TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change?
With rising temperatures and seas, massive droughts, and changing landscapes, successfully adapting to climate change is increasingly important. For humans, this can mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why the Arctic Is Climate Change's Canary in the Coal Mine
William Chapman explains why scientists often describe the Arctic as the "canary in the coal mine" when it comes to climate change. [3:59]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Cloudy Climate Change: How Clouds Affect Earth's Temperature
As the Earth's surface temperature gradually rises, it has become vital for us to predict the rate of this increase with as much precision as possible. In order to do that, scientists need to understand more about aerosols and clouds....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Quantum Mechanics Explains Global Warming
You've probably heard that carbon dioxide is warming the Earth. But how exactly is it doing it? Lieven Scheire uses a rainbow, a light bulb and a bit of quantum physics to describe the science behind global warming. [5:01]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change
Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Climate Change: Earth's Giant Game of Tetris
There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide- a greenhouse gas that is piling up ever more rapidly as we burn the fossil fuels that...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Networked Beauty of Forests
Deforestation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all trains, planes and automobiles combined. Suzanne Simard examines how the complex, symbiotic networks of our forests mimic our own neural and social networks- and how those...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Secret to Rising Sea Levels
Check out Asap SCIENCE's video explaining the natural phenomenon of thermal expansion, and learn how it is affecting rising sea levels. [1:16]
Climate Literacy
Clean: Stabilization Wedges Game
A team-based exercise that teaches players about the scope of the greenhouse gas problem, plus technologies that already exist to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions and help steer Earth away from climate change.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Coral Bleaching: A White Hot Problem
Students investigate coral bleaching using water temperature data from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center. Then they learn about the habitat of corals, the stresses on coral populations, and the impact of increased sea surface...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Climate Change and Arctic Ecosystems
Students learn about how climate change is affecting the Arctic ecosystem, and then investigate how this change is impacting polar bear populations. Students analyze maps of Arctic sea ice, temperature graphs, and polar bear population...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Climate Change and Ecosystems
Students research the inter-dependencies among plants and animals in an ecosystem and explore how climate change affects those relationships and the ecosystem as a whole.
Popular Science
Popular Science China's Green Evolution
An article about what China is doing to turn around its pollution problems. Read about plans for establishing large eco-communities in China, which are intended to make China's air and water cleaner as they also absorb millions of...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Greenland: Ice on the Move
NPR offers a photographic slide show on the status of Greenland's ice glaciers as they start to melt and the consequences of the melting for the future.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Dimming the Sun
An online presentation of NOVA's program Dimming the Sun. You can read a transcript of the show, read an essay on the effect of contrails on global warming, and view slideshows tracing a timeline of climate change and new technologies...
PBS
Greenhouse Green Planet
Why is the earth just the right temperature to support life? The answer is the greenhouse effect, and you can learn more about it using this resource.
PBS
Nova: If the Ice Melts
Global warming is becoming a big concern. See how it might affect the shorelines if parts of the Antarctic ice sheet melt. Diagrams of the east coast, Florida, northern Europe and southeast Asia are available.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Global Climate Change: The Effects of Global Warming
Students conduct an investigation to determine CO2 levels in four different gas samples, examine evidence of global warming in our environment, and consider their own role in contributing to global warming.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Person on the Street (Pos) Interview About Climate Science
A media project where young scholars create a video that documents unrehearsed interviews with "people on the street" about a specific question or issue in climate science.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Impacts of Topography on Sea Level Change
Students use web-based animations to explore the impacts of ice melt, specifically changes to sea level. They also use topographic maps to examine the relationship between topography and sea level change by mapping changing shorelines.
Climate Literacy
Clean: It's Time to Tell the Story About Buds, Leaves and Global Warming
In this activity, learners explore how, in New England, the timing of color change and leaf drop of deciduous trees is changing.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Introduction to Earth's Climate
This lesson is an introduction to Earth's climate and covers key principles regarding Earth's unique climate, atmosphere, and regional and temporal climate differences. Students will gain an understanding of how the weather and climate...
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US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Global Warming Wheel Card [Pdf]
Students construct a Global Warming Wheel Card, a hand-held tool that they can use to estimate their household's emissions of carbon dioxide and learn how they can reduce them.
Other
Climate Central: Surging Seas
An interactive map that shows how areas will be effective by rising sea levels. See the flooding risks down to the neighborhood. Also find statistics of affected populations, homes and lands. There is also factsheets, widgets, and action...