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The Dirty Truth About Truffles
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- The Dirty Truth About Truffles
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- You might know truffles as a fancy ingredient shaved onto pasta or added to fries. Truffles grow underground and can’t spread their spores on their own. That’s when forest creatures sniff them out, dig them up, eat them, and well… pass them along. 💩This not-so-glamorous process helps truffles grow, which nourishes trees and supports entire forest ecosystems.
So while they might be a delicacy on your plate, in nature, truffles are hard at work keeping the forest alive.
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- The Real Reason People Move Toward Risk
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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Some of the fastest-growing metros in the U.S. are also the riskiest when it comes to climate change. And we’ve long puzzled: WHY? In this episode, we explore how the Great Recession, liberal housing policy and well-intentioned community decision-making have fueled our nationwide housing crisis and helped drive people to move into harm’s way.
We’ll dive into new First Street maps that unveil where people will be living - and fleeing - as the climate warms. So stay tuned to see if your home is on the map, and what we can do to build more resilient communities for the future.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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- what melting Antarctic ice would do to our coastlines
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Weathered's Maiya May explains how an unusual sea creature revealed a fascinating discovery about Antartica's glacial history..
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- The REAL STORY of Climate Skeptics New Favorite Graph
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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Is global warming just part of Earth’s natural cycle? In this episode of Weathered, we break down why that’s not the full story. From ice ages and Milankovitch cycles to the role of CO2 and fossil fuels, today’s climate change is unlike anything in Earth’s deep past. Learn why the speed of warming matters and how we can bring our temperature down.
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- the simple logging fix to help the climate
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- From space, some forests look like a giant checkerboard. It’s not AI or a glitch, it’s the legacy of logging. These patterns reveal a surprising climate story: older forests store way more carbon than recently logged ones. So what do we do about it?
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- Earth's Worst Mass Extinction Is Actually a Warning
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- There is a surprising natural wonder in the middle of the vast West Texas desert: a prehistoric ocean reef built from the remains of ancient sea life. This fossil-rich landscape tells the story of Earth's most devastating mass extinction—and can help enlighten the climate threats we face today.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning 4k drone footage to reveal the natural and human-made marvels shaping our planet--from a 10,000-foot view--literally.
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- This 'Forest' Isn't What You Think
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- This is Pando: the largest known tree on Earth, thriving in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. 🌳It was first identified as a single organism in the 1960s, with genetically identical stems connected underground. But despite its resilience, Pando is now under threat. Human activity and environmental changes have disrupted the delicate balance it needs to survive, sparking a passionate mission to protect this natural wonder before it fades away.
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- What's Really Under Antarctica's Ice?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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If all of Antarctica’s ice melted, our coastlines would be drastically altered. Fortunately, that’s not going to happen anytime soon, but new evidence suggests that West Antarctica - which holds around 5 METERS of sea level rise - is melting a lot faster than scientists once thought. And, a new study warns of a sinister threat buried deep beneath the melting ice - one that may cause a feedback loop that speeds up the melt of the already precarious West Antarctic ice sheet. Stay tuned to find out what new maps reveal about the under-ice world of Antarctica, and how a tiny octopus can help us understand the South Pole’s ice-free past.
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- Why humans gave cows their own continent
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Despite being over 8 billion strong, humans occupy just a tiny fraction of Earth’s habitable land—while livestock like cows take up more space than the entire continent of Africa!
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- There’s Something Weird Going On With the Northern Lights
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Check out Indie Alaska’s episode on food forests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwYaMqhmNCg&list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4
The awe-inspiring visuals of the Aurora Borealis have fascinated humanity for centuries, but its most enduring mystery lies not in what we see but what some have claimed to hear for generations. Although such accounts have long been dismissed by modern science, could it be that these stories were right all along?
Untold Earth explores the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained occurrences in our own backyard, this series chases insight into natural phenomena through the voices that know them best.
Untold Earth is produced in partnership with Atlas Obscura and Nature.
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- The Biggest Climate Scam Ever?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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What happens when a study goes viral? After the “trillion tree” campaign captured the internet's imagination, YouTube sensation, MrBeast, raised 20 million dollars to plant 20 million trees. But did they survive? We went to check in on them… and were shocked.
In this episode of Weathered, we get into the surprising origins of the viral “trillion tree” campaign, why it nearly ended the careers of the scientists behind it, and what actually works when it comes to storing carbon and fighting climate change. Spoiler: it’s not as simple as planting trees.
