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Iceland: A Land of Ice AND Fire! | SciShow Kids
/ 28 viewsTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks is back from his trip around the world! In this episode, he and Jessi discuss the final stop on his trip: Vatnajkull National Park in Icel
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The Fiordlands of New Zealand! | SciShow Kids
/ 20 viewsTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks is back from his trip around the world! In this episode, he and Jessi discuss the second stop on his trip: Fiordlands National Park (aka T
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What Made These Rainbow Mountains?
/ 31 viewsVisit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial.China's Zhangye Danxia National Geopark is home to strikingly beautiful rainbow mou
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13:35
How Scientists Cracked the Secret To Making Diamonds
/ 68 viewsTake the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: https://to.pbs.org/2024SurveyBeSmartCheck out @ACSReactions here: https://youtu.be/_cb09XB07LQ More info and sources below For centuries, diamonds were one of the most mysterious materials on Earth. They were be
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10:47
Mountains And Volcanoes! | SciShow Kids Compilation
/ 101 viewsIn this SciShow Kids compilation, Jessi and Squeaks learn about the amazing geological processes that form mountains and volcanoes. Hosted by: Sam the Bat----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patr
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The Many Layers of Sedimentary Rocks | SciShow Kids
/ 98 viewsJessi and Sam learn about sedimentary rocks and show how you can use vinegar to identify a piece of limestone.Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them
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The History of Geology
/ 64 viewsNext Episode: https://youtu.be/93AJvI__caQVisit our website: http://www.katetectonics.rocksKate Tectonics Merch: http://bit.ly/2eaZD35Help support us through Patreon: http://patreon.com/katetectonicsContact us at: katetectonics@gmail.comKate Tectonics fea
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05:34
Water Made the Grand Canyon! | SciShow Kids
/ 85 viewsBill and Webb want to know: What's stronger, wind or water? Both of them can change the shape of the land. So which one does it better?Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Hosted by:
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The Building Blocks of Earth: Rocks | SciShow Kids
/ 73 viewsTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Savannah and Sam take an adventure through the world of rocks!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)----------Love SciShow Kids and
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How Metamorphic Rocks Are Like Butterflies | SciShow Kids
/ 99 viewsTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!After learning about igneous and sedimentary rocks, Savannah and Sam learn about the final main kind of rock: metamorphic rocks. And they review h
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Igneous Rocks Used to Be Liquid! | SciShow Kids
/ 71 viewsA new friend Savannah and Sam learn about different kinds of igneous rocks, which form after liquid magma or lava cools into solid rock.Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Hosted by:
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11:35
There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth
/ 140 viewsGet 50% off your first month of a monthly club with code KURZGESAGT at https://www.kiwico.com/kurzgesagtThis video was sponsored by KiwiCo. Thanks a lot for the support!Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-deep-biosphere/Weve fo
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This rock is invisible
/ 68 viewsSee the full video:How Does Television Stone Work?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O56KD8nSvw
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Scientists are obsessed with this lake - Nicola Storelli and Daniele Zanzi
/ 148 viewsExplore the depths of Lake Cadagno, a meromictic lake that is considered a model for Earth before the Great Oxidation Event.--In the millions of years since oxygen began saturating Earths oceans and atmosphere, most organisms have evolved to rely on this
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25:04
Causing An Avalanche To Explain How They Work
/ 157 viewsAvalanches are beautiful, majestic, and completely terrifying this is a video all about the science of avalanches. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and get 20% off an annual premium subscription.A massive thank you
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05:58
Why Is NASA Interested In This Upside Down Cave?
/ 131 viewsUntold Earth is Webby Nominated! Help us out with a vote!https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2024/video/video-series-channels/science-educationBelow the Chihuahuan Desert in southeastern New Mexico, lies an extensive system of limestone caves, amon
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11:05
Earth was frozen for MILLIONS of years. What does that teach us about today?
/ 238 viewsTake the 2023 PBS Audience Survey: https://to.pbs.org/pbssurvey2023jIf you take a look at global temperature graphs that span millions or billions of years, you can see that our planets temperature has made wild swings. In fact, the Earth used to be compl
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05:32
How Do Celt Stones Spin On Their Own?
