How Can We Store Renewable Energy?
AdultsConstructionScienceTechnology...Decarbonizing our power production is vitally important if we want to curtail climate change, but there are some major logistical issues we’re going to have to overcome before we can do that.
Wasted: Fast Fashion
YouthEducationEnvironmentGlobal Warming...New season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move on, throw away: the pollution, waste, and emissions of fast fashion are fuelling an ecological crisis.
The Science Behind James Cameron’s Avatar
AdultsCreativityMediaTechnology...James Cameron is diving into the deep: this time, into the oceans of an alien world. The director shares how Earth's oceans inspired The Way of Water—and his hope it will motivate viewers to protect our own planet.
Rescuing Indigenous Knowledge In The Andes To Restore Ecosystems
YouthEnvironmentGlobal WarmingHistory...Constantino Aucca Chutas has pioneered a community reforestation model driven by local and Indigenous communities, which has led to three million trees being planted in Peru.
Plastic Bricks In Kenya
YouthDesignEnvironmentTechnology...Nzambi Matee (Kenya), a materials engineer and head of Gjenge Makers, which produces sustainable low-cost construction materials made of recycled plastic waste and sand.
How To Make Plastic From Seaweed
YouthEnvironmentScienceBiotechnology...A California startup makes compostable replacements for thin-film plastic out of seaweed.
What Is Ocean Stratification?
YouthEnvironmentNatureScience...The ocean has layers that mix—sometimes. What are the layers made of? And why is it bad news when they don’t?
How Many Animal Species Are There, Really?
YouthAnimalsEnvironmentFacts...It's harder than you might think to know how many animal species live on Earth.
Anteater Rescue
KidsAnimalsEnvironmentNatureA tiny baby anteater fell from the tree where he was sleeping, and animal rescuers can't find his mom anywhere in sight.
4 Plants that Hunt Underground
AdultsEnvironmentLifeNature...Carnivorous plants tend to live in environments where the soil can’t provide enough of the nutrients they need to survive, so they have developed all sorts of methods to trap and consume the critters of the area, including hunting underground!
Are Hurricanes Getting Stronger?
YouthHistoryScienceTechnology...Although we’ll never see a Category 6 hurricane, data does show that more hurricanes are becoming more severe.
Harp Seal Pups are Losing their Homes I Our Frozen Planet I BBC Earth
AdultsAnimalsLifeTravel...On opposite ends of our planet, two remarkably similar stories are playing out... and what links them is our changing climate. Meet the scientists witnessing events unfold in these polar regions, and discover their hopes for a better future.
Moth Rescue
KidsAnimalsEnvironmentNatureWhen Tala found a giant moth struggling in the parking lot, she quickly came to her rescue!
King Penguins and Melting Glaciers I Our Frozen Planet I BBC Earth
AdultsAnimalsLifeNature...Melting glaciers in South Georgia have opened up new habitat for penguin colonies, but the impacts of ice loss globally are far-reaching – with potentially devastating consequences. If Greenland’s ice sheet were to fully melt, global sea levels could rise by seven metres. Can we work together for a different future?
Befriending A Millipede
YouthAnimalsEducationEnvironment...David Attenborough makes friends with one of natures creepiest crawlies: the millipede.
Earth From Space: UK Heatwave
KidsSpaceTechnologyWorld...The Copernicus Sentinel-3 images show the scale of Britain’s heatwave in August.