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The Kichwa tribe in the Sarayaku region of the Amazon in Ecuador believe that humans, animals, and plants live in harmony. They are fighting oil companies who want to exploit their ancestral land. A delegation of indigenous people attended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, France to make sure their voices were heard.
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Will the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico create dead zones? That’s the concern of University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye. She’s headed to the gulf to investigate how the oil and methane gas discharged by the BP Deepwater Horizon spill is impacting the ocean microbes that live there. With funding from National Science Foundation, she is also looking at how the dispersants used to break up the oil are impacting marine life, including microbes, fish, and shellfish.
An energy source unrivaled in efficiency and power, oil is the driving force behind today's industries and economies. It touches nearly every aspect of our daily lives, from our food and our clothing to our cars, yet most of us know very little about it. Traces the story of oil through the centuries, from its birth deep in the dinosaur-inhabited past to its ascendancy as an indispensable ingredient of modern life. Yet many experts predict that we have already passed peak production of this vital natural resource, with the latest scientific evidence suggesting that our headlong rush to exploit the remaining reserves may have profound--and perilous--impacts on our future.
Rented by the BP Oil Company to drill an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes on April 20, 2010. It sinks into the ocean and causes a gigantic oil spill. At issue is negligence in the maintenance and in the tests carried out. On September 19, after months of unsuccessful attempts, the spill is finally declared sealed. However, this incident has generated the largest marine oil disaster in history. Part of the "Butterfly Effect" series.
Part of the animated "Johan, the Young Scientist" series. Johan is curious about where oil comes from. After a briefing from Professor Hoo about how oil is formed, Johan, Ani, and Moki decide to find oil for themselves. They visit a swamp, an offshore oil rig, and finally drill for oil with the help of robots.
It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee sets out to save her father's oil empire and becomes obsessed with wealth and power. Originally released as a theatrical production.
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 three types of fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas as well as their uses in modern society. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.
Students demonstrate the importance of emulsifiers in combining oil and water mixtures.
Industrial engineer and systems analyst Monica Barin shares her path to a career in solar power technology. She experienced a failure early in her pursuit, but she used her disappointment as a tool to find success. Part of the "Career Spotlight" series.
Dr. Riki Ott is a whistle blower who predicted the Exxon Valdez oil spill before it happened. She is also a toxicologist, author, and activist who spent time organizing the Gulf Coast communities in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. Various citizen groups have followed Dr. Ott's example to change and strengthen efforts to curb oil pollution of America's lands, rivers, and coastal waters.
Recyclebank and Revolution Foods are two innovative companies that focus on rewarding people for taking ecological and healthy actions. These two companies are encouraging citizens to be actively engaged with good environmental and nutritional practices. The benefits created by these practices are considered "win-win-win". This means that consumers and government save money, build community, and also earn long-term health benefits.
University of South Florida engineering professor Norma Alcantar and her team are using the Prickly Pear Cacti to clean up oil and other toxins from water. With support from the National Science Foundation, Alcantar has spent the last few years confirming something that her grandmother told her years ago – that cacti can purify water. The objectives of this research are to develop a water purification system based on an economically feasible method of water purification.
In Colorado, drilling for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, sometimes referred to as fracking, is big business. But questions about its impact on the air and water are far from settled. With support from the National Science Foundation, University of Colorado environmental engineer Joseph Ryan heads a team gathering data on the pros and cons of oil and natural gas development, including the use of hydraulic fracturing. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
A great deal of today's modern technology exists due to the extensive use of the abundant chemical element, Silicon. California's Silicon Valley is where we find several of the world's most innovative and successful technology companies that touch all areas of human needs. Two of these companies, SunTech and Complete Genomics, are on the forefront of the innovative use of computing technology. Through their groundbreaking methods and designs they have harnessed the computing power of the Silicon Valley and applied it to creating more efficient and effective solar power generators as well as cost effective and highly accurate human genome mapping techniques.
Everywhere one looks in Southern Louisiana there's water: rivers, bayous, swamps, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. And everyone in Cajun Country has a water story, or two or three or more. Its waterways support the biggest economies in Louisiana - a $70 billion a year oil and gas industry, a $2.4 billion a year fishing business, tourism and recreational sports. But these waterways are also home to some insidious polluters along a 100-mile-long stretch of the Mississippi known "Cancer Alley," the world's largest Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico and erosion that is costing the coastline twenty five square miles of wetlands a year.
With the retirement of NASAs space shuttle fleet in 2011, the role of getting people, satellites and other instruments into space falls to private companies. As of June 2011, there have been only 523 people to reach the 100 kilometer mark (considered human spaceflight), and only 24 have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. It is projected that within ten years, the number of people who will have flown into space will increase by about 600 percent due to the increasing market of suborbital spaceflight and the possibility of private citizens utilizing space flight. Students will explore suborbital and orbital spaceflight and the requirements necessary for vehicles to achieve these journeys. They also go behind the scenes of many of the private companies involved in taking on the tasks to travel to low Earth orbit and beyond and uncover some of the technology used to accomplish these goals.
Addresses how puberty begins, what changes to expect during this developmental period, and how to cope with them. This introductory video is designed to be viewed by both boys and girls together.
Marine biologists spend years trying to perfect a technique to help rescue one of the biggest creatures on the planet: the right whale. Then, oil washes ashore during a spill, and rescuers spring into action to save hundreds of sea turtles. Part of the "Sea Rescue" series.
Ryder and the PAW Patrol clean up a small oil spill in the water near Adventure Bay. Next, they help the mayor recover Adventure Bay's famous statue after it falls into the bay. Part of the "PAW Patrol" series.
Get to know some businesses that are giving back in big ways. Learn from socially conscious companies that are doing good for people and the environment, in addition to making a profit. It's the new triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit!