/ 143 viewsUse code ACTIONLAB50 to get 50% off your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/44LA8wG!Shop the Action Lab Science Gear here: https://theactionlab.com/ Checkout my experiment book: https://amzn.to/2Wf07x1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/theactionlabman Facebook
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Three minutes to the centre of the Earth | BBC Ideas
/ 128 viewsFollow us on journey of discovery, from the surface of our planet all the way down to its core. What will we find?Animated by Flock.Made with Dr Paula Koelemeijer, in partnership with the @royalsociety. Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav_______
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Inside Japans Earthquake Simulator
/ 153 viewsThis is the worlds largest earthquake simulator, heres how it works. For a free trial to Shopify go to https://www.shopify.com/veritasium.If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, head to https://ve42.co/SnatomsV to try Snatoms a kit I invented where
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The volcanic chemistry of sulfur - with Andrew Szydlo
/ 191 viewsRi favourite and science icon Andrew Szydlo takes you on a tour of the amazing, and sometimes explosive, chemistry of sulfur.Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeF244yNGuFefuFKqxIAXw/joinSubscribe for regular scienc
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24:33
What's inside this crater in Madagascar?
/ 250 viewsOn satellite imagery, we spotted a village inside a strange crater in Madagascar. We set out to learn how it got there.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjORight in the center of the island nation of Madagascar theres a strange, almost perfectly
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11:13
The race to mine the bottom of the ocean
/ 165 viewsWe have a lot to gain and a lot to lose from deep-sea mining.Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications () so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOThere are metallic deposits
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03:50
Why Are They All In Antarctica?
/ 244 viewsDownload the Tab For A Cause browser extension at https://tab.gladly.io/trees/minuteearth2/Meteorite hunters dont search for meteorites in the places most frequently peppered by them they go to Antarctica instead, because thats where they are easiest to f
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3 minutes to the centre of the Earth | The Royal Society
/ 225 viewsAccompany seismologist Paula Koelemeijer on a voyage to the centre of the Earth!#earth #planet #seismology #geology #mantle #core Find out which animal burrows the farthest, where the world's deepest hole is, and discover two mysterious blobs the size of
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What Is Groundwater?
/ 158 viewsThis lighthearted animation tells the story of groundwater: where it is, where it comes from, and where it goes.Learn more about this video: http://ow.ly/vcFiU
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Unearthed: The Mysterious Microbes in the Earth's Crust Could Help Us With The Climate Crisis
/ 182 viewsClimate change is threatening human survival on this planet and decreasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions alone will not reverse its potentially devastating effects. We need to pull existing greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and put them somewhere sa
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What's happening to Earth's core? - Shannon Odell
/ 243 viewsExplore the science of why Earths atmosphere is losing hydrogen, and find out what other leaks could affect life on our planet.--A hydrogen atom is traveling high within the outermost layer of Earths atmosphere. This particular atom first entered the exos
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Quakes and blasts help scientists understand Earth's elusive inner core
/ 226 viewsRead the story: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-probing-secrets-earths-inner-core-saved-life-planetAbout the size of Pluto, Earths inner core is made of solid iron and helps power the magnetic field that protects life from harmful space
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How Do Lakes Form? | Goodbye, Mister Brown! | SciShow Kids
/ 212 viewsMister Brown is moving away to Wisconsin, so Jessi, Squeaks and all of his Fort friends are here to say goodbye. But before he goes, Mister Brown want to teach everyone about the place he's moving to and all the amazing glacial lakes he'll be living near!
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Blippi Goes Inside a Volcano! Educational Videos for Kids
/ 1,224 viewsBlippi's in Hawaii! Join Blippi as he visits the Klauea Volcano and learns all about the science of volcanoes and how they erupt. He even goes inside a real life lava tube! For more Blippi videos and Blippi songs be sure to SUBSCRIBE to Blippi at https://
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Why Is the Ocean Salty and Rivers Are Not? #shorts #kurzgesagt
/ 295 viewsFollow us for more sciencey content.Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/kgs-tiktok-sourcesUnderstanding this isn't difficult, you just need to know biology, chemistry, physics, geology and every other science in the existence #inanuts
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15:48
Digging A Hole Through The Earth - Pixel Animation
/ 248 viewsWhat if we dug a hole through the earth and out the other side? We created a pixel animation journey to the deepest things humans and animals have dug, through molten rock, and withstanding crushing pressure. Using the most current scientific research we
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00:46
Why Don't We Mine the Moon?
