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How Douglas Fir Trees Shaped The Northwest
138 views / 0 likes - addedIf you live in the Northwest, you've seen a million Doug firs. For centuries, they've been crucial to the Northwest way of life. And if you celebrate Christmas, you might bring one into your home every year. But Doug firs are far more than just pretty sce
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This Earthquake Drowned the Pacific Northwest
1,311 views / 4 likes - addedThis earthquake drowned the Pacific Northwest long ago—and there’s still evidence of it today. Find out more in “Making North America: Human”: http://to.pbs.org/2tNUffc PRODUCTION CREDITS Digital Producer Saad Amer Animation Edgeworx Studios, LLC Fluid Pi
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James Beard, the Pacific Northwest and the birth of the foodie movement
143 views / 0 likes - addedFrom razor clam souffl to her famous currant teacakesMary Beard loved to cook, and always with the freshest seasonal ingredients. Her son James embraced his mothers passion for food. And even as the proclaimed dean of American cookery later moved away and
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Slime molds are gorgeous (you just never knew it!)
414 views / 0 likes - addedMeet two amateur naturalists who comb the Pacific Northwest woods for a fascinating creature with an unappealing name: slime molds. One of the longest-living life forms on the planet, these single cell organisms have been long overlooked and underapprecia
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Sea Otters: This Kelp Forest’s Best Friend
1,110 views / 6 likes - addedSea otters and kelp forests have the ultimate mutualistic relationship. Watch new episodes of wild_life with Bertie Gregory on Wednesdays at http://natgeowild.com/wild/wildlife. In Nat Geo WILD’s first digital series, wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory jou
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How El Niño and La Niña affect weather
1,171 views / 0 likes - addedA vast spot in the Pacific Ocean called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation effects weather the world over. This spot is famous for creating oscillating weather patterns known as El Niño and La Niña. Here's how these patterns control winter weather in the Un
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An Epic Model Railroad Recreates The Columbia River Gorge
630 views / 1 likes - addedEver wonder what it would be like to be a giant towering over the Northwest landscape? You can find out at the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club, where even children loom like Godzilla over all the iconic sites of the Gorge, from Union Station to Multnom
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How do speakers work?
138 views / 0 likes - addedBuild the worlds simplest speaker A coil of wire, a magnet and a sheet of cardboard are all you need to build a simple speaker. Chief Scientist, Carl Nelson shows how easy it is to build a speaker. Imagination Station, Toledo's hands-on science center, is
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Why Australia bottles up its air
163 views / 0 likes - addedEvery few months, when the wind's blowing in the right direction, a bottle of air is taken from Kennaook / Cape Grim, at the northern tip of Tasmania, and saved for science. Here's how and why. More about the Cape Grim Air Archive: https://research.csiro.
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Brad Makes Salt From Scratch | It's Alive | Bon Appétit
592 views / 0 likes - addedBon Appétit Test Kitchen manager, Brad Leone, is back for episode 25 of “It’s Alive,” and this time he’s making salt. Brad visits Ben Jacobsen, of Jacobsen Salt Co. (and many “It’s Alive” cameos), to learn how seawater from the Pacific Northwest is turned
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The Call Of The Land: Meet The Next Generation Of Farmers
725 views / 1 likes - addedPhotographer Eva Verbeeck and filmmaker Spencer MacDonald spent three weeks documenting the lives of young farmers throughout the Pacific Northwest. In this short film, hear why the farmers were drawn to the laborious but often rewarding occupation. Eva V
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Truffles Are Hiding a Dirty Little Secret
21 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about Surfshark VPN at: https://surfshark.deals/terraIn kitchens around the world, truffles represent culinary excellence and prestige, but in the forest theyre just another flora fighting to exist, using somewhatunusual methods. In the lush wo
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What’s Special About a Wolf’s Paw Print? | National Geographic
842 views / 3 likes - addedWolf paws leave behind more than just a print on the ground. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class sc
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Do Your Swimming Skills Match Up to a Humpback Whale’s? | National Geographic
2,385 views / 1 likes - addedHumpback whales are great swimmers, and absolutely massive creatures—some comparable to the size of a bus. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploratio
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The World's Smartest Robot Is Living in Vancouver
150 views / 0 likes - addedSanctuary AI says building human-level artificial intelligence that can execute human tasks safely requires a deep understanding of the living mind. Hello World's Ashlee Vance heads to Vancouver to see the startup's progress toward bringing robots to life
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Robots: the future of food? -Superabundant S1 E4
139 views / 0 likes - addedGetting food from the ground to the table is not easy. Whether its a server battling sore feet, or a grape picker hustling to harvest while the fruit is perfect, innovators are looking for ways to lighten the load, using a new generation of robots. But wi
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How This Forest Runs on Salmon
609 views / 1 likes - addedWhat do salmon—and their sex lives—have to do with keeping a forest healthy? In this episode, Bertie explains that salmon equal more than just meal time for coastal predators roaming the shores and tidal shelves; they're also a rich source of marine nutri
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How Much Air Can A Tree Hold? #TeamTrees
353 views / 0 likes - addedGo to https://teamtrees.org Let's plant some trees! #TeamTreesTrees can take an astounding amount of carbon out of the air, which is good, because we need to do that times a trillion.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth a
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How 7,000 Years of Epic Floods Changed the World (w/ SciShow!)
635 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Check out SciShow's video on Lake Agassiz: https://youtu.be/qMVhR26NRsk Strange geologic landmarks in the Pacific Northwest are the lingering remains of a mystery that took nearly half a century t
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Can We Power the World With a Single Energy Grid?
598 views / 0 likes - addedChina is building a 1.1 million volt power line that will carry power 3,200km. Could this be the beginning of a united global energy grid? These Strange Metals Could Make Electronics Perfectly Efficient - https://youtu.be/HQcKEFoufLA Read More: China’s gi
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Heat Engines, Refrigerators, & Cycles: Crash Course Engineering #11
894 views / 0 likes - addedCycles are a big deal in engineering. Today well explain what they are and how theyre used in heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps. Well also discuss phase diagrams and the power of using renewable energy resourcesCrash Course Engineering is produc
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If Enough People Stomp At Once, Can It Cause An Earthquake?
691 views / 0 likes - addedSporting events gather a lot of people into one place, and they can get pretty rowdy. Does all this commotion have an effect on the planet? Why Do Refs Make Bad Calls? - https://youtu.be/E7dOWwm3IUQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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