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Earth's Major Life Zones: Marine Biomes

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Aquatic biomes can occur in a variety of marine locations.

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How Big is the Earth? (1:43)

How big is the Earth? Find out in this HowStuffWorks video!

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Watch this video showing how the Earth works on HowStuffWorks. Cosmologist Sir Martin Rees explains why the 21st century is a unique and pivotal century not just for mankind but for the entire planet. Learn about how the Earth works in this video... More »

Sketches of the World: Introduction to Nature (2:08)

The natural world contains many different landscapes and life forms. Mountains are some of the most visible landscapes, but many other landscapes also exist.

Life in the Desert: Interactions Among Species (3:55)

Desert plants and animals form relationships with others that share their habitat to form a biological community. A keystone species is a species that dominates an ecosystem in numbers and in its importance to other species.

Life in the Desert: Animal Adaptations (2:24)

Desert animals have a variety of adaptations. Some avoid intense heat by moving around or limiting activity during the hottest part of day. Raptors fly up high on cool airstreams to avoid the heat.

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Water naturally falls as an aerodynamic sphere, but this 100-gallon water balloon didn't have time to resume that shape before crashing to the ground. Watch this video from Discovery Channel's "Time Warp."

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Rafting along a tidal bore helps scientists understand how life might have evolved on Earth. Learn more in this video from Discovery Channel's "Prehistoric Disasters."

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The High Desert in Northern Mexico is a window into the ancient bacteria of 2 billion years ago that changed the Earth forever. Learn more in this video from Discovery Channel's "Prehistoric Disasters."

Prehistoric Disasters: Flinders Ranges (2:13)

Scientists search for evidence of the coldest period in Earth's history at a place that is now one of the hottest places on the planet. Learn more in this video from Discovery Channel's "Prehistoric Disasters."

Prehistoric Disasters: Disaster for Life (2:02)

Millions of years ago Earth's collision with another planet triggered the birth of life. Learn more in this video from Discovery Channel's "Prehistoric Disasters."

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Scattered among the sediments of an ancient seabed in Death Valley is evidence of glacier activity. Learn more in this video from Discovery Channel's "Prehistoric Disasters."

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In this video clip from Discovery Channel's "Hot Planet," take a photographic journey through time and watch the progression of glacier recession around the world.

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Everyone know the Earth spins, but why? And did you know it's slowing down? Learn more in this video.