbes help support all life on Earth.--It may not appear very lively six feet underground, but a single teaspoon of soil contains more organisms than there are human beings on the planet. From b
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Make The Most Of Compost!
1,139 views / 1 likes - addedOur friend Elliot thought we should do an episode about composting... so we did! Learn all about how you can turn certain types of trash into nutrient packed soil you can use in the garden! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get th
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‘The Swim’ Ended With 1,000 New Scientific Samples... Here’s What’s Next | The Swim
437 views / 0 likes - addedBroken sails don’t mean broken spirits for Ben Lecomte and his team. After six grueling months on the water, 'Seeker' has landed in Hawaii with a treasure trove of rare data and a commitment to a cleaner future. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What
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How To Survive A Lightning Strike
800 views / 2 likes - addedPLEASE HELP US REACH OUR FUNDING GOAL on Subbable by clicking here: http://subbable.com/minuteearth Thanks so much! MinuteEarth is available as a free iTunes podcast! - http://podcast.minuteearth.com/ We're also on facebook - http://facebook.com/minuteear
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How To Switch Your City To 100% Renewable Energy | One Small Step | NowThis
397 views / 0 likes - addedMore than 90 cities across the United States have committed to run on 100% renewable energy, but how does a city go 100% renewable? Find out on this episode of One Small Step. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_Subscribe Sign up for o
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How NASAs new rover will search for signs of ancient life on Mars
348 views / 1 likes - addedIf NASA realizes its midsummer dream, a spacecraft will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, sometime between 30 July and 15 August, destined to ignite the next generation of Mars exploration. The mission, which NASA has dubbed Mars 2020, aims to deliv
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Biodegradable Plastic is Coming. Will it Save our Oceans?
42 views / 0 likes - addedAn earlier episode of Science to Save the World examined the enormous problem of oceanic plastic pollution. Check that out to get a full-scope picture of the problem and some potential solutions.Happily, biodegradable polymers may soon be able to help. Pl
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Making a Homemade Composter! | Full-Time Kid | PBS Parents
489 views / 0 likes - addedTurn any plastic bottle into your own DIY composter! Compost is a great way to think sustainably in your kitchen and turn food waste into nutrient-rich soil for your garden. This activity uses recyclable materials in to make environmental science quick, s
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Why You Can’t Just Swim Straight Across the Ocean | The Swim
531 views / 0 likes - addedBen Lecomte’s route across the Pacific took years of planning, with input from meteorologists, oceanographers, and salty sailors alike – but it turns out this wild ocean packs some punches that can’t be anticipated. Follow The Swim on Seeker's website htt
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Try the Worlds Most Expensive Potatoes
397 views / 0 likes - addedHow much would you realistically pay for a pound of potatoes? A few dollars? Well, you wont believe how much these expensive spuds once fetched at auction. These artisanal vegetables are grown in sandy soil fertilized by seaweed on an island off the Atlan
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Ultra High Definition (4K) View of Planet Earth
617 views / 0 likes - addedNASA monitors Earth's vital signs from land, air and space with a fleet of satellites and ambitious airborne and ground-based observation campaigns. The International Space Station hosts a variety of payloads and experiments supporting climate research, w
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The Best Worst Energy Source
605 views / 1 likes - addedThis video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. To learn more about his work on clean energy, visit https://gatesnot.es/2X0NxzvAlthough coal is such an amazing energy source that we've kept using it despite the harm it causes, today we may be better p
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How Does Diplomatic Immunity Work?