/ 203 viewsDon't dig straight down when you're on the moon!Watch more Life Noggin "The Real Zombie Fungus from The Last of Us Explained" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOHpRPYrRYE&t=0sCheck out the team that powers Life Noggin! https://www.lifespan.io/life-noggin/
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Tunnelling through a Mountain - Numberphile
/ 208 viewsFeaturing Professor Hannah Fry - more details on her work below. Check out Brilliant (get 20% off their premium service): https://brilliant.org/numberphile (sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Hannah Fry: https://h
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09:56
This is the Worlds Largest Volcano!!
/ 360 viewsWE drove up the tallest mountain in the world and found Lava! NEW NINJA MERCH http://www.ninjakidz.store Request a personalized video: https://www.cameo.com/ninja_kidz_tv Join the Ninja Club and become a Ninja! https://www.ninja-kidz.com/Join this channel
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05:12
The continents are moving. When will they collide? - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
/ 263 viewsDig into the science of plate tectonics to find out when the next supercontinent will emerge and how it could affect Earths environment.--In the early 20th century, Alfred Wegener's theory of Continental Drift laid the foundation for our modern theory of
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Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids Compilation
/ 336 viewsSqueaks, Jessi and Anthony are spending a bunch of time learning all about the wonders of caves in this compilation video! Hosted by: Anthony Brown and Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Beco
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What are Stalactites and Stalagmites? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
/ 294 viewsAfter visiting Sam the Bat in his familys cave, Squeaks is learning all about the rock icicles that are growing from the ceiling and the floor in the cave! Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out
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05:38
Where Do Caves Come From? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
/ 278 viewsTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks is back from visiting Sam the Bats cave and is excited to learn all about how different caves form and why they look the ways they do! Hos
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04:36
The Amazing Adaptations of Cave Animals! | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
/ 281 viewsTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Mister Brown and Squeaks are visiting Sam the Bat's family in their cave! Now, animals that live in caves are pretty special. Since caves are real
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INCREDIBLE COLLAPSE TRIGGERED BY GLACIER CALVING | South America, Chile
/ 298 viewsAn incredibly large chunk of the Grey Glacier's ice-sheet breaks off and flips over in a spectacular way in Southern Patagonia, Chile. The ice-sheet of the Grey Glacier is currently declining due to increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall. It is p
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16:22
Sand Dunes Shouldnt Exist (Heres Why They Do)
/ 285 viewsCheck out Overview on @PBS Terra https://youtu.be/WWrb1iyCLlI Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below How can sand, blown by the wind, form such intricate and beautiful patterns as ripples a
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The Cosmic Origin of Earths Most Precious Metals
/ 255 viewsFollow me to The Bigger Picture on @PBS https://youtu.be/Wnr4RJxDifwSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, and rhodium are expensive because they're rare in Eart
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11:59 Popular
What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?
/ 1,123 viewsGo beyond the nutshell at https://brilliant.org/nutshell by diving deeper into these topics and more with 20% off an annual subscription!This video was sponsored by Brilliant. Thanks a lot for the support!Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com
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Volcano VS Glacier
/ 306 viewsSign up for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/aZqY30spaZ6Volcanoes might seem like an unstoppable force of nature - but there is at least one OTHER force on Earth that seems to be able to keep them down.LEARN MORE**************To learn more a
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Why Continents Are High
/ 259 viewsLearn to use your career to make a difference at https://80000hours.org/minuteearthLots of geological forces need to come together for continents to form, but they all require one ingredient: water.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, s
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This massive truck makes artificial earthquakes
/ 245 viewsThe "T-Rex" is the University of Texas' large mobile shaker, and I got to see it in action. More about the shakers: https://utexas.designsafe-ci.org/ I'm at https://tomscott.com on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tomscott on Facebook at https://facebook.co
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5 Explosive VOLCANO Facts | Nerf presents 5 FACTS
/ 425 viewsHold on tight, because we're about to erupt with 5 totally explosive, totally true facts about VOLCANOES!! Cities buried in ash, eruptions in outer space, super volcanoes and way, way more!Tune in each week for 5 crazy, cool, epic, awesome, funny, weird,
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How Hot is the Center of the Earth? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 916 viewsHave you ever stopped and wondered to yourself... just HOW hot is the center of the Earth??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to Colossal Questions, the show that answers all of life's most pressing questions!Narrated by: Matt SchneckC
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It's a pile of mining waste. Want to go skiing on it?
