Environmental Policy Videos

• Wildfires
  Earthquakes
  Detectors
  Natural Disasters
  Telecommunications
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Ecologists Deploy Wireless Sensors for Early Detection of Wildfires

  New fire-sensing devices can spot a fire in its earliest stages, up to six miles away, and they can relay the information to emergency responders through a computer network and even automatically ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Endangered Plants
  Cloning
  Nature
  Endangered Animals
  Birds
   
  

  Insect Ecologist Spearheads Creation of Oases for Endangered Butterflies

  Waystations for monarch butterflies are sprouting up around the country. With milkweed plants and flowers such as zinnias that produce lots of nectar, these gardens will provide oases for the ... > more
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Materials Science
  Virtual Environment
  Civil Engineering
  Chemistry
   
  

  Chemist Invents Fishing Line that Changes Color When Damaged

  Ropes and fishing lines made of a new plastic that changes color when damaged or heated can let climbers and fishermen know when it's time to get a replacement. Made of a polymer mixed with a dye, ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Fungus
  Hazardous Waste
  Landslides
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Soil Chemists Plant Ferns to Soak Up Backyard Poisons

  Planting ferns can be a cheaper, greener way to soak up poisons such as arsenic from the soil. Ferns absorb arsenic through their roots and store it in their leaves, which can then be cut off. ... > more
• Consumer Electronics
  Earthquakes
  Technology
  Geography
  Detectors
  Telecommunications
   
  

  Physicist Shoots with Custom-Built Camera, Composes Images of Unprecedented Definition

  One lone physicist hopes to create an ultra-high-resolution portrait of America by taking a series of gigapixel images with his own custom camera, created from parts of old spy planes and nuclear ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Wildfires
  Natural Disasters
  Elder Care
  Tsunamis
   
  

  Meteorologists Can Now Issue Precise Local Excessive-Heat Warnings

  Heat kills more people than tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning and flash floods -- combined. The National Weather Service now gives heat-wave warnings to better forecast local conditions for 16 ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Energy Policy
  Environmental Policy
  Pollution
  Weapons Technology
   
  

  Meteorologists Use Weather Knowledge to Predict Path of Toxic Spills

  Homeland security officials are tapping researchers' capability to predict the paths of toxic waste spills and hazardous airborne particles. Using computer science and mathematics, along with ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Earth Science
  Geography
  Global Warming
   
  

  Seismologists Build Global Listening Posts to Detect Quakes

  In the Global Seismographic Network, 138 networked stations can pick up quake movement and send instant information to computers around the world. The network has passed its first real-world test: ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Global Warming
  Storms
  Environmental Science
  Sustainability
   
  

  Meteorologists Discover How Monsoon Affects Summer Weather

  Traveling to the coast of Western Mexico, U.S. researchers are studying the North American Monsoon, which brings humid air and heavy rain by blowing winds from the ocean. Studying the monsoon will ... > more

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