710 views / 0 likes - addedJoin Josh as he explains the intricacies of diplomatic immunity, a tradition dating back at least 4,000 years. Listen to the Stuff You Should Know podcast: http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/deal-diplomatic-immunity/ Share on Facebook: Share on Tw
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Whitening The Taj Mahal - Periodic Table Of Videos
1,191 views / 0 likes - addedPollution is yellowing the Taj Mahal - but scientists are treating it with something called Fuller's Earth. More of our videos from India: http://bit.ly/India_Videos Videos from Australia: http://bit.ly/Aus_Chem_Trip Videos from Brazil: http://bit.ly/Braz
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The extraordinary power of poo! | BBC Ideas
169 views / 0 likes - addedAmazingly, the average adult flushes away 730 litres of urine and around 91kg of faeces every year. But could our number twos be the answer to some of the worlds biggest problems?From modern treatment plants able to convert our never-ending supply of poo
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The Plant Thats Full Of Metal
383 views / 0 likes - addedSpecial Christmas Deal! Use the link https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/MinuteEarth to support our channel and get 3 years + 2 months free for $79. Just $2.08 for a MONTH!The amount of metal some special plants are able to take up from the soil would b
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This Swiss Hotel is Inside an Observatory
422 views / 0 likes - addedAt Switzerlands Kulmhotel Gornergrat, guests sleep among the mountains and under the stars. The establishment is home to an observatory that has drawn astronomers from around the world. The lack of light pollution and dry air create the optimal conditions
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How MIT Builds Cities Using Lego and Augmented Reality | Science of Teams | WIRED
777 views / 0 likes - addedThe MIT Media Lab is using innovation to boil efficient teamwork down to a science. With an enhanced ability to communicate across teams, MIT is creating a workplace that shares ideas in unprecedented ways. The Changing Places group at MIT tackles large c
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Harvesting Volcanic Coffee
391 views / 1 likes - addedTimoteo Minas grows coffee in the shadow of an active volcano in Guatemala. Volcán de Agua has been erupting more frequently in recent years, but Timoteo is not stressed at all. In fact, there’s no place he’d rather be. Both the high altitude—his farm sit
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Is It Safe to Eat Snow? - Sharp Science
935 views / 2 likes - addedA lot of people who live where it snows are tempted to eat the furry powder straight off the ground or from the sky. But is it actually a good idea? What actually is snow made of, and does pollution affect how healthy the snow really is? Source comes from
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This Solar-Powered Plane Can Circle the Globe Without Stopping | That’s Amazing
470 views / 0 likes - addedSome dreams are so fantastic, it takes an unprecedented bid for adventure and glory to see them blossom to fruition. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, captivated by the spirit of great expeditions of the past, partnered to make the first flight acros
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How We Can Keep Plastics Out of Our Ocean | National Geographic
1,704 views / 4 likes - addedPlastic pollution poses one of the biggest known threats to the ocean, influencing all ecosystems from beautiful coral reefs to abyssal trenches, eventually accumulating in our own food. Learn more about how to upend the current system of produce-use-disc
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CARROT Growing from Seed Time Lapse - 100 Days
411 views / 0 likes - addedIt took me 4 tries and 1,5 years to get this one somewhat right. Should have adjusted the camera angle a bit earlier but unfortunately there are no reshoots when you do these kind of timelapses :)Bugs attacked the green parts again at day 26 but i managed
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Meet The Man Who Shoots At Birds All Day To Keep Them Off A Toxic Pit | World Wide Waste
207 views / 0 likes - addedIf migrating species land on the Berkeley Pit for more than a few hours, they get cooked from the inside out. Now, miners use a rifle, drones, and lasers to scare the birds away.MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS:How These Handmade Tiles Lock Up Air Pollution |
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I Tried to Pick Up 1,000 Pieces of Trash in a Week
353 views / 0 likes - addedLike millions of us around the world right now, Great Big Story producer Jacob is staying at home to help stop the spread of coronavirus. But for Jacob, home is a houseboat, and the River Great Ouse is his backyard. Spending that much time at home, howeve
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The Battle of Los Angeles | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES
763 views / 1 likes - addedYou may not know about the infamous Battle of Los Angeles, and yet it remains one of the most bizarre incidents on US soil during all of World War II. So, what exactly is The Battle of Los Angeles??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to
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GIANT Pencil Made From CORN!?
327 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 Used Chopsticks Are Turned Into Tables, Tiles, And Other Furniture | World Wide Waste
255 views / 0 likes - addedPeople around the world discard at least 80 billion pairs of chopsticks every year. ChopValue, a Canadian company, wants to give those wood utensils a second life as shelves, furniture, and countertops.MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS:How Banana Waste Is Turn
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More Animal Valentines! | Valentine's Day | A SciShow Kids Compilation
214 views / 0 likes - addedMister Brown and Squeaks open of valentines from a bunch of their animal pals!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkidsIf you have a question for Jessi, Squeaks, and Mister Bro
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How Compost Is Made: A Field Trip!
