Earth Science Stories

This video is part of the Climate Literacy Principles collection by CLEAN and highlights Climate Literacy Principle 5.
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CIRES scientist Dr. Alessandra Pacini explains what space weather is, how it affects us here on Earth.
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Join Dr Rick Saltus to learn about citizen science with CrowdMag.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.

In this video, Drs. Anne Gold and Matthew Shupe conclude the series "Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic" with a summary of the course's major lessons.

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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. John Cassano describes the role of the Arctic in the Earth's energy budget and climate system.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Jonathan Griffith tells the story of Fridtjof Nansen's trailblazing journey through the Arctic in the 1893 Fram Expedition.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Matthew Shupe broadly defines MOSAiC.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Chris Cox will teach you about Earth's atmosphere.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Matthew Shupe explains the significance of clouds in the Arctic system and how they play important roles in precipitation, energy transfer, and climate modeling.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Drs. Jennifer Kay and Ariel Morrison introduce positive and negative albedo feedbacks that are important to the Arctic climate system (and polar bears!).
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Melinda Webster explains sea ice formation.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Hauke Flores describes sea ice as an important driver in Arctic food webs.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Clara Hoppe sheds light on the small but mighty phytoplankton!
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Gunilla Svensson explains how important Earth system models are to understanding where both global and Arctic climate systems are headed.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Marika Holland will teach you about climate models.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. John Walsh discusses how climate change is apparent throughout the Arctic (air, land, ice, and ocean) and that these changes are already impacting humans, wildlife, and the environment.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic. In this specific lesson, Dr. James Overland discusses how sea ice loss can cause major changes in the Arctic climate — and more specifically, in the polar jet stream.
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This video (2.1) gives a lecture on the history of water resources in the Western United States, from the pre-colonial time period onward.
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This video (5.3) gives a lecture on the story of the California Bay Delta.
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This video (4.2) gives a lecture on the history of two important dams: Hoover and Glen Canyon.
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This video (4.1) delivers a lecture on the physical geographic overview of the Colorado River Basin and the legal and political aspects of water management in the west.
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This video serves as an introduction to the Water in the Western US lecture series.
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This video describes what resilience looks like for the community sector in Colorado.
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This video describes what resilience looks like for the infrastructure sector in Colorado.
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This video describes what resilience looks like for watersheds and natural resources in Colorado.
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Doug Kluck, the Regional Climate Services Director at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, discusses drought in Colorado for the HEART Force Project.
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Danielle Lendriet, Regional Coordinator and Analyst at the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, describes what resilience looks like in the economic sector in Colorado.
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Kate Busse (Local Resiliency Program Manager) and Rob Pressly (Resiliency Program Manager) with the Colorado Resiliency Office at the Colorado Department of Local Affairs describe the Colorado Resiliency Framework.
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Alison George, Housing Director for the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, describes what resilience looks like in the housing sector in Colorado.
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Aimee Voth Siebert, Behavior Health and Inclusion Worklead at the Colorado Department of Public Health, describes what resilience looks like in the health and social sector in Colorado.
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This video discusses wildfire in Colorado for the HEART Force project.
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Jeff Lukas, a scientist at the Western Water Assessment, discusses flooding in Colorado for the HEART Force project.
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The conclusion to the Polar Visions series interviews citizens and climate scientists about how we can all make a difference in our world and slow climate change. 

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This video is part of the Polar Visions series on climate change. This video gives a short overview on the history of the poles, including the exploration of Antarctica.

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