What makes volcanoes erupt? - Steven Anderson
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScience Dig into the science of how new volcanoes form, and what causes their unpredictable eruptions.
Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections
AdultsHistoryScienceSpaceEnvironment... We have a bunch of new stuff, from the long requested bacteriophage infographic poster to a new Optimistic Nihilism poster that lets you enjoy some existential dread in style.
This Atom Can Predict The Future
AdultsEnvironmentLifeScience Many of the bewildering correlations in our world - like that between Beryllium-7 and the Asian monsoon - are a result of huge and unseen forces that tie them together.
Introducing Earth School
AdultsEducationEnvironmentWorld Announcing the launch of Earth School, a 30 day interactive adventure for students around the world to celebrate, explore, and connect with nature.
MinuteEarth Explains: Water
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScience In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we take a look at one of Earth’s most critical - and unique - features.
What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees?
AdultsHistoryNatureScienceCitiesEnvironment... Explore what makes trees a vital part of cities, and how urban spaces throughout history have embraced the importance of trees.
Jane: The Hope – Trailer | National Geographic
AdultsAnimalsHistoryHumanEnvironmentScience... The next chapter of Dr. Jane Goodall’s life’s work unfolds in “Jane Goodall: The Hope,” premiering on Earth Day, April 22, at 9/8c on Nat Geo, Nat Geo WILD and Nat Geo Mundo.
How one scientist took on the chemical industry
AdultsHealthHistoryScienceEnvironment... Discover the groundbreaking environmental work of Rachel Carson, whose book “Silent Spring” explores how human actions threaten the balance of nature.
What Mud From Glacial Lakes Can Tell Us About Our History
AdultsHistoryNatureWorldScienceEnvironment... See what challenges face a team of scientists gathering core sediment samples from a glacial lake in the Himalayas.
The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World
AdultsEnvironmentGeneticsNature Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it shares with all grasses and its unique cell wall layering adaptation, allowing it to shoot up to 100 ft (30m) in just 8 weeks.
The urgent case for antibiotic-free animals | Leon Marchal
AdultsAnimalsHealthScienceBiologyEnvironmentFood... The UN predicts that antimicrobial resistance will be our biggest killer by 2050. "That should really scare the hell out of all of us," says bioprocess engineer Leon Marchal. He's working on an urgently needed solution: transforming the massive, global animal feed industry.
Volcanoes 101 | National Geographic
AdultsEnvironmentNatureWorldScienceGeology... About 1,500 active volcanoes can be found around the world. Learn about the major types of volcanoes, the geological process behind eruptions, and where the most destructive volcanic eruption ever witnessed occurred.
What Mud From Glacial Lakes Can Tell Us About Our History | National Geographic
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceEnvironment... See what challenges face a team of scientists gathering core sediment samples from a glacial lake in the Himalayas.
How To Turn Poop Into Power
AdultsAnimalsHumanScienceEnvironmentEnergy... We could generate a lot of usable energy from human and animal poop through greater adoption of a process for using microbes to break down poop into methane gas.
How Wildlife Is Bouncing Back In This African Park
AdultsAnimalsHistoryNatureEnvironmentWildlife... When Tizola Moyo started as a ranger in 1993, Majete Wildlife Reserve was devoid of any wildlife. Now, with the help of the park’s rangers and community collaboration, it's flourishing.
Employee Missing for 10 Years Found Inside Supermarket
AdultsEnvironmentHumanMediaSociety... Would you be okay with grocery shopping at a store with a corpse behind the walls for 10 years? In today's video we are looking at how an employee went missing in a supermarket for 10 years before the body was discovered.
How Much Air Can A Tree Hold?
AdultsNatureScienceWorldEnvironment... Trees can take an astounding amount of carbon out of the air, which is good, because we need to do that times a trillion.
See Antarctica Like Never Before | National Geographic
AdultsFilmNatureWorldTravelEnvironment... Here at the bottom of the world, a place all but free of human settlement, humanity is scrambling one of the ocean’s richest wildernesses.