Check out NOVA’s Secrets of the Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya-1qxswcLI&list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4
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- The Modern City That Was Buried By a Volcano
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Check out In the Margins on @pbsorigins : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOEnk3K6FEE&list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4
In the 1990s, an entire city in the Caribbean vanished under ash. Plymouth, Montserrat, once vibrant, now lies frozen in time—buried by a volcano still simmering beneath the surface. We explore how this community has endured, and how scientists are racing to uncover the volcano’s secrets before it erupts again.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning 4k drone footage to reveal the natural and human-made marvels shaping our planet--from a 10,000-foot view--literally.
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- Why Do So Many Tornadoes Occur Here?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Why does North America get hit by the vast majority of the world’s tornadoes—about 93% of them? Weathered host Maiya May explores the geography, climate, and atmospheric forces that make North America a tornado magnet.
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- What is Iceberg Alley? (And why it’s amazing)
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Every spring, massive icebergs drift down from Greenland to the coast of Newfoundland, creating a frozen spectacle known as Iceberg Alley. But what causes this icy migration, and why here?
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- The Entire Pacific SHOULD Be Warming, But It's Not!
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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Check out Borealis and the Earth Month Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmmvSaqjCVQ&list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4&index=3
A mysterious patch in the Pacific Ocean is defying all climate models - it is inexplicably cooling while the rest of the world is warming. Stretching off the west coast of Ecuador, this “cold tongue” challenges what we know about fundamental ocean and atmospheric currents, and has big implications for weather systems throughout the world. Can scientists crack the mystery of the Pacific Cold Tongue? Stay tuned to find out.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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- What's up with this eternally burning pit in the desert?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan is a massive pit that’s been burning for decades. And it's not the only place like it in the world!
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- What Turned These Ancient Trees to Stone?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Locked within the stones and fossils of Petrified Forest National Park lies a record of life, death, and resilience during one of Earth's most extreme periods of environmental change. What secrets do these fossilized ecosystems reveal about the prehistoric past, and how can they help predict the future of life on Earth?
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- Carbon dioxide can save us...?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth was a frozen world unfit for human habitation. But all that changed with an increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Fast forward to today, and the same CO2 that once thawed a frozen world to make it habitable to us, is now cooking our habitable world.
In this video Weathered's Maiya May tells the story of "Snowball Earth"
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- Can We Save Mexico City’s Famous Axolotls?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- In the southern part of Mexico City lies Xochimilco, a maze of canals filled with boats, music, food and tourists. But Xochimilco is more than that. It’s one of the last remnants of the interconnected lakes that once surrounded Tenochtitlan, the ancient capital of the Aztecs. And within these canals, in a city of 22 million people, lies the last remaining wild habitat of a strange, smiling salamander called the axolotl.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning 4k drone footage to reveal the natural and human-made marvels shaping our planet--from a 10,000-foot view--literally.
Learn more about the conservation organization we worked with for this episode, Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), here: https://www.restauracionecologica.org
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- Urban firestorms are back, and there’s one thing that can stop them
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- It's WILD how often cities used to burn down. But, by the early 1900s, we solved the problem of urban firestorms. And now, they're back. Watch our full episode, Weathered: Inside the LA Firestorm to learn the ONE THING that can solve the problem of urban firestorms once again.
Weathered is hosted by Maiya May.
Weathered: Inside the LA Firestorm is available on YouTube, PBS broadcast, and streaming on the PBS app and website starting March 19. https://to.pbs.org/weatheredlafire
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- Inside the LA Firestorm - The REAL Story | Full Documentary
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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It is WILD how often cities used to burn down. So when fires ripped through LA at the beginning of 2025, we wondered: are urban firestorms BACK?
In 1871, nearly a third of Chicago burned down. In 1889, 25 blocks of Seattle went up in flames. Modern buildings and firefighting solved the problem. So, how is this happening again? And why is it getting worse? To find out, we went to LA while the fires were still burning. Our crew was on the ground from day one. We interviewed top fire officials and leading scientists. And, we learned exactly what went wrong in LA - and the ONE THING that could stop these UNSTOPPABLE fires.
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- Why Do Redwoods Grow THIS Tall?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Ever wonder why redwoods, which can grow over 300 feet tall, are so much taller than other trees?
These massive trees predate human existence by about 135 million years and have mastered how to survive. Catch up on episodes of Untold Earth on PBS Terra!
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- What’s up with these bizarre land forms?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Humans have left behind some strange footprints on the face of our planet. From checkerboard forests to terraces to man-made oases.
Check out more episodes of Overview on PBS Terra. Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning 4k drone footage to reveal the natural and human made marvels shaping our planet--from a 10,000-foot view--literally.
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- How We Know The AMOC Will Collapse Again
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- In a new AMOC study, scientists took thousands of ice samples and found that the AMOC collapsed 25 times during the last ice age, or once every 5,000 years. And the last collapse was 12,000 years ago….