391 views / 3 likes - addedComposting is a way to turn scraps of food you aren't going to eat anymore into healthy soil for your garden! But how does food turn in to dirt?! Mister Brown and Squeaks take a trip to SoilCycle, a place that makes compost in their neighborhood, to talk
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Could Injecting Carbon Into the Earth Save Our Planet?
464 views / 0 likes - addedCarbon pollution is being sucked from the sky and injected into underground rockswill Climeworks ambitious plan to stop climate change work? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylistIceland is a
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How does an Electric Car work ? | Tesla Model S
792 views / 1 likes - addedElectric cars are making big waves in the automobile world. These noise-free, pollution-free and high-performance vehicles are expected to make their I.C. engine counterparts obsolete by 2025. This video will unveil the hidden technologies behind the Tesl
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Space is Full of Junk. Heres How to Clean It Up
36 views / 0 likes - addedJoin our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below We know pollution is a problem on earth, but were filling space with our junk too. And if we dont f
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The Joy of Cooking Asteroids
454 views / 0 likes - addedPlease support our video productions: http://www.patreon.com/scifriThe idea of mining Mars, the moon, or an asteroid for its mineral or water resources isn't far-fetched. NASA, the ESA, and several commercial enterprises already have missions in various s
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What's Inside An Anthill?
335 views / 0 likes - addedWhen you look at a fire ant hill or mound as its properly called youre actually seeing just the top of an enormous underground structure: the ants nest. Inside, a vast network of tunnels and chambers plunge up to 2 meters into the soil. Ants ferry their y
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We're melting the Arctic and reviving deadly germs
318 views / 0 likes - addedBeware the thawing permafrost.Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-labIn the coldest parts of the world, theres a layer of soil that stays frozen all year. This layer is called permafrost; it exists mainly around the Arctic, and acts kind of lik
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Nanoplastics Are Changing Everything We Know About Ocean Plastic
367 views / 0 likes - addedWhats smaller than microplastics? Nanoplastics. These plastic pieces are so tiny, researchers are employing criminal forensics to understand their impacts on our ocean environment. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! ht
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Oceanic Trouble? Summon These Aquanauts! | That's Amazing
457 views / 0 likes - addedOur oceans are in imminent danger—marine life is dying at an alarming rate due to pollution, overfishing and climate change. Summon the aquanauts! These diver-scientists are a real-life team of superheroes from all over the globe conducting cutting-edge r
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12 Year Old Terrarium - Life Inside a closed jar, Over a decade in isolation
370 views / 0 likes - addedIn this video we take a look at the terrarium my brother made during his childhood. This terrarium was made between 2007 - 2008. This makes the terrarium at least 12 years old. Inside there is a variety of organisms. All of which have persisted within the
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Preserving One Square Inch of Silence
728 views / 0 likes - addedGordon Hempton is on a personal quest to preserve silence in nature. The “sound-tracker” circles the globe recording vanishing sounds, including the most elusive one of all: silence. Twelve years ago, Hempton resolved to find the quietest place in Washing
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Venture Into the Forest with These Four Stories
361 views / 0 likes - addedCraving some time outdoors? This reel is for you. First up, we meet a man who lives off the land in Fiordland, New Zealand, one of the most remote locations in the world. The biggest surprisehe isnt the least bit anti-social. Next, we spend time with a so
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How forever chemicals polluted Americas water
391 views / 1 likes - addedWhy 99% of Americans have these chemicals in their blood.Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-labNorth Carolinas Cape Fear River is a massive water system. It stretches across the lower half of the state, collecting runoff from 29 counties and p
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The Uncomfortable Truth About Deep Sea Mining
267 views / 0 likes - addedTo meet the world's growing demand for batteries, private companies have turned their attention to mining the ocean floor. But could this practice come at a greater cost to the planet than it's worth? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Wat
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Life Through the Eyes of a Sea Turtle
443 views / 1 likes - addedWe all became acutely aware of the dangers of plastic pollution in 2015, when a video of marine biologist Nathan Robinson pulling an entire plastic straw out of a sea turtles nose began to circulate. Today, Robinson is studying green sea turtles off the c
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Who Needs Dirt?: Crash Course Kids #27.1
1,616 views / 2 likes - addedSo... do plants need dirt? The truth might shock you. In this episode of Crash Course kids, Sabrina talks about how plants get energy and how that energy is transported around them. Also, she talks about dirt. Watch More Crash Course Kids: https://www.you
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Look Who's Talking: Crash Course Kids #27.2
928 views / 0 likes - addedPlants! We absolutely depend on them. Oxygen, food, and looking super nice to boot! But, plants have a lot more going on than meets the eye. How do we know that? Investigations and Experimentations! Watch More Crash Course Kids: https://www.youtube.com/us
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What If You Were A Giant?