/ 261 viewsMonte Kaolino, in Bavaria, Germany, is 35 million tonnes of quartz sand, piled up over the years from a nearby kaolin mine. In the 1960s, one guy just turned up with skis, and now half a century later it's a theme-park destination for sandboarders and ski
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05:16
The massive Fatigue Carousel helps keep roads safe
/ 381 viewsThe "accelerated pavement testing facility" in Nantes can simulate decades of road traffic in a few months. Here's how. More information: https://lames.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/en/equipments/the-pavement-fatigue-carrousel Editor: Dave Stevenson http://daves
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27:08
Who made these circles in the Sahara?
/ 301 viewsSomeone left these marks in the sand. We had to find out who.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Deep in the Sahara, far from any towns, roads, or other signs of life, is a row of markings in the sand. Th
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24:57
The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
/ 535 viewsOne scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions. A part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium. For the first 100 people who sign up, I will personally pay
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How to find a meteorite in Australia | Catalyst
/ 262 viewsWhen going meteorite hunting think wide open spaces. Like on top of your roof! Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go This is an excerpt from the Australian documentary series, Catalyst: Asteroid Hunters. The full program will be available
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Why does Australia have so many pink lakes? | Weird Australia | ABC Science
/ 286 viewsHot pink is not a colour you would naturally match with water, yet Australia is home to hundreds of pink lakes. Why? Moataz Hamde investigates. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Watch the full 30min episode here: https://www.youtube.c
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What Are Rocks and How Do They Form? Crash Course Geography #18
/ 357 viewsFrom towering mountains to pebbles along a river, the Earth is made of a huge variety of rocks. In today's episode, we're going to follow the rock cycle of a piece of granite in the Himalayan mountains, and as you'll see, every rock has a far-reaching sto
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Moving Rocks. 99 Years Later... We Solved It
/ 450 viewsHow do these rocks move on their own in the desert?Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring today's video. Click here for 10% off your first month - https://betterhelp.com/physicsgirlSupport my videos https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirlSpecial thank you to
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6 Seismic Questions About Earth Answered | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 2,010 views6 more Colossal Questions about Earth are answered!0:00 What Happens if the Earth Stops Spinning?1:52 How Are Rainbows Made?3:49 What is the Sun Made Of?5:48 Why Do Leaves Change Color?8:01 What Causes a Tornado?11:03 Why Do Some Trees Stay Green?Images u
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The most active volcano in Japan! Sakurajima [4K Japan]
/ 256 viewsOver the last two years I visited Sakurajima on several occasions. The challenge I set myself was to film it up close and capture the activity inside its craters. Not easy, considering you can't get anywhere near them! Sakurajima erupts clouds of ash on a
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Literally just three minutes where I talk about some rocks
/ 299 viewsHutton's Unconformity, at Siccar Point, is about an hour east of Edinburgh, in Scotland, and I've wanted to set my own two feet on it for years. And from it, I've got a bigger question: is there anything we've missed?The story of the Hutton Unconformity:h
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Volcanic Eruption May Be Biggest Ever Seen From Space
/ 448 viewsIn the last 24 hours we've seen a huge explosive volcanic eruption from the Tongan island of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai - the blast is so large it's easily visible from multiple satellites in geostationary orbit, tens of thousands of miles up. The blast se
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Mountains of the Future: applying experimental plate tectonics to understand our geological past
/ 314 viewsYou could call it experimental plate tectonics. Predicting the Mountains of the Future requires developing ‘rules’ and ‘recipes’ of geological behaviour. Geologists at Utrecht University's Faculty of Geosciences drew up a series of
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Why this "falling rocks" sign is more important than most
/ 293 viewsIn Brienz/Brinzauls, a small village in the east of Switzerland, there's a village slipping into a valley and a road that's surprisingly dangerous. Thanks to everyone I interviewed: pull down the description for links and more details!CCTV footage from Ge
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How This Guy Clones Famous Diamonds | Obsessed | WIRED
/ 307 viewsJohn Hatleberg creates replicas of famous diamonds. Watch as the conceptual gem artist takes us all the way through his process, from making molds of original famous diamonds to cutting his own versions.Still havent subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? http://
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Ocean DEPTH Comparison (3D Animation)