Although we aren’t in an ice age anymore, we now know that the AMOC is way less stable than we previously thought.
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- What Is Killing These Indestructible Swamp Trees?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers against hurricanes and extreme weather. Spanning a million acres, these nearly indestructible trees have protected Louisiana's coast for thousands of years. How does this million-acre ecosystem protect Louisiana’s communities, and how can we protect it?
Untold Earth explores the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained occurrences in our own backyard, this series chases insight into natural phenomena through the voices that know them best.
Untold Earth is produced in partnership with Atlas Obscura and Nature.
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- We figured out why it’s been so hot
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The last two years were hot. In fact, 2024 was officially measured as the hottest year on record. But we only recently figured out why.
In this video Weathered's Maiya May explains how cloud seeding works and how external factors affect it.
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- This Is The Best Evidence That Atlantic Currents Are Slowing (AMOC Explained)
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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This episode of Weathered: Earth’s Extremes was originally released on Oct, 2nd, 2024.
The AMOC is one of Earth’s most vital systems and it may be collapsing. Ocean scientist, Lisa Beal, has discovered that the Gulf Stream is slowing down, indicating a potential tipping point for the AMOC. In hopes to prevent an AMOC collapse, Maiya May heads to Georgia to meet Stacey Abrahms and learn how an ambitious non-profit hopes to electrify everything. She then travels to take her first flight lesson in an all electric plane. And finally she returns to Florida to le...
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- Is This Earth’s Most Treacherous Coastline?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Thanks to Rogue History's Joel Cook from @pbsorigins for collaborating on this episode!
The Outer Banks, known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic," is home to thousands of shipwrecks, including Blackbeard’s infamous Queen Anne’s Revenge. But beyond the maritime history, this fragile coastline is rapidly changing—threatened by shifting sands, rising seas, and intensifying storms that could reshape it forever.
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- How Did This Giant Rock Actually Form?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Devil’s Tower has stood tall in the Wyoming Plains for over 50 million years, becoming a cultural landmark for American Indians and a source of human fascination. But how did this massive rock actually form?
Be sure to catch up on new episodes of Untold Earth now on PBS Terra!
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- Our Water Crisis Is WAY WORSE than You Think...Here's Why
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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From California’s epic few years of droughts and floods to wells running dry and aquifers depleting, water is a critical environmental issue. So, what do we do about it? In this episode, Maiya May tries to figure this out. To start, she visits Tulare Lake, California, once a critical water reserve and cultural site for the Tachi-Yokut tribe, which has re-emerged after 150 years. Maiya learns about agriculture's challenges, the depletion of groundwater, and finds hope in innovative farming practices that reduce emissions and conserve water. She then heads back to California to learn how water officials are utilizing floods to recharge critical aquifers.
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- The World's Largest Iceberg Is On The Move
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The world's largest iceberg: named A23a, is on the move. After breaking free from its Antarctic origin, the iceberg roughly the size of Rhode Island is approaching South Georgia Island. Weathered's Maiya May explains what this means for ecosystems and the climate in general.
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- What Causes These Mind-Bending Waves?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Qiantang River in China is home to one of the most dramatic tidal bores in the world, where incoming tides create massive waves that collide, split, and interfere with each other, forming mesmerizing, seemingly unreal patterns.
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- This Is Not a Forest
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Pando, Latin for 'I spread,' appears to be a forest but is actually one massive tree. Weighing 13 million pounds, Pando is one of the world’s largest living organisms. It has thrived in Utah's Fishlake National Forest, spreading across 106 acres with 47,000 stems. Find out how human intervention has both threatened its survival and sparked a passionate mission to protect it.
Untold Earth explores the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained occurrences in our own backyard, this series chases insight into natural phenomena through the voices that know them best.
Untold Earth is produced in partnership with Atlas Obscura and Nature.
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- Why Are So Many Power Plants Blowing Up?
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- 1 year ago
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This episode of Weathered: Earth’s Extremes was originally released on Oct, 2nd, 2024.
Environmental policies are uncertain and so is our climate’s future. In this episode of Weathered: Earth’s Extremes, Maiya May digs into the science on where we actually are in the clean energy transition and what our most likely futures are.
In previous episodes, we have discussed climate tipping points, Maiya May sets off to learn about positive climate tipping points. She travels from Wyoming to Michigan and back to her hometown of Atlanta. In Cheyenne, ...
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- What La Niña Will Do to Our Weather in 2025?
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- 1 year ago
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- 2024 was recently declared the hottest year on record. But we're now likely to experience a cooling trend. Does this mean global warming is reversing? (Spoiler: no, it does not). Weathered's Maiya May explains how El Niño and La Niña affect global temperatures, and what we can expect for the next few years.
