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Map of Alaska with Anchorage displayed. 1964 Epicenter indicated on coastline in bay adjacent to Anchorage. Caption: The epicenter was in Prince William Sound

A girl working in a swamp. Caption: I love doing conservation projects.

The flock of ganders is swimming in the water. Caption: These ganders are far more adventurous.

Water rushes through rocks in the Fridley creek. Caption: when it's severely icing, it's a hostile environment.

Earth in space with cutouts of people standing around the circumference, hands extended towards each other. Caption: to cherish and protect our planet.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Earth Day (Spanish)

People in full-body orange and black clothing with gear standing on ice in pockets of water. Caption: to trace where the black carbon is coming from.

A diver carries two oxygen cylinders and dives deep into the Floridian aqufier. Caption: It's the primary source of fresh, clean water.

Multiple multistory snow covered building complexes at the foot of snow-covered slopes. Caption: The winter sports industry supports more than 37,000 jobs

Two people at a glacier. Snow on the mountain in the background, one person standing on a rocky riverbank, the second person in the river with a measurement tool. Caption: Climate change impacts glaciers by a number of means.

Rough ocean lapping against dirt and sand embankment against a road with vehicles driving on it. Two houses over the water on stilts are starting to fall into the ocean. Caption: It's particularly vulnerable to sea level rise impacts.

Ocean shoreline on one side and rising water on the other encircle a strip of densely populated buildings. Caption: Also, sea level may rise slowly or rapidly,

Close up of waves on the shore. Caption: it is dramatically changing the chemistry of the ocean.

Close up of globular coral with a striped tropical fish swimming in front. Caption: We will learn how super corals are being developed in the lab,

Towering coral reef with swimming fish as seen from below against the ocean surface. Caption: (narrator) But the whole reef system is in incredible danger.

Jagged shoreline with rough waves and plant life growing at the crest of the rocky peaks. Caption: ocean acidity will double by century's end

Flat, fan shaped, leaf-like structures grow off coral while a person in scuba gear swims by. Caption: Much of their oxygen comes off the coral reef.

Aerial view of a coastline with a coral reef running parallel to it. Caption: But the Great Barrier Reef isn't just old, it's huge.

Man wearing headphones points a laser at a sharpshooter insect attached to a grapevine.

Manatee swimming in the water. Person in scuba gear in the background. Caption: Manatees are actually incredibly graceful creatures.

Person on boat holding a rope attached to a whale in the water. Caption: But steps continue to be taken to help protect this species.

Close up of a sea turtle swimming on the ocean floor. Caption: There are seven different species of sea turtles,

Human hand holding a small, thin brown shark. The shark fits neatly into the palm of the hand. Caption: Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution. Caption: the small dwarf lantern can fit in the palm of your hand.

Close up of a sawfish on the ocean floor. It has a large flat body with a long tooth-lined shaft from the mouth. Caption: (male narrator) Sawfish are large, shark-like rays

Tryptic of a coral reef, ice shelf, and seal on a beach. Caption: Endangered Species Act. Caption: under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Illustration of a fish with toxicity entering from the water and through the mouth. Caption: which accumulate more toxin from the smaller fish they eat

Closeup of red-hot charcoal on a grill. Caption: creating a fuel source that works but has problems.

A Wooly Rhino is grazing on the slope of a mountain.

An aerial view of the archipelago in Florida. Caption: It is spectacular scenery, and I can never get enough.

Fish packed in being dumped out of a bucket onto a metal production line. Caption: I think we have a good product because of our regulations.

Closeup of a hand handling a small, green plant in a densely populated patch of similar plants. Caption: How do green roofs change how a building transfers heat?

Illustration of objects moving from a chamber with disk shaped spiny structures to an empty chamber. Caption: Here, we force bacteria to move electrons

Illustration of a windmill 100 meters tall receiving air current next to a much taller structure receiving a much larger air current. Caption: The beauty of wind turbines is that they're 100% clean.

A baby turtle still mostly in a broken shell nestled in the sand. Caption: USGS

Still image from: Hungry Planet: Feeding the Future--Saving Corn From Rising Temperatures

Still image from: Hungry Planet: How Rice Is Preserving History and Rethinking Nutrition Science

Still image from: Hungry Planet: How This Disease Could Wipe Out Citrus...Unless We Stop It

Still image from: Hungry Planet: How Tomatoes Are Revolutionizing Urban Farming

Still image from: Hungry Planet: Inside the World's Only Chile Pepper Institute

Still image from: Hungry Planet: Sweet Potatoes' Flavor Is More Complex Than You Think

River with forests banks and a sun setting in the sky. Caption: but they could work with the rivers,

Man sits in a room as he talks to us. There are bookshelves around him with books, pictures, and different knick-knacks like a Space Shuttle, mini dinosaur skeletons, a Gundam toy, and more.