395 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out The BFG, July 1st: http://fandan.co/28Tsc3A **This video was done in partnership with Disney. The views and opinions represented are my own.** ***Click "SHOW MORE" for links*** instagram: http://instagr.am/jakerawr twitter: http://twitter.com/vs
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Sea Turtle Hatchlings Released into the Ocean 360 | Our Blue Planet | Earth Unplugged
747 views / 2 likes - addedA group of turtle hatchlings is safely released, watch their first steps towards the sea in this 360 video! Subscribe to Earth Unplugged: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged This video was filmed with Project Biodiversity, an NGO in Cape Verde who r
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How the humble battery can save the world | The Royal Society
155 views / 0 likes - addedFrom their early days in camcorders, to the gigafactories of the future - lithium-ion batteries are making a low-carbon world possible. #batteries #climatechange #tesla #lithium Batteries will power cars, trucks, light aircraft and drones. They're also vi
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How the Worlds Best Rose Water Is Made
369 views / 0 likes - addedYouve probably spritzed rose water on your face, or drank rose water tea. Its trendy now, though the aromatic liquid has been a staple for centuries in the Middle East. The worlds best rose water is made by experts like Moshen Ghaffari in Irans Qamsar Dis
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Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?
90 views / 0 likes - addedHeroes on the half shell Oyster power?SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below When people picture New York City they see skyscrapers, subways, and a concrete jungle. But the Big Apple is really a seaside cit
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What if Carbon Emissions Stopped Tomorrow?
472 views / 0 likes - addedPlease SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub And support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotmesspbs Imagine that aliens landed and gifted us a clean, limitless energy source. And instead of killing each other over this technology, we decided to i
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Keeping Our Water Clean!
246 views / 0 likes - addedWhere does the water on the road go after a rain day? And taking care of them can be very important!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a question for Jessi, Squea
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Let's Plant a Garden! | Squeaks Grows a Garden! | SciShow Kids
97 views / 0 likes - addedAs the winter turns to spring, Squeaks and Mr. Brown begin planning the garden theyre going to grow this summer! But they need a little help, so The Forts gardener, Juniper, stops by to make sure they grow the best garden they can! Hosted by: Anthony Brow
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Here's What Happens To Your Recycling | One Small Step | NowThis
955 views / 1 likes - addedWe followed the recycling process from the bins to the plant to understand where our recycling actually goes. Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_Subscribe75% of our waste is recyclable but Americans only recycle 34% of what we throw o
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How Do You Find Water In The Wild?
