MEGACITIES: Crisis in CDMX
AdultsCitiesWorldEnvironmentMexico's vast capital - Ciudad de Mexico, the largest city in the Americas - is threatened by a severe water crisis.
More ice is about to break off of Antarctica - and it's what scientists feared most
AdultsGlobal WarmingNatureWorld...The giant crack that's been racing across Antarctica Larsen C ice shelf finally met its breaking point between July 10 and 12. The result was an iceberg the size of Delaware and weighing a trillion metric tons.
Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars
AdultsCitiesGlobal WarmingTransportation...Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians.
Why there are twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs
AdultsGlobal WarmingTechnologyWork...America is changing how it gets its energy, and coal is losing out.
Who Lives At The Bottom Of The Mariana Trench?
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentNature...Creepy Monsters At The Bottom Of The Mariana Trench.
Wildlife crossings stop roadkill. Why aren't there more?
AdultsAnimalsNatureEnvironment...A better way for animals to cross the road.
Dog Hair Clothes | Knit Your Dog // 60 Second Docs
AdultsAnimalsBusinessPets...Jeannie Sanke of Evanston, Illinois, knits with one of the world's most unusual materials: wool from dog hair. A proud mom to multiple dogs, Jeannie realized one day that their endless supply of hair didn't have to go to waste -- then picked up her drop spindle and started to knit. Now she sells these completely cruelty-free clothes in her Etsy shop, Knit Your Dog, where people pay her as much as $800 for a dog hair sweater.
Why wildfires are necessary - Jim Schulz
AdultsEcologyNatureEnvironment...Our early ancestors relied on lightning to cause forest fires, from which they could collect coals and burning sticks to help them cook food and clear land. Yet, it wasn't just humans who benefited from these natural phenomena. Even as they destroyed trees, fires also helped the forests themselves. Jim Schulz outlines the benefits of wildfire.
The Insane Plan to Tow an Iceberg to the Middle East
AdultsBusinessNatureTechnology...A United Arab Emirates company wants to tow an iceberg from Antarctica to the desert for drinking water, but is their plan feasible?
Wait... Is China Really the Leader in Green Energy?
AdultsGlobal WarmingWorldPolitics...With plans to pull out of the Paris climate deal, the US is quickly falling behind in the race for clean energy. So who's winning?
When a River Goes Missing, It's Kind of a Big Deal...
AdultsEcologyGlobal WarmingNature...How does a river suddenly disappear? It gets stolen! How do you steal a river? With climate change!
Food waste is the world's dumbest problem
AdultsFoodGlobal WarmingEnvironmentEat your peas! It's the easiest way to fight climate change.
Climate Lab - Climate Lab - Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness
AdultsGadgetsGlobal WarmingTechnology...Smartphones shouldn't be so disposable. Could fixing the way we make our phones help solve climate change?
Graphene Could Solve the World's Water Crisis
AdultsFutureNatureTechnology...Turning saltwater into clean drinking water is an expensive, energy-intensive process, but could the wonder material graphene make it more accessible?