/ 1,019 viewsHere is shown the depth of different lakes and seas and other things of interest under the water.From the beach to the deepest part of the Mariana TrenchMY WEBSITESJOIN: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwFuQLnLocj5F7ZcmcuWYQ/joinInstagram: https://www.i
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CRATERS Size Comparison 3D
/ 320 viewsThere are several asteroid impacts on Earth, some of them huge, this video shows some of them to scale, including craters on other planets. OPEN IT The estimates of the craters are in their original state (not current size), they may vary slightly dependi
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Iceland's superpowered underground volcanoes - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
/ 461 viewsExplore how geothermal energy the heat in the Earths crust is being used to create renewable electricity and power.--While the weather in Iceland is often cold, wet, and windy, a nearly endless supply of heat bubbles away below the surface. In fact, almos
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Presenting Hera | The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission
/ 301 viewsMeet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two CubeSats Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos, a double asteroid system that is typical of the thousands that pose an impact r
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Perseverance's 'rock-vaporizing' laser used again on Mars! Pics explained by NASA
/ 362 viewsNASA gives an update on Perserverance's Supercam instrument that sports a "laser, camera, and microphone that can gather data from a distance," according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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I found a Mud Volcano in California
/ 397 viewsSubscribe for more physics, science and curious phenomena.Why are there holes all over the southern California desert? This area is a unique basin that should actually be 20,000 ft below sea level. So I traveled there and spent 4 hrs looking for muddy hol
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11:39
World's Only Moving Mud Puddle
/ 501 viewsWant to support more videos like this? Patreon.com/physicsgirl A mud puddle started moving across the California desert, and no one knows why. Dianna visited the mud spring to find out how a puddle became declared a natural disaster.Special thanks to our
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The Transcontinental Burrito Hypertunnel
/ 711 viewsPBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY More info and sources below Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! ht
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This rock is from outer space
/ 353 viewsCheck out my main channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/NileRedIt might look just like a generic rock, but this rock is special because it doesn't even come from this planet. It's a chunk of a meteorite that came from space and it's magnetic because it's mos
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This Stone Slab May Have Been Europes Oldest Map
/ 348 viewsA rediscovery and new investigation of the Saint-Belc slab.
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How It's Made - Granite
/ 287 viewsOn this episode of How It's Made, we learn all about the manufacturing process that goes into making granite.
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Why Mount Everest's height keeps changing
/ 450 viewsThe world's tallest mountain just got a little taller here's why.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOIn December of 2020, China and Nepal made a joint announcement about a new measurement for Mount Everest: 8,849 meters. This is just the latest
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02:57
Why No-One Will Save Covehithe, The Village That Will Soon Crumble Into The Sea
/ 326 viewsOn the south-east coast of England sits Covehithe: a little Suffolk village going back at least a thousand years. By the end of the century, it'll likely have fallen into the sea. Here's why no-one's planning to save it.Filmed safely: https://www.tomscott
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After Ice
/ 379 viewsGlaciers reflect our past and reveal our future. This short film overlays imagery from the archives of the National Land Survey of Iceland with current day footage of six outlet glaciers in the Hornafjörður region of Southeast Iceland to reveal t
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Where Does Sand Come From? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
/ 1,969 viewsHave you ever been buried up to your neck in sand, unable to move as the tide slowly starts to come in and wonder... Where did all this sand come from in the first place??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to Colossal Questions, the sh
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Why Jakarta is sinking
/ 411 viewsThe 400-year curse dragging Indonesia's capital into the sea.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOLike many coastal cities around the world, Jakarta is dealing with sea level rise. But Indonesia's biggest city also has a unique problem: Because o
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When a Billion Years Disappeared
/ 454 viewsIn some places, the rocks below the Great Unconformity are about 1.2 billion years older than those above it. This missing chapter in Earths history might be linked to a fracturing supercontinent, out-of-control glaciers, and maybe the diversification of
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What Are These Huge Ponds in the Utah Desert?
/ 472 viewsWhat are these electric blue ponds in the middle of the Utah desert? And why do they keep changing color?
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$5k invested in rough opal. Do I make a profit from my opal hunting?