1,041 views / 0 likes - addedIn case you ever get stranded in the wild without an obvious source of fresh water, here are a few things you can do to collect some. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/how-to-find-water.htm/printable S
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The Onion With Its Own Festival
122 views / 0 likes - addedThe Grand Festival of the Calotada is celebrated on the last Sunday of January, and the city of Valls, Spain, throws the biggest party of all; here youll find parades, barbecues, cooking competitions and eating contests. And what's all this revelry in aid
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Squeaks Grows a Garden! | SciShow Kids Compilation
112 views / 1 likes - addedSqueaks and Mister Brown really want to plant a garden this spring, but they don't know where to start! Lucky for them, their friend Juniper the Earthworm is a gardening expert! Join in as they learn the when and where to plant their garden so they can en
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The Amazon Rainforest Doesn't Produce 20% of Our Oxygen, Here's Why
601 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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Why some people eat 'dirt' white kaolin clay
245 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video! Go to Squarespace.com for a free trial, and when youre ready to launch, go to http://squarespace.com/ragusea and add code RAGUSEA" at checkout to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain."Cha
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Where Are the Ants Carrying All Those Leaves? | Deep Look
773 views / 1 likes - addedAnts don’t eat leaves. They use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own underground cities and huge half-inch soldiers to patrol
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Grow Your Own Plants! - #sciencegoals
2,174 views / 2 likes - addedPlants are all around you! You walk on them, eat them, and even climb them! And guess what? You can even grow your very own! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids
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The fashion industry is killing our planet
102 views / 0 likes - addedFast fashion is choking our planet. And one of the main culprits is cotton. A water intensive, chemical intense product that's grown to make clothes that people will wear for a season for throwing away. Synthetic materials like nylon and polyester are lik
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Why the World Needs a Giant Ice Vault in Antarctica
356 views / 0 likes - addedAn international team of scientists has embarked on a continent-hopping expedition to build a future climate ice vault before the world's glaciers vanish forever. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2
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Climate Change: Crash Course Kids #41.2
1,406 views / 6 likes - addedHow does climate change? And what happens to environments and ecosystems when it does? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us the effects that climate change can have and how one small change in an ecosystem can throw everything off. Watch
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The Dirt On Decomposers: Crash Course Kids #7.2
2,188 views / 3 likes - addedWe've talked about food chains and how energy moves through an ecosystem, but let's take a step back and see how everything starts... and ends. Decomposers! This first series is based on 5th grade science. We're super excited and hope you enjoy Crash Cour
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Fabulous Food Chains: Crash Course Kids #7.1
1,438 views / 4 likes - addedEveryone eats, right? But how does that food get the energy to power you? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about the way energy moves, or flows, through an ecosystem and how that movement forms Food Chains! This first series is based on
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Invasion Of The Earthworms!
956 views / 0 likes - addedWorms cause major changes to ecosystems, but those changes aren’t always new. Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth _______________
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This Zero-Waste Grocery Store Should Be Everywhere
312 views / 0 likes - addedThis grocery store is completely plastic-free and package-free to help you shop zero waste! Check out tare at @taregrocery on Instagram or at their website https://taregrocery.com/ Subscribe to Goodful: https://bzfd.it/2QApoPk Goodful Feel better, be bett
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Remarkable new species of deep-sea crown jelly discovered in depths of Monterey Bay
146 views / 0 likes - addedAtolla is one of the most common residents of the oceans midnight zone. This deep-sea crown jelly is found worldwide and can be abundant in deep water. Its bell has a signature scarlet color and it has one tentacle that is much longer than the rest. Fifte
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Monsanto: The Company that Owns the World’s Food Supply
996 views / 0 likes - addedSupport us on Patreon to vote on which company we do next: https://www.patreon.com/business_casual Join us at our subreddit and on social media: Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/businesscasual Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/business.casual.yt Twitter: htt
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The Van Allen Belts Are Lethal, This Is How Astronauts Fly Through Them
564 views / 0 likes - addedThe radioactive Van Allen belts posed a serious challenge for space travel. NASA had to figure out a way for astronauts to fly through them without being exposed to deadly doses of radiation. To learn more about NASA's Van Allen belt calculations, check o
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Living Things Change: Crash Course Kids #41.1
1,324 views / 3 likes - addedHave you ever heard of the Peppered Moth? It's a great example of how living things can change because their environment has changed. And it's not just them! There used to be giant insects roaming the world, but they got smaller through time because their
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How This Forest Runs on Salmon
608 views / 1 likes - addedWhat do salmon—and their sex lives—have to do with keeping a forest healthy? In this episode, Bertie explains that salmon equal more than just meal time for coastal predators roaming the shores and tidal shelves; they're also a rich source of marine nutri
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