BeaQA0GQqrI just-have-a-think-our-oceans-have-learnt-how-to-eat-plastic Just Have a Think | Our Oceans Have Learnt how to Eat Plastic Plastic pollution is a huge problem on every continent, and increasingly in our oceans. Land based microbes have been discovered that have learnt how to digest certain plastics, but new research has now discovered that nature is at it in our oceans as well! So has evolution gifted us a solution to the Great Pacific Garbage patch? 58I6YQzBrPo people-dont-realize-this-about-climate-change-elon-musk-says People Don’t Realize This about Climate Change, Elon Musk Says Plenty of people have sounded the carbon emissions alarm over the years. In his recent-ish election season talk with Donald Trump, Elon Musk unexpectedly joined their ranks. cEn8d5qAT0k the-current-climate-change-is-caused-by-the-last-interglacial-cycle-or-not Current Climate Change Caused by The Last Interglacial Cycle? The last glaciation in Earth's history, also popularly known as the "Ice Age," ended approximately 11,700 years ago and gave way to the Holocene, the time we are in today. This is also classified as the "INTERGLACIAL PERIOD." K_Pqa-I0Z5U startalk-is-gravity-the-same-everywhere-on-earth StarTalk | Is Gravity the Same Everywhere on Earth? Do you weigh the same everywhere on Earth? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explain Earth’s Geoid and how our planet’s spin affects its shape and gravity. sabLh0F0rzA astrum-what-la-nina-will-do-to-earth-in-2025 Astrum | What La Niña Will do to Earth in 2025 After the extreme weather events and early end to El Nino, what can we expect from La Nina? HiO3M_cPeSo sabine-climate-tipping-points-are-real-stop-denying-it Sabine | Climate Tipping Points are Real, Stop Denying It The New York Times recently published an article about various climate change tipping points. Anthony Watts, a climate change denier, then published a blogpost calling the article “nothing more than speculation.” In this video I want to put these claims into perspective. _kGiCUiOMyQ climate-change-is-a-myth-a-nobel-prize-winners-ideas Climate Change is a Myth | A Nobel Prize Winner's Ideas... I suffered through an 80 mins lecture by Nobel Prize winner John F Clauser so that you don't have to. He calls climate change a "myth" and insists that climate scientists are "dishonest" and "clueless." Irl2d6-QMQY the-weather-files-the-worlds-most-extreme-weather The Weather Files | The World's Most Extreme Weather This documentary series shines a spotlight on extreme weather patterns. 77RobHGXR5I sabine-hossenfelder-this-climate-graph-has-a-nasty-secret Sabine Hossenfelder | This Climate Graph has a Nasty Secret I love talking about things that climate scientists don’t want to talk about, and today I have a fun example. It's the reason why all those climate change graphs you've seen talk about a "temperature anomaly" rather than an absolute temperature. Pz-Il2tF6p4 what-did-earth-look-like-in-the-time-of-supercontinent-pangea What Did Earth Look Like In The Time of SuperContinent Pangea? It is called Plate Tectonics. And it is the theory that explains why all the land masses, namely all the continents we know today - Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas, Australia, and Antarctica - were once joined together to form a single large island surrounded by a single vast ocean. -Dqz7P-mORs sabine-climate-scientists-cant-agree-on-how-warm-it-is Sabine | Climate Scientists Can't Agree on How Warm It Is I recently read that the world has crossed 1.5 degrees of warming above the pre-industrial level, the limit set in the Paris agreement. MaaJqPCjNr4 sabine-hossenfelder-time-to-get-real-about-climate-change Sabine Hossenfelder | Time to Get Real about Climate Change I'm tired of both overly optimistic messages from climate activists and scare stories of the impending apocalypse. It's about time we get realistic. "Net zero” by 2050 is not a realistic goal and it's about time we admit it. Kte5ClDrki4 tornadoes-rip-through-us-state-of-oklahoma Tornadoes Rip Through US State of Oklahoma At least four people have been killed, including a child, after tornadoes ripped through the US state of Oklahoma. More than a dozen twisters destroyed buildings and left thousands of households without power. Authorities fear the death toll might rise. JK1BfPw7lnQ pbs-terra-how-big-business-broke-recycling-and-blamed-you PBS Terra | How Big Business broke Recycling