A series of environmental reports, featuring research carried out in Bermuda, was screened on the Weather Channel in celebration of Earth Day on Friday.The ‘Changing Planet’ series of reports, produced by NBC Learn (the educational arm of the NBC Network) focus on the work of scientists studying global climate change.Of the 12 video reports, two feature the Island, one surrounding the issue of ocean temperature while the second is about Coral Reefs.The reports, designed for use as an educational tool, are available online at the NBC Learn website and will be adapted into a special print adaptation in the June edition of Discover magazine, available on May 10.A crew from NBC visited the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) in December to report on ocean temperature and coral reef research, filming a cruise on the research vessel Atlantic Explorer.The Island has played a critical role in ocean research. Researchers have recorded water temperature and changes in ocean chemistry at Hydrostation ‘S’ since 1954, making it the longest ongoing study on the issues.BIOS Director Tony Knap has described the Sargasso Sea as a canary in a coalmine, with global changes being identified first in the waters off Bermuda.An NBC press release on the Changing Planet series said: “From Bermuda’s tropical seas to the Arctic Ocean, each story follows scientists in the field who are studying the dramatic impacts of rising temperatures in the air, in the water and on land.”Earlier this month, NBC Learn and Discover magazine hosted ‘Changing Planet’ town hall events at both Yale University and George Washington University, with the first being broadcast in part on the Weather Channel.A third meeting is scheduled to take place at Arizona State University sometime in the fall.NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw, who moderated the first town hall meeting at Yale, said: “Today’s youth is interested and engaged in trying to understand climate change and its impact on our world.“It is important that we involve them in finding solutions.”Useful websites: www.nbclearn.com, www.bios.edu, www.discovermagazine.com.