Rain's Dirty Little Secret
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScienceMinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment - in just a few minutes!
Fire Tornado in Slow Motion
AdultsInternet CultureNatureScience...Gav and Dan combine wind with fire to create a swirling vortex of flames.
The First "Glowing" Sea Turtle Has Been Discovered
AdultsAnimalsBiologyNature...While filming coral off the Solomon Islands, David Gruber, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, encountered a "bright red-and-green spaceship." This underwater UFO turned out to be a hawksbill sea turtle, which is significant because it's the first time that biofluorescence has ever been seen in reptiles, according to Gruber. Gruber is now excited to learn more about this critically endangered species and how it is using biofluorescence.
How do tornadoes form?
AdultsNaturePhysicsScience...Tornadoes are the most violent storms on Earth, with wind velocities that can exceed 200 miles per hour. How do these terrifying cyclones form? Meteorologist James Spann sheds light on the lifespan of tornadoes as they go from supercell thunderstorms to terrible twisters before eventually dissolving back into thin air.
How Fighting Wildfires Makes Them Worse
AdultsEnvironmentNatureToday's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out.