View of an Oregon forest with mossy ground and light peeking out from the trees.

lionfish. Caption: People buy them because they're beautiful fish.

A scale shows world population. 2 billion people will be added by 20 50 to the 7 billion at present. A number, 2 X, is shown over the food crops, wheat and corn.

An aerial view of a canopy of trees.

A group of animals, a gorilla, a rhino, a lemur cat, and a scaled lizard.

The sample particles enter the mass spectrometer, which is accelerated, and then separated according to their individual mass of the particles by a magnet.

View of Earth from space with arrows showing the ocean currents.

An illustration depicts the recycling machine, and a recycled product.

Salamander blends in with the sand in its underwater habitat.

Still image from: NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center: Wildfires 101

Underwater view of tangles of nets floating stationary. Caption: nets cause extensive damage to the ecosystem

Still image from: NewsDepth: Career Callouts--Environmental Scientist

School of golden-yellow to pinkish speckled fish. Caption: we increase the health and quantity of fish populations,

Blue recycling truck unloads mixed recyclables onto an already massive pile of items inside of a large industrial shelter.

Bird's eye view of dense forests full of leafy tree canopies that border either side of a paved and curved two-lane road on which one car is traveling.

Still image from: Overview: Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest

Black and white frame shows a man wearing personal protective equipment bending over while wielding an axe near a tree in a field as a tall fire burns in the background.

Still image from: Overview: Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to Beavers!

Still image from: Overview: What's Killing Florida's Corals?

Landscape view of a wind farm on a huge flat field. In the center foreground is a three-pronged wind turbine, while other wind turbines are interspersed behind it.

Still image from: Overview: Why the Fastest Place on Earth Is Disappearing

Landscape view of a sand dune dotted with grass and sea oats leading out onto the sandy beach and ocean, along which two people are walking alone.

Still image from: Paradise Polluted: Pacific Plastic

Circle around a drawing of a soda can appears above a circle around a drawing of a crushed can. Green arrows point from top to bottom on one side and bottom to top on the other side.

A polar bear is in its natural habitat. Caption: It's just an incredible experience.

Cross section of water with a concentration of a substance in part of it. Caption: Blooms can also deplete oxygen from the water,

Person wearing a hard hat kneeling next to a metal fence working on something. Caption: (male narrator) Tamar's area of specialty is water engineering,

People in scuba gear placing and carrying metal cages at different places on the ocean floor. Caption: in various locations along the reef.

Large white polar bear laying on snow. Arrow pointing to fur with Caption: Thick Hide. there's an incredibly thick hide

Large sea turtle swimming down towards the ocean floor. Caption: All this makes them great swimmers,

Wolf in natural habitat. Caption: allowing steady pursuit of prey over long distances.

Person working on a large vertical sheet of ice. Caption: For them, time on the ice is part of the job.

Microscopic image showing web-like structures and C shaped tubular organisms. Caption: (narrator) The soil itself is home to a vast number of tiny microbes,

Person holding a small partially transparent cube with wires and other equipment attached. Caption: and are developing microbial fuel cells

White bird with gray speckles nesting on the ground. Caption: they check nests, count eggs, and keep records

Underwater view of billowing plume of pollutant. Caption: cleaning up oil spills and purifying water.

People in scuba gear above a coral reef holding a clipboard. Caption: tracking a coral killer.

Person pumping fuel into a vehicle. Caption: (narrator) And there you have it: synthetic diesel fuel.

People on the deck of a boat, one at a large winch. Caption: Their mission: to learn all they can about large lakes.

Person holding a small crab. Caption: could wreak so much havoc in the marshes of Cape Cod?

Microscopic view of tubular structures. Caption: (Saros) They can be early indicators of environmental change.

People standing by a muddy stream bed. One person holds something in his hand while another holds a net and looks at the find. Caption: (male narrator) Just another day at the office for biologist Vance Vredenburg.

Coral with a patch of color and the rest white. Caption: and it can kill multiple species of corals.

Aerial view of a building with plants covering most of the surface area of the roof. Caption: (man) It's a roof of living plants.

Person holding a cylindrical piece of ice. Caption: This one is based on the ratio of heavy to light hydrogen.

People on the deck of a ship, working on various equipment. Caption: probing the oil and gas plumes beneath them.

Green landscape with a hillside in the background. A small industrial installation is present. Caption: They don't know where to get information they can trust.

Semi-trailer with large cylindrical tanks labelled as Hydrogen, Compressed. Caption:(narrator) Hydrogen is hailed as the fuel of the future --

Earthworm in a person's hand. Caption: are actually invasive species.