/ 532 viewsWelcome to Black Opal Direct, I hope you don't get motion sickness because this was a wild ride. This piece had a color bar that could go two ways; it could cut a nice green-blue stone or it could be riddled with sand. It actually chose option number thre
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Why is Norway Rising? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson
/ 437 viewsSubscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeThe Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitutionand Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_scienceand Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitutionand Tumblr: http://ri-science.t
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Why Different Soils Feel Different
/ 431 viewsSqueaks and Mister Brown do some experiments with soil, and learn all about why different soils feel different!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a question for J
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Why Do Volcanic Eruptions Form Mushrooms Clouds? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson
/ 695 viewsVolcanic eruptions form distinctive mushroom clouds when the extremely hot mixture of gas, magma and rocks shoots out of the volcano at high speed.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1995/planet-earth-
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How Scientists Knew Hawaii's Kilauea Was About to Erupt Volcanoes | Smithsonian Channel
/ 710 viewsSince April 2018, scientists had noticed signs that Hawaii's Kilauea, one of the world's most monitored volcanoes, might be close to erupting. On May 3rd, their predictions were justified in the most devastating manner.From Volcanoes: Dual Destruction htt
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The Uncomfortable Truth About Deep Sea Mining
/ 372 viewsTo meet the world's growing demand for batteries, private companies have turned their attention to mining the ocean floor. But could this practice come at a greater cost to the planet than it's worth? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Wat
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How the Great Barrier Reef Formed | Great Barrier Reef
/ 490 viewsAustralia's Great Barrier Reef wasn't always there. It was once a sprawling land that was home to many Australian land animals. Watch the full season of Great Barrier Reef on the National Geographic site & app, with your cable subscription: https://ww
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The most colorful gemstones on Earth - Jeff Dekofsky
/ 420 viewsWhat gives opals their signature shimmering colors? Dig into the science of the gemstones formation, millions of years in the making. --In November 1986, Australian miners climbed Lunatic Hill and bored 20 meters into the Earth. They were rewarded with a
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Exploring Antarcticas Glaciers (with a PlayStation Controller) | Antarctic Extremes
/ 382 viewsBeneath Antarcticas glaciers, a 12-foot-long robot named Icefin explores places neither boats nor divers can reach. Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsterra?su...Icefin is testing technologies designed for exploring Jupiters icy moon Europa. But befo
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Why are these mountains BLUE? | 4K Drone Footage
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GOLD Mining In Los Angeles!! (Amazing Finds)
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What Does It Take To Enrich Uranium?
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Making The World's Biggest Pipe Cleaner Crystal
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Finding Tranquility in Chinas Extraordinary Wuling Mountains
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Why It's Impossible To Engineer Earthquake-Proof Buildings | We The Curious
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Inside The Tunnels That Will Store Nuclear Waste For 100,000 Years
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The cosmic secrets inside this tiny meteorite
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Around the World in Six Caves
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Apollos Most Important Discovery (Inside NASAs Moon Rock Vault!)
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How Volcanoes Froze the Earth (Twice)
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The Giant Underground Tunnels Protecting Tokyo From Floods
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Scientists Just Got One Step Closer to Solving an Antarctic Mystery
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On Saturn It Occasionally Rains Diamonds.| The Planets | BBC Earth
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Ecuador's Melting Mountain | Earth From Space Web Exclusive | Earth Unplugged
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Why Pink Himalayan Salt Is So Expensive | So Expensive
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Misfits of the Mineral Collection
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The Circle Visible From Space
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Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict
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How to Become Humanity's First Trillionaire
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Snippet: 5-month time lapse of Mt. Kiluaea's summit collapse
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What is Soil Made Of?
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Here’s Where the Marble for Classic Sculptures Comes From
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What If We Dig a Tunnel Under the Ocean?
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Rock to Gems: Making Worthless Stones Valuable
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The Canyon That Humans Made By Accident
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How Close Are We to Completely Mapping the Ocean?
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Massive crater under Greenland's ice points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans
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How Do Glaciers Move? TIMELAPSE! | Earth Lab
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Britain's Largest Battery Is Actually A Lake
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The Coriolis Effect
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The Insane Plan to Build a Mountain in the Netherlands
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Why Do Rocks the Size of Cars Suddenly Break From Cliffs?
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6 Animals with Extraordinary Adaptations to Cave Life
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Diamond, the Super Crystal!
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What Is in a Meteor Crater?
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Madagascar’s Eerie Forest of Stone
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Here's How Engineers Used Ancient Techniques To Protect Tokyo's Skytree From Earthquakes
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Earthquake Mirror
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The sand acrobat performs
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Don't be fooled by fool's gold.
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The Mystery of Rattlebacks
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Model Volcano
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Earthquakes, Circles and Spheres - Numberphile
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Earthquake-proof toothpick structure construction contest
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Meteorite or MeteorWRONG?
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Why Tunnels Don't Collapse
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