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Canadian Museum of Nature Discovering Arctic plants
Canadian Museum of Nature Curator of Botany Jennifer Doubt joins Students on Ice to collect plants from the field and learns about traditional knowledge from elders.
- 2013
- 00:02:39
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/19/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Puijila, the “walking” seal
A Canadian Museum of Nature scientist discovers evolutionary evidence of a mammal transforming to “return” to the sea. An amazing fossil from the Arctic of 20 million years ago, Puijila darwini is a land animal that links to the origin of seals.
- 2009
- 00:04:01
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/18/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Clues to climate change in Arctic lakes and rivers
Biologist and diatom expert Paul Hamilton finds clues about climate change by studying tiny life forms in the Arctic’s lakes and rivers. Hamilton talks about his work examining microscopic life in the Arctic.
- 2013
- 00:02:51
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/18/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Arctic fossil forest of 50 million years ago
Fossil sites in the Arctic from about 50 million years ago provide a glimpse of life that evolved in the tropical forest under extreme greenhouse conditions. The Arctic was a warm, wet, swampy, forested place 50 million years ago. Ellesmere Island is a key fossil site in Canada's High Arctic, where the remains of unique mammal species can tell us ...
- 2011
- 00:03:36
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/13/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Arctic fossils
Giant beavers and an Arctic forest? Curator Kieran Shepherd describes some of the surprising fossil finds in Canada’s Arctic and the work required to find them.
- 2019
- 00:01:26
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/13/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Algae in the ice and climate change
Biologist Michel Poulin describes the importance of the “lungs of the ocean” – tiny algae and phytoplankton that drive the food chain in the Arctic.
- 2019
- 00:01:17
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/13/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Botanist Jeff Saarela discusses climate change and shrubification
Some thoughts from a botanist about how climate change could affect the range and type of plant life that is fundamental to life in the Arctic.
- 2019
- 00:01:14
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/13/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature The return of Tiktaalik, the fish with legs!
The amazing ancient fish with limbs, Tiktaalik roseae, is now back in Canada. See the fossils and hear from the American scientists who discovered them in 2004 in the Canadian Arctic. Tiktaalik will be preserved in the fossil collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature on behalf of the Government of Nunavut.
- 2015
- 00:02:13
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/12/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Tiktaalik, the 350-million-year-old "walking fish"
An amazing fossil find on Ellesmere Island in Canada’s Arctic leads to the earliest evidence of the ancestor of all limbed animals.
- 2019
- 00:01:44
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/12/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Lemmings: The Arctic tundra's "lunch box"
Mammalogist Dr. Dominique Fauteux introduces lemmings – the tundra’s “lunch box”. These small Arctic rodents have an ecological footprint much bigger than their tiny size would suggest. Their population cycle has a great impact on their Arctic predators — from the Arctic fox and ermine, to the snowy owl and gyrfalcon. Video presentation partially in French with English subtitles.
- 2019
- 00:03:48
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/12/2019
Canadian Museum of Nature Camel discovery in High Arctic
Who knew camels originate from the Americas and lived in the Arctic? An amazing discovery in Canada’s Arctic reveals a camel that lived on Ellesmere Island about 3.5 million years ago. New insight into camel evolution comes from an amazing discovery of bones from the leg of an extinct giant camel in Canada's High Arctic. Natalia Rybczynski, Ph.D., a palaeobiologist ...
- 2013
- 00:03:58
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/12/2019
The Nature of Things Under Thin Ice
Under Thin Ice follows Canadian extreme divers and cinematographers Jill Heinerth and Mario Cyr on a journey to investigate how Arctic wildlife is adjusting to global warming. The Arctic is a majestic world, home to wildlife rarely seen further south: bowhead whales, polar bears, narwhals and walruses. Life thrives on and under a legendary blanket of snow and ice, covering millions ...
- 2019
- 00:44:10
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/06/2019
Scout & The Gumboot Kids The Case of the Invisible Copycat
While out on his walk, Scout hears a mysterious copycat repeating everything he says. But who could it be?
- 2017
- 00:05:01
- 5-8
- Added on: 12/04/2019
Scout & The Gumboot Kids The Case of the Storybook in the Sky
Scout tells the Gumboot Kids he is preparing to watch a storybook in the sky. But what kind of storybook is in the sky?
