Video: Topics: Science & Nature: Weather & Natural Disasters
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Nature | Can Animals Predict Disaster? | PBS (#2313)
Full Program: Do some animals have senses that allow them to predict impending natural disasters? 51:22
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FRONTLINE | The Old Man and the Storm | PBS (#2705)
Full Program: What one family's saga says about the challenges & frustrations in rebuilding New Orleans. 56:29
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Living with Future Floods in Iowa: Overview of 2008 Floods (Full Programs) (#231)
Full Program: Since 1980, Iowa has recorded at least 230 river flooding events. Is it time for Iowa to change the way it deals with floods? Can more be done to slow runoff from the rural landscape? What can... 26:46
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INDEPENDENT LENS | STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors | PBS (#1024)
Survivors recount the conditions and the conversations that informed a desperate decision. 03:37
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INDEPENDENT LENS | STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors | PBS (#1024)
Buried beneath an avalanche as they slept, survivors recall the sensation of dying, and a miraculous rescue. 04:48
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INDEPENDENT LENS | STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors | PBS (#1024)
From turbulence to a sudden fall from the sky, survivors recall the events leading up to their plane crash. 03:29
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INDEPENDENT LENS | STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors | PBS (#1024)
The survivors of the well-known 1972 Andes plane crash recall what it took to live in the mountains for over 60 days with no food, water, or supplies. 02:01
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DESIGN SQUAD Contest Winner Brings Recyclable Shelter ...
PBS KIDS GO!'s hit TV series Design Squad teamed up with the Intel Foundation to challenge kids across the country to enter the recycle-themed "Trash to Treasure" competition. 02:04
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Wetlands for Flood Control (Full Program) (#215)
Full Program: The Iowa Journal looks at conservation efforts as a means for helping with flood control. 27:47
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Discussion: Wetlands for Flood Mitigation (#215)
What is the role of wetlands in controlling water run-off, erosion, and flooding? Paul Yeager hosts a discussion with guests Marty Adkins, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Resources and Jack... 12:00
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Wetlands as Flood Control? (#215)
What is the role of wetlands in controlling water run-off, erosion, and flooding? 05:00
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Bill Moyers Journal | Expectations of the Obama Administration | PBS (#1241)
Full Program: Expectations of what Obama must accomplish to be considered a progressive President. 53:39
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Iowa Issues of 2008 and 2009 (#210)
Full Program: To help reflect on just what these issues mean for the state in the next year, two reporters: Kay Henderson, news director of Radio Iowa, and Todd Dorman, a columnist with the Cedar Rapids... 28:46
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Iowa Issues: The 2008 Floods (#210)
To help reflect on just what these issues mean for the state in the next year, two reporters: Kay Henderson, news director of Radio Iowa, and Todd Dorman, a columnist with the Cedar Rapids... 02:26
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NOVA | The Weather on Mars | PBS
Is the weather on Mars anything like the weather on Earth? NOVA asked Vicky Hipkin from the Canadian Space Agency, who was part of the recent Phoenix Mission to explore conditions on the Red Planet 05:04









