Sustainability Videos

• Water
  Pollution
  Nature of Water
  Recycling and Waste
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
   
  

  Chemical Engineers Call On Nanoparticles To Combat Polluted Groundwater

  Chemical engineers created nanoparticles out of gold and palladium to break down pollutants in groundwater. Adding the particles to groundwater converts dangerous contaminants like trichloroethylene ... > more
• Wild Animals
  Fish
  Extinction
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Extreme Survival
   
  

  Marine Biologists Work To Protect Seahorses By Developing A Breeding Program

  Marine biologists, worried that regular harvesting of wild seahorses may threaten the creature with extinction, have begun breeding them in home aquariums. Caring for seahorses requires a three-step ... > more
• Mining
  Civil Engineering
  Construction
  Caving
  Environmental Science
  Geology
   
  

  Engineers Use Mine Roof Simulator To Increase Mine Safety

  Industrial hygienists, applying geology and engineering, can test mine support systems with the only mine roof simulator of its kind. Using up to 3 million pounds of vertical force and 1.6 million ... > more
• Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Climate
  Geography
  Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
   
  

  Meteorologists Find That Increased Ocean Temperatures Cause Increasingly Intense Hurricanes

  Climate change experts studying hurricanes documented a 35-year warming trend in ocean surface temperature and linked it to larger hurricanes. The increase has been 1 degree Fahrenheit, resulting in ... > more
• Birds
  Bird Flu Research
  Nature
  Environmental Science
  Recycling and Waste
  Zoology
   
  

  Poultry Nutritionists Remove Pollutants From Watersheds By Adding Enzyme To Chicken Feed

  Poultry nutritionists add an enzyme called phytase to chicken feed in an effort to decrease the amount of phosphorus that passes through them undigested. Research revealed the maximum amount of ... > more
• Environmental Issues
  Natural Disasters
  Earthquakes
  Tsunamis
  Water
  Earth Science
   
  

  Seismologists Devise New Technique To Measure Pollution

  Seismologists have tested a new way to measure the concentration of the dangerous groundwater contaminant Trichloroethylene (TCE). Ultrasonic waves called P-waves are sent through ground containing ... > more
• Construction
  Earthquakes
  Electronics
  Civil Engineering
  Natural Disasters
  Sustainability
   
  

  Architectural Engineers Design Homes To Withstand Earthquakes

  Engineers have designed windows and walls that will not break when shaken by the intense motion caused by earthquakes. By installing glass panels that do not touch the corners of the frame, ... > more
• Computer Science
  Artificial Intelligence
  Information Technology
  Distributed Computing
  Computer Modeling
  Elder Care
   
  

  Computer Scientists Create New Technology For Elderly Home Owners

  Computer scientists have designed technologies to help the elderly maintain their independence. One device uses optical sensors to oversee people as they pick up and use items. Another device uses ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Tornadoes
   
  

  Meteorologists Now Able To Issue Storm-based Warnings

  Meteorologists no longer have to unnecessarily alarm an entire county with a storm warning. Using a computer program that reflects an increase in the understanding of how storms develop and move, ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Tsunamis
  Earth Science
   
  

  Geophysicists Discover Slippery Secret Of Weaker Underwater Earthquakes

  Seismologists investigating undersea earthquakes have found that molten rock lubricates faults. This decreases the amount of friction between sides of the fault and decreases the intensity of ... > more

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