- 2017
- 00:05:02
- 5-8
- Added on: 12/04/2019
Scout & The Gumboot Kids The Case of the Shrinking Friend
Scout notices his friend has shrunk. But how can this be? With three clues in hand, the Gumboot Kids search for the answer.
- 2017
- 00:05:01
- 5-8
- Added on: 12/04/2019
Documentary Under Thin Ice (long version)
In Under Thin Ice, two divers, Jill Heinerth and Mario Cyr, tell us about their risky expedition to the Canadian Arctic. They had first intended to document arctic ecosystems and marine wildlife, but were faced with an unexpected reality. The Arctic is warming very fast and the animals are not where they used to be. Through their testimonies, Jill and Mario ...
- 2019
- 00:51:51
- 9-12
- Added on: 11/27/2019
News in Review - November 2019 Greta Thunberg: Climate Activism and the Youth Movement
Climate change is on everybody’s mind but a teen from Sweden has taken it to a new level of awareness. Greta Thunberg, 16, has taken her activism around the world as she brings her unfaltering message that we must stop damaging our planet now. From school walkouts to global marches and strikes, she fearlessly faces off against politicians, pundits and ...
- 2019
- 00:18:41
- 9-12
- Added on: 11/20/2019
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News in Review - November 2019 Vaping Alert: Are E-Cigarettes Really Safe?
E-cigarettes were designed to help smokers quit, but they’ve turned into a popular habit for many young people. Teens are enticed by the flavours, colours and allure of the product. But a growing number are falling ill with lung-related issues, and in the United States several have died. While no one product or ingredient has been linked to the illnesses, ...
- 2019
- 00:13:27
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/20/2019
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Découverte A Giant on the River
It’s a race against the clock. In Montreal, some of the world’s most skilled civil engineers are working to complete one of North America’s largest, most complicated bridge construction projects in record time. With projected yearly traffic of 50 million vehicles, the new Champlain Bridge will span the majestic St. Lawrence River. Normally, a structure of this type would take ...
- 2019
- 00:51:59
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/23/2019
News in Review - October 2019 Smart Cities: Utopia or Blight?
Smart cities are the way of the future. Well-planned, massive projects that promise smarter, efficient, greener living with the promise of economic prosperity. At an estimated cost of one hundred billion dollars Forest City in Malaysia is one of the largest master-planned cities in the world. But the project has met with severe criticism including those who say the Indigenous ...
- 2019
- 00:17:04
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/17/2019
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News in Review - October 2019 Alberta's Energy Future: Pipelines vs. Renewables
For decades Alberta’s economy has been tied to oil and gas production. But when industry recession hit, Alberta’s economy took the hit. Some parts of the energy sector blame the government for not building pipelines to get their product to market. Some are turning their sights in another direction. They say the future of energy lies in renewables like sun, ...
- 2019
- 00:10:51
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/17/2019
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BBC Documentaries Wild Africa
Wild Africa takes audiences on a spectacular journey across, over and through the magical realms of the wildest continent on earth. Audiences will fly along the Great Rift Valley following the twisting rivers to discover a family of elephants on their epic search for water. Other animals featured include hungry crocodiles as they wait at the water holes for the ...
- 2015
- 00:42:05
- 9-12
- Added on: 10/01/2019
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BBC Documentaries Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet is an exciting adventure that transports audiences back to Cretaceous Alaska. The main characters in the story are a herd of large, frilled, plant-eating dinosaurs — Pachyrhinosaurus. The film follows their youngsters, and from the moment they hatch, they face predators, weather extremes and natural disaster as they fight for survival through the seasons. It's an ...
- 2014
- 00:42:13
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/30/2019
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BBC Documentaries Incredible Predators
Incredible Predators deconstructs the world of major predators as never before, taking an intimate look at the remarkable strategies they use to succeed. Advanced filming techniques expose the planet’s top predators in extraordinary footage, putting the audience right beside them as they hunt — on land, under the sea or in the air. Far from a film about the kill, instead ...
- 2016
- 00:42:05
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/30/2019
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BBC Documentaries Tiny Giants
Tiny Giants reveals the astonishing lives of small animals in a world of giants. Audiences will be transported in a very intimate way into another world and experience the titanic battles these creatures face to survive. A chipmunk in a wild wood and a scorpion mouse in Arizona's scorched desert are both forced to grow up fast when they find themselves ...
- 2014
- 00:43:13
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/30/2019
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