Ecology: Biosphere 2: The Effects of El Nino
When an El Niño event occurred during the two year Biosphere experiment, it created surprising and unforeseen problems with food production. The unusually cloudy and rainy conditions resulted in drastically reduced crop yields. Many scientists beli...
Ecology: Biosphere 2: Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels
By overstocking the soil with organics, an excess of carbon dioxide production was created in Biosphere 2. The elevated levels of carbon dioxide affected the pH of the ocean water and the growth and productivity rates of plants. The greenhouse gases...
Bill Moyers reports: Earth on edge
Filmed in collaboration with the World Resources Institute, this Bill Moyers program assesses the state of the environment. Combining interviews with leading scientists and reports from Mongolia, British Columbia, Brazil, South Africa, and the state...
Interdependence of life
On planet Earth, no living thing is an island. This video identifies the world's ecosystems as it explains the flow of energy and the cycling of matter within them. Terms such as biosphere and biome, biotic and abiotic, autotrophs (producers) and he...
Core biology: environmental sciences
In this program, the wonders of ecology and ecosystems revealed. A seminal moment in mankind's history occurred when, in 1949, Aldo Leopold announced the concept of a land ethic: "We are all part of the greater interconnected whole of plants animal...
Endangered species of N.J.
Provides an examination endangered animals in New Jersey. The New Jersey Endangered Species Project seeks to protect and manage our endangered species and their habitats. Species include the bald eagle, the peregrine falcon, the osprey, the bog t...
Kingsman, April 17, 1970
Vol. XL – No. 9
This issue contains articles on details on the events of the BC Environmental Action Committee's Environmental teach-in, news of the revision to Article XVI in regards to by-laws referring to student affairs, and information on twe...
Kingsman, April 10, 1970
Vol. XL – No. 8
This issue contains articles on the Student Assembly and President Kneller's plan to establish programs to remedy the 'drug problem' at BC, ethnic composition of BC CLAS under scrutiny under new enrollment procedures, and teach-in ...