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Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change

Adults Global Warming
The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn't technology - it's human psychology.

How this guy found 83 messages in bottles

Adults Global Warming
Clint Buffington has found 83 messages in bottles - and you could probably do it too. Vox's Zachary Crockett and Phil Edwards found out how.

Ryan's Recycling | Kid Entrepreneur // 60 Second Docs

Adults Global Warming
When Ryan Hickman was just 3 years old, he went with his father to recycle for the first time. After sorting his bottles and cans, he became obsessed with recycling, and how it can help save the environment, and decided to start his own business - Ryan's Recycling Company. Now 7, Ryan has disposed of more than 200,000 bottles and cans and earned about $21,000. It's all in a hard day's work.

The Ocean Holds Enough Uranium To Power The Planet For 10,000 Years

Adults Global Warming
Stanford University researchers have found a new way to extract particles of Uranium from seawater. Could this bring us closer to sustainable nuclear power?

How Did The Deepest Part Of The Ocean Get So Polluted?

Adults Global Warming
Scientists have found trash in the deepest parts of the ocean, the Mariana Trench. What does this mean for us and the organisms living there?

Scientists' Crazy Plan To Refreeze The Arctic

Adults Global Warming
As the mean global temperature continues to rise, the arctic ice caps continue to melt. What are scientist planning to do about it? Here's a hint: it involves 10 million sea water pumps.

Top 10 Countries at Recycling

Adults Global Warming
The ten countries that recycle the highest proportion of their municipal waste.

Do we really need pesticides?

Adults Global Warming
Annually, we shower over 5 billion pounds of pesticides across the Earth to control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply. But is it worth it, knowing what we do about the associated environmental and public health risks?

These Recycled Plastic Bricks Work Better Than Cement Blocks

Adults Global Warming
ByFusion is taking plastic waste from the ocean and building something wonderful.

"Dream"

Adults Global Warming
Come make a difference at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, taking place at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York City, October 17-24.

How To (Literally) Save Earth

Adults Global Warming
Farming erodes soil 50 times faster than it forms. We can change that, but will we?

This Device Uses Water To Boost Any Engines Performance

Adults Global Warming
Bosch WaterBoost uses demineralized water injected directly into the intake port.

Electric Cars Could Wreak Havoc

Adults Global Warming
February 24 -- There are more than one billion cars on the road worldwide today, and only one tenth of one percent of them have a plug. OPEC contends that even in the year 2040, EVs will make up just one percent.

This Video Has Consumed 30.1 Household-Days of Electricity!

Adults Global Warming
The title of this video is changing every 10 seconds to reflect an estimate of the actual energy used just by people (like you!) watching it. Thanks to Jasper Palfree for doing the computer magic that makes that possible!

Tesla Unveils Model 3, Its Most Important Electric Car Yet

Adults Global Warming
Elon Musk shows off Tesla's $35,000 sedan for the masses.

Liam - An Innovation Story

Adults Global Warming
True innovation means considering what happens to a product at every stage of its life cycle. Liam disassembles your iPhone when it's no longer functioning, so the materials inside can live on.

Edible Cutlery

Adults Global Warming
India is one of the world's largest consumers of disposable plastic cutlery, which has the makings of a huge health and environmental crisis written all over it.