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Inside an ICE CAVE! - Nature's Most Beautiful Blue

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Where do glaciers and icebergs get their beautiful blue color? This unique blue might be nature's most brilliant, and the color arises in a very special way thanks to some surprising interactions between light and water molecules.

How do fish make electricity? - Eleanor Nelsen

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Nearly 350 species of fish have specialized anatomical structures that generate and detect electrical signals. Underwater, where light is scarce, electrical signals offer ways to communicate, navigate, find, and sometimes stun prey. But how do these fish produce electricity? And why? Eleanor Nelsen illuminates the science behind electric fish.

How long will human impacts last? - David Biello

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Imagine aliens land on Earth a million years from now. What will these curious searchers find of us? They will find what geologists, scientists, and other experts are increasingly calling the Anthropocene, or new age of mankind. David Biello explains how the impacts that humans have made have become so pervasive, profound, and permanent that some geologists believe we merit our own epoch.

GoPro: Kayaking Iceland with The Serrasolses Brothers in 4K

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Aniol and Gerd Serrasolses have been kayaking together for almost their entire lives. Follow them on their adventure through the highs and lows of a life on the river.

Trash Collecting Boats are Cleaning up India's Rivers.

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The boats scoop up floating waste and bring it to shore to be collected.

Mexico Earthquake Hit My School

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Marie was a victim of the Central Mexico (Puebla) Earthquake on September 19th 2017. While so many lost their lives, were injured, or lost their homes and property, Marie was lucky - her house didn't crumble, just a few cracks here and there, and her loved ones and family were all okay, and obviously, she didn't die. But it was one of the scariest moments in her life and one she will never forget. This is a scary story, a scary TRUE story.

Baby Animal Rescue // 60 Second Docs

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For the last 15 years, Joseph Keter has been rescuing, caring for and returning injured and abandoned animals -- mainly orphans whose mothers have died -- to the wild. From lions to cheetahs and buffalo to gazelle, Joseph has cared for some of Africa's most iconic animals. His days may be long and difficult, but when it's life or death for baby animals on Kenya's Lake Naivasha, it's all worth it.

Ocean Defense Kid | Connor Berryhill // 60 Second Docs

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Connor Berryhill was only 5 years old when an underwater encounter with an endangered monk seal set him on a path to take care of the world's most vulnerable creatures. Now 11, he's taken his small-scale activism big and started his own nonprofit, MicroActivist. Their mission: to connect youth with projects to protect the ocean -- and save our planet's oceans and seas.

The only wild monkeys in Europe

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I visited Gibraltar and hung out with monkeys.

Why do we harvest horseshoe crab blood? - Elizabeth Cox

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During the warmer months, especially at night during the full moon, horseshoe crabs emerge from the sea to spawn. Waiting for them are teams of lab workers, who capture the horseshoe crabs by the hundreds of thousands, take them to labs, harvest their cerulean blood, then return them to the sea. Why? Elizabeth Cox illuminates the incredible properties of horseshoe crab blood.

The Future of Ocean Exploration

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The amazing future of oceanographic discovery, featuring biofluorescent sharks, deep sea mining, seafloor vents, ROV's (remote operated vehicles), and the disturbing effects of ocean acidification.

Most hurricanes that hit the US come from the same exact spot in the world

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As Hurricane Irma bears down on the East coast, Floridians may be wondering where all the hurricanes come from, and why they all follow a similar course. In fact, Irma, Harvey, and Jose were all born on the other side of the Atlantic, off the coast of Africa, and the Sahara desert may be to blame.

The amazing ways plants defend themselves - Valentin Hammoudi

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Plants are constantly under attack. They face threats ranging from microscopic fungi to small herbivores like caterpillars, up to large herbivores like elephants. But plants are ready, with a whole series of internal and external defenses that make them a less appealing meal - or even a deadly one. Valentin Hammoudi explains some of the fascinating ways that plants defend themselves.

The science of smog - Kim Preshoff

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On July 26, 1943, Los Angeles was blanketed by a thick gas that stung people's eyes and blocked out the Sun. Panicked residents believed their city had been attacked using chemical warfare. But the cloud wasn't an act of war. It was smog. So what is this thick gray haze actually made of? And why does it affect some cities and not others? Kim Preshoff details the science behind smog.

Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet

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When most people think of fishing, we imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day's catch. But modern industrial fishing -- the kind that stocks our grocery shelves -- looks more like warfare. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet explain overfishing and its effects on ecosystems, food security, jobs, economies, and coastal cultures.

Lasers Are Great, But Diamond Superlasers Are Better, Here's Why

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Scientists have discovered how to create a real life 'superlaser' using an ultra-pure diamond. How exactly does it work?2

The Man Who Has Inseminated Over 1,000 Honeybees | Amazing Humans

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The bee population has dropped dramatically and Michael Waite is taking matters into his own hands with a scheme to inseminate Queen bees.

How Do Glaciers Move?

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Glacier ice is weird. It's solid. Solid things aren't supposed to flow. But glacier ice flows like a liquid, and it does that without melting! How is this possible? I traveled to Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska to find out.

More ice is about to break off of Antarctica - and it's what scientists feared most

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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.

The bizarre physics of fire ants

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They're not just an animal, they're a material. And that's got engineers interested.

Why no aquarium has a great white shark

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Many have tried to keep a white shark in captivity. Here's why that's so difficult.