How Species Make and Break Friendships
AdultsAnimalsHumanLifeScienceBiologyEcologyCommunity ecology is the study of interactions between different species of living things, and lets ecologists examine the effects of predator-prey relationships, parasites, and mutually beneficial interactions. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll examine the myriad interspecies interactions with examples, see how keystone species impact their environment and explore how communities rebuild when they are disrupted, through the lens of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Creating a Food Forest | Farm Dreams
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The Future Of Trees Is Liquid
AdultsEnvironmentLifeNatureTechnologyFutureWe love trees, but the main problem is that they aren't exactly travel-sized. However, new technology wants to bring the fresh-air benefits of trees to places that the real deal just can't thrive, like dense urban areas!
Bask in An Ancient Forest I Relax with Nature I The Wild Place | BBC Earth
AdultsAnimalsLifeNatureEnvironmentSoak up the soothing sounds of this Ancient Patagonian forest, brimming with 1000-year-old billowing trees and colourful birds.
Burn Your Waste With... Water?
AdultsLifeNatureScienceEnvironmentSupercritical water produces fire without flames, which is great for making clean drinking water from our waste in space or breaking down forever chemicals here on Earth.
Are Life-Saving Medicines Hiding in the World’s Coldest Places?
AdultsEnvironmentLifeNatureScienceBiologyCould the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold.
Bear vs Wolves: Battle for Food | Wild Scandinavia | BBC Earth
AdultsAnimalsLifeNatureWildlifeThis bear needs to watch his back... Despite being bigger and stronger than any wolf, bears become vulnerable when alone. On a hunt for food, this 10-strong wolf pack work together to intimidate a solo bear whilst he feasts on a carcass. Will the bear escape Scandinavia's rarest carnivore?
Primitive Technology: Roasted Ore and Shell Flux Smelt
AdultsCreativityLifeNatureScienceExperimentsI tested 2 ways of improving iron smelts by treating the ore, roasting the ore and using snail shells as a flux. Then finally I recycled old slag to see if it would produce any more iron.