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NOVA: Becoming Human | Diatoms Measure Climate Change

Learn how scientists used the fossils of one-celled aquatic organisms, called diatoms, to understand ancient climate conditions in eastern Africa, in this video from NOVA: Becoming Human. White layers of a rock formation consist of deep-water diatoms and darker layers consist of shallow-water diatom

Climate and Human Evolution

Learn how the analysis of rock layers and ocean sediments supports the theory that rapid climate change may have jump-started human evolution two million years ago in this video from NOVA: "Becoming Human". CREDITS: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/credits/clim10.sci.ess.watcyc.evoclimate/ LICENSE

History of the climate conference

In 1992, politicians from almost every country in the world met for the first climate conference. For years, however, not much happened. It wasn't until 2015 at the climate conference in Paris that there was a real treaty: the Paris Climate Agreement. Author: ZDF/logo/Judith Vehar Translation and

What is Climate Change?

What exactly is climate change? Find out more information and how it contributes to climate action. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/mysimpleshow This video was created by one of our volunteer authors to support the campaign "Goal 13 - Climate Action". Find more information on our

The most important climate factors

How sun, clouds, CO2 and other factors determine the climate. The video clip was created in collaboration with meteorologist Prof. Dr. Stephan Borrmann, Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, and climate scientist Dr. Di

NOVA scienceNOW: Mass Extinction

This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW examines a developing theory that might explain a 250-million-year-old "murder mystery." While several possible causes have been considered for the mass extinction that occurred at the end of the Permian period, the scientists featured in the video thi

Global Climate Protection And Data Collection

Climate change and its consequences know no borders. Its causes can be traced to every corner of the world and its effects are becoming progressively noticeable worldwide. Therefore, effective climate protection must be tackled globally. Determining national emissions is therefore a complex and ala

Global Climate Protection And Data Collection

Climate change and its consequences know no borders. Its causes can be traced to every corner of the world and its effects are becoming progressively noticeable worldwide. Therefore, effective climate protection must be tackled globally. Determining national emissions is therefore a complex and ala

International Literacy Day

September 8 is International Literacy Day. Literacy is vital for self-esteem, functionality, and career advancement. This video sheds light on the issue and clarifies what we can do to increase global literacy. #literacy #internationalliteracyday #literacyday #simpleshowfoundation Transcript: alugh

How climate models work

How do climate researchers generate their forecasts? The video shows how modern climate models work. Author: Von ZDF/Terra X/Gruppe 5/Luise Wagner, Jonas Sichert, Andreas Hougardy Dubbing: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/TerraX

Climate factor: the Sun

The earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, so that depending on the distance, cyclical changes in the earth's climate occur. How does the sun influence today's climate change? Author: Von ZDF/Terra X/Story House Productions/Gruppe 5/Luise Wagner, Jonas Sichert, Rudi Kirschen Redub: al

Climate factor CO₂

With the use of coal, oil and gas, humans currently blow about 40 gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. But how does CO2 cause the greenhouse effect? Author: ZDF/Terra X/Gruppe 5/ Luise Wagner, Jonas Sichert, Andreas Hougardy Redub: alugha Click here to see more videos: http