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Year after year massive fires continue to rip through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) in Colorado. Some scientists fear that the forests may not be able to recover due to a warming climate. Colorado University PhD student Monica Rother investigates post-fire ecosystems in an effort to predict what the Colorado Front Range might look like in a warmer, drier future. Part of the WildFire PIRE series.
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What is happening with New Zealand forests? A team of University of Colorado fire scientists dig deep into the forests of New Zealand to find clues about past wildfires. They also hope their discoveries will reveal how to protect the fragile ecosystems in the future. Part of WildFIRE PIRE series.
What is the largest living thing on earth? What are the four levels of a forest? Bill Nye explores a forest, its purpose, and its by-products. Visit different kinds of forests, a timberline, and a forest fire.
In a year when many Floridians have experienced first-hand the dangers of raging wildfires, University of Central Florida researchers are preparing to study whether interactive, virtual reality simulations of wildfires can make residents more willing to invest in preventing them. With funding from the National Science Foundation, the UCF research team is developing an interactive simulation of a wildfire spreading through Volusia County. Participants will decide how much they want to invest in prescribed burns and insurance, and their decisions will be contrasted with those who only receive written information about the danger of wildfires.
In recent years, the number and scale of wildfires in the U.S. has risen, threatening cities and forests and forcing large-scale evacuations. NSF is supporting the WIFIRE initiative, led jointly by UC San Diego and the University of Maryland, to better monitor, predict, and mitigate wildfires in the future. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
Fire scientist David Bowman gives a testimony of the danger of catastrophic bushfire around his hometown of Hobart, Tasmania. As record bush fires continue to plague the country, the work of Bowman and his colleagues to understand the causes and consequences of these events becomes ever more pressing. Part of WildFIRE PIRE series.
Offers a look at what kind of information satellites provide about our world. Satellite imagery has multiple uses: showing crops and pests, monitoring weather in all its forms, following forest fires and air pollutants, and more. Imagery notes climate changes, the ozone layer, and temperature of many things--all designed to predict and protect. These sensors present unusual windows to our world.
Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, it is night time and Moko is watching the shooting stars from Totemie's village and is remembering how he once thought that a lady blew the stars in the sky from the embers of her bonfire. And suddenly, an immense star, a huge ball of fire, appears from the sky and falls to the depths of the forest. Totemie and Moko take off to see where the meteorite has landed and discover that a huge flaming rock has made a hole the size of a volcano's crater in the ground and is setting fire to the forest around it. Totemie is scared that the sky is angry and Moko, who remembers Mei Li begins to dance like she did while playing Alarick's flute. It begins to rain and slowly the flames die down. Moko thinks that the clouds must have seen him dance and heard his flute and come to save his new friend's land.
Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, Moko is woken by the sound of singing coming from the other end of the beach. It is Mei-Lei. As they are walking towards her village, they feel a terrible rumble and see black smoke coming from the mountain. Moko thinks this is his fault, that he has trespassed in the forbidden forest, and wants to apologize. They arrive at the edge of an enormous chasm, a veritable fire pit. To prevent the volcano from erupting, Moko offers it a beautiful seashell, as Mei-Lei's ancestors did. The mountain's rumbling stops and Moko is proud to have learned its language.
Explores the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State which has a greater variety of habitats than anywhere else in the world. Introduces its abundant plant and animal life and explains the delicate balance between them. Considers the importance of water and rainfall, from the temperate rain forests at the coast, to the lowland forests, mountain forests, and glaciers.
The importance of forests cannot be underestimated. Humans depend on forests for survival, from the air they breathe to the wood they use. Besides providing habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans, forests also offer watershed protection, prevent soil erosion, and mitigate climate change.
Kelp forests can be seen along much of the West Coast of North America. NOAA scientists study kelp forests by visiting the same locations over and over to assess the presence and abundance of a variety of organisms. Monitoring allows marine scientists to determine if the kelp forest is changing over time and to identify the cause of those changes, whether natural or human. Healthy kelp forests maintain the existence of thousands of plants, animals, and fish stocks. All of these require a thriving ocean ecosystem.
Canada's coastal forest is part of an ancient forest system of redwood, spruce, and cedar trees. It is also home to some of the largest aggregations of top predators in North America. The trees of this forest are huge, and forest productivity here rivals even some of the world's biggest tropical rain forests. Part of the "Nature's Microworlds" series.
Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. For this particular video, students will focus on the geography of forests and their importance in keeping the environment healthy. There are three types of forests: deciduous, coniferous, and tropical rain forests. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.
Dot, the fire dog, and her firefighter friends know exactly what to do when the alarm bell rings at the fire station. Based on the book by Lisa Desimini.
A maritime forest is a forest that is on the coast and is influenced by sea spray. These areas are not found in very many places, and they serve as an oasis for wildlife. They are important for coastal resilience, and they help stabilize the shoreline.
Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, having spent the night up in the giant tree, Moko is woken up by the sound of an arrow piercing through an enormous fruit. Afraid that a giant must be coming, he climbs down the tree and tries to flee, but gets lost in the Amazon Forest. This is when he meets Totemie, a young Amazonian girl who knows the forest better than anyone. She invites Moko to her village and they walk through an incredible maze of plants, roots and trees of all kinds. Without Totemie, Moko would be completely lost. He believes the forest introduced his new friend so that he could learn a few of its secrets.
Madagascar has lost almost all of its forests, and the islands population is beginning to encroach on the pristine Makira Forest. Dr. Helen Crowley and her team set off to explore and record the biodiversity of this forest before environmental damage occurs. Segment of video from Wild Chronicles Series.
One might never know it, but the seemingly quiet Harvard Forest in Massachusetts is actually hard at work. Like other forests, it’s busy doing some serious global housekeeping, which is being monitored by scientists at Harvard University. With support from the National Science Foundation, researchers are studying forest ecology. That research includes determining how the forest responds to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
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