Electrons in a microscope. Caption: You have to look at them using an electron microscope.

Floating metal measurement instrument in deep blue water. Caption: thrown overboard to analyze water samples

Large industrial machine moving across a cultivated field. Caption: could precisely communicate an entire crop's water needs.

Closeup cross-section of a large tree with many rings. Caption: This is a cross-section of a redwood tree.

Mosquito on a person's skin. Caption: it would scare them away.

Dirty water with bubbles and PVC pipes. Caption: and reused again and again in a sustainable loop.

3D graphic of a bright yellow cylindrical object with fins underwater. Caption: Barth is studying low oxygen, or dead zones,

Green, rolling grasses. Caption: marshes like this one seem fated to shrink.

Smoggy city street crowded with vehicles. Caption: China is the 2nd largest energy consumer in the world,

A large warehouse with a sloping roof. Caption: (narrator) At the Center for Aerosol Impacts

Electrical meter box attached to the outside of a building. Caption: All the entries have to be zero-energy homes,

Setting sun as seen through tall wild grasses. Caption: to harness the sun's energy to make renewable fuels.

The sun seen closely enough to show the light and dark pattern of the surface. Caption: Their mission: put the heat of the sun to work,

Person handling a partially ripe strawberry still on the vine. Caption: "What can we plant? What's the rotation strategy?"

Computer screen showing a line graph of multiple measurements taken at different times. Caption: to add the ultra-fine layers of semiconducting materials

Person filling a glass from a faucet. Caption: our risk of contracting some form of cancer would go up.

People gathered around two troughs filled with water. One person is reaching into the water and two others are handling a small object. Caption: studies mussels' role in their environment.

Closeup of a circuit board. Caption: The same platform can be used to monitor the environment.

Game screenshot shows a smiling robot standing with pink, yellow, and blue boxes highlighting its legs, arms, and head. On the right panel is a selection of multicolored, interlocking shapes with various emoticon faces.

Kelly Clarkson wearing a sparkly teal sequined outfit, looking to the side as she sings into a microphone.

Life-size Star Wars X-Wing fighter, made from Legos, under a canopy, flanked on either side by Rebel fighters in orange jumpsuits and Stormtroopers in white armor.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2020)

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Woman wearing glasses looks at camera as she speaks. A grid of artwork forms the backdrop.

A tortoise with its head and feet pulled into its body. Caption: (Berry) The tortoise tells us so much

Boy wearing a headlamp speaks to us as he sits on the platform of a bronze statue of a man wearing work pants and boots, near a bright green forest.

Boy with a quizzical facial expression sits on the platform of a bronze statue of a man who wears work pants and boots.

Line of horseshoe crabs on the beach. Caption: Horseshoe crabs are super helpful.

Sky filled with gray fluffy clouds. Caption: Clouds can block some of the sun's rays

View of Earth from space. Caption: for the thermohaline circulation system.

Drawing of girl standing by the ocean. Caption: can expect a 1- to 4-foot rise in their lifetime,

White-haired woman with her hair in a braid talks while seated in front of many shelves of books.

A walrus poking its head out of ice water. Caption: (female) It's neat to see something so big, so caring.

Very close up view of microplastics. Caption: Microplastics that as less than five millimeters long--

Artwork of a bird and fish. Caption: animals often mistake plastic debris for food and eat it.

Artwork of plastic water bottle, trash bags, straws, and plastic bag. Caption: We find plastic everywhere,

Five people picking up trash. Caption: and participate in shoreline cleanups.

A net floating in water tangled in plastic. Caption: We call that derelict fishing gear,

An illustration of a trash bin with its side on the road on a rainy day. Caption: rainwater can move the trash into storm drains.

Closely spaced plants growing toward the water's surface. Caption: They grow in dense groupings, much like a forest on land.

Trace holds reusable bottles and coffee mugs in his hands. Caption: I think reusable bottles might be bad for the environment,

White background with gray grid lines. Title text in teal reads, "The electromagnetic spectrum." Underneath is a black line with waves getting tighter to the right, and a rainbow called, "visible light," highlighting a small portion of the line.

Computer graphic of a sphere superimposed with an infrared heat signature on a black background. Most of the globe is bright green with the middle in dark blue and purple and small red spot with yellow shooting out toward the bottom center.

Computer screen showing a satellite map with population data. Caption: We can identify the number of people

Still image from: We Walk Through the Forest

Still image from: Why Should I Care? Invasive Species--Plants

Still image from: Why Should I Care? Pollinators

Still image from: Why Should I Care? Recycling

Still image from: World Oceans Day