and Blamed You Recycling has been the gold standard for fighting pollution for decades. But most plastics can’t be recycled and the companies that push for recycling are the ones often generating the most emissions and waste in the first place. LHrVQjyMYJE the-super-volcano-that-nearly-destroyed-the-human-race The Super Volcano That Nearly Destroyed The Human Race Today, we humans run the show. However, in the past many other species have dominated and died at the hands of our capricious planet. Whether it was an asteroid from the sky or lava from below it seems that on a timeline the chances of survival for all sophisticated life becomes zero. We look at key events over the last 100,000 years that could have changed everything. rHbtrHpwCfM the-terrifying-reason-why-tornadoes-are-changing The Terrifying Reason Why Tornadoes Are Changing naked-science-Tornadoes are a horrifying force of nature that cause untold destruction all around the world. cLcncaKUo7c dynamic-earth-the-science-of-climate SpaceRip | Dynamic Earth | The Science of Climate With visualizations based on satellites and supercomputer simulations, we follow a trail of energy that flows from the Sun to our Earth. xfsHU6gi9OY new-york-and-new-jersey-earthquake-aftershocks-shake-new-york New Jersey Earthquake | Aftershocks shake New York An earthquake shook the Northeast on Friday, along with aftershocks throughout the day. We have live team coverage of the impact and cleanup efforts in New York and New Jersey. BV3I10aTUfk could-the-april-8-eclipse-trigger-a-big-earthquake Could the April 8 Eclipse Trigger A Big Earthquake? In ancient times, the sky was seen as a perfect clock. Stars and planets moved along fixed trajectories, repeating the same movements yearly. Any change in this apparent harmony, it was believed, must also have effects on Earth. lJG0jtYAhJY naked-science-where-earths-water-originally-comes-from Naked Science | Where Earth's Water Originally Comes From Water is one of the building blocks behind the miracle of life on earth. It covers 71% of our planet and forms a key part of our daily lives. mH2aE0lk2XM pbs-terra-why-its-time-to-stop-saving-the-planet PBS Terra | Why It's Time to Stop Saving the Planet We care about the planet. But what if it's time to stop "saving it"? 4XDLSqn0dCk microplastics-the-hidden-health-crisis Microplastics: The Hidden Health Crisis Microplastics aren't talked about a lot, but they could potentially be the largest health crisis of our future. So how bad is it and what can be done? ZPVeMyJqrHo nova-decoding-the-weather-machine NOVA | Decoding the Weather Machine Join scientists on a quest to better understand the weather and climate machine we call Earth. LjOA1alvBL0 naked-science-why-the-earths-atmosphere-is-so-important Naked Science | Why The Earth's Atmosphere Is So Important Home to millions of different species of life, the earth is an oasis for living things in a harsh and barren solar system. The secret to this? Our atmosphere. It provides the perfect conditions for life on earth as well as protect it from cosmic impacts. rA6CH0Elmso glaciations-the-moment-when-the-earth-was-a-snowball Glaciations | The Moment when the Earth was a Snowball Did you know that, in the past, the Earth experienced periods so cold that it became so icy that it resembled a "snowball"? Q15yFTtIRlM why-scientists-are-worried-about-the-lunar-nodal-cycle-in-2034 Why Scientists are Worried About the Lunar Nodal Cycle in 2034 The catastrophic effects of the ‘Lunar Nodal Cycle’. TqQf5H9LONk bbc-earth-lab-seaweed-the-fastest-solution-to-climate-change Is Seaweed The Fastest Solution To Climate-Change? Humans have been making use of seaweed for over 45,000 years, but only now are we starting to learn more about the incredible abilities of this ancient organism. ARlyiftCQ1o pbs-america-worlds-greatest-natural-fires PBS America | World's Greatest Natural Fires Get up close and personal with great fire icons. 2hkdAMyn-ZU what-causes-the-worst-cyclones-its-not-just-heat What Causes the Worst Cyclones | It’s Not Just Heat Narrator: Stephanie Sammann | Writer: Ashleen Knutsen | Editor: Dylan Hennessy 6rBjbFR5NPo bbc-news-libya-floods-thousands-dead-and-missing-as-race-to-help-flood-survivors-continues BBC News | Libya Floods | Thousands Dead and Missing At least 11,000 people are now thought to have died with thousands still listed as missing after devastating flooding hit eastern Libya