Record high temperatures and deep freezes, historic droughts and intense rains and floods. Why was 2024 such a weird weather year? And can we expect more of these extremes in 2025? Maiya May explains.
Weathered: Earth's Extremes is now streaming on the PBS App
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- Why Crocodiles Are Thriving in the Shadow of A Nuclear Plant
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- 1 year ago
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- Florida’s native crocodiles have found an unexpected sanctuary in the cooling canals at Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant. This fortunate happenstance, along with tireless conservation efforts, are helping these once endangered predators make a remarkable comeback.
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- Biologically speaking, how many types of hair are there?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Tina Lasisi breaks down the science of hair.
"Why Am I Like This?" is a show hosted by biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi, and produced by STEMedia, that dives deep into evolutionary biology to explain some of our existentialism or everyday questions about our body.
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- Wait, it’s all Canadian shield?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Why does Canada have so much bizarre terrain and so, so many lakes? This is the geology behind the ancient, rugged landscape of the Canadian Shield.
Check out more episodes of Overview on PBS Terra. Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning 4k drone footage to reveal the natural and human made marvels shaping our planet--from a 10,000-foot view--literally.
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- When Will We Stop Moving to the Riskiest Regions?
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- 1 year ago
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For the last 50 years, Americans have flocked to the warm, sunny South. But, as climate change makes extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfire and flooding worse, will that trend ever STOP? Well, some regions might just be showing signs of a reversal, and they hold lessons for what other areas might expect as the world continues to warm.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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- How do we measure skin color?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Tina Lasisi describes how researchers measure skin color data to build a "melanin index"
"Why Am I Like This?" is a show hosted by biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi, and produced by STEMedia, that dives deep into evolutionary biology to explain some of our existentialism or everyday questions about our body.
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- The Real Reason California Is Burning
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, and Kenneth fires in the greater Los Angeles area have already caused catastrophic damage and loss of life. They also figure to be the most expensive in terms of property damage in California, and even US history.
What caused these fires? Why are they happening during what's typically the wettest time of year in Southern California? Is climate change to blame? And how will this affect the insurance industry moving forward? Weathered's Maiya May explains.
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- The world is warming, so why is the US so cold right now?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- It's been a cold January for many in the US, and now Winter Storm Blair has left a swath of snow and ice across the country. But how is this possible with global temperatures at record highs? Weathered's Maiya May explains how warming Arctic temperatures disrupt the polar vortex, bringing frigid temperatures south.
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- Animals don't tend to have baby fat, so why do humans?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Human babies are especially chonky relative to other animal species. But why? Tina Lasisi explains the science of adiposity.
"Why Am I Like This?" is a show hosted by biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi, and produced by STEMedia, that dives deep into evolutionary biology to explain some of our existentialism or everyday questions about our body.
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- How do they create skin color maps?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Tina Lasisi discusses how skin maps measure and map melanin levels around the world.
"Why Am I Like This?" is a show hosted by biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi, and produced by STEMedia, that dives deep into evolutionary biology to explain some of our existentialism or everyday questions about our body.
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- What is the "Language Gene"?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The FoxP2 gene is sometimes called the Language Gene. But should it be? In this video, Tina Lasisi discusses the genetics of language.
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- Are Pheromones Real?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Does your crush smell good? Is it pheromones? Are pheromones even real? Tina Lasisi explains
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- You've never seen Jupiter like this!
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- These new jaw-dropping images of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno mission reveal vibrant detail never before seen.
Check out more episodes of Overview on PBS Terra. Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning 4k drone footage to reveal the natural and human made marvels shaping our planet--from a 10,000-foot view--literally.
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- The First Computer Bug Was a Literal Insect
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The world’s first computer bug was an actual bug, but it might surprise you to learn that the term was used WAY before computers were on the scene…host @marenhunsberger tells the story of how an inconvenient moth is connected to the evolution of computing as we know it.
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- Where did denim REALLY come from?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The denim in your closet is older than you think! Fascinating Fails host Maren Hunsberger explains how denim was created, and where the word originated from!
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- The AMOC Might Be WAY More Unstable Than We Thought...Here's Why
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- 1 year ago
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There is a mysterious cold blob in the North Atlantic that could be a warning sign that the largest heat transfer system on the planet, the AMOC, is on the brink of collapse. But it turns out that the AMOC’s collapse is a highly debated topic among scientists – climate models are inconsistent and there isn’t enough observational data to determine a trend. So, perhaps the answer to understand a possible AMOC collapse is to go back in time.
In this episode, we talk to three paleoclimate experts who look at the Earth’s past climate and find some really shocking things about the AMOC’s past behavior. And it turns out that the mysterious cold blob may actually be a bigger deal than we realize…
