Earth Day

Learn how NASA Goddard researcher Lola Fatoyinbo shoots lasers at trees to measure how much carbon forests store.

Not only are vegetables good for your health, but they also can be used to make electricity and biofuel.

Learn how clean, renewable energy can drastically lower gas emissions and reduce our use of fossil fuels to potentially save our earth's climate.

Use actual data to better understand how rising sea temperatures are affecting coral reefs, some of the most diverse and important ecosystems on Earth.

Watch and learn how we all can save our planet one step at a time by working together toward sustainable practices.

Work through this interactive lesson that'll help you understand how scientists use data to better understand El Niño events and how they affect weather.

Ever wonder what the number on the bottom of plastic items means? Learn about the plastic numbering system and why it came to be.

Travel to Belize with Marie McGrory to find out how she made it through (almost) the whole trip without single-use plastics.

Watch these time-lapse videos to see earthworms and other small critters do the important work of bioturbation, the mixing up of soil and sediment.

Visit this inspiring garden made of plastic waste. How can you use old toys or plastics from the recycling bin to make your own sculpture garden?

Watch how Ocean Sole is cleaning up the ocean by taking washed-up flip-flops and transforming them into beautiful sculptures.

Where do inventors come up with their great ideas? Find out how mechanical engineer Eben Bayer thought of a compostable alternative to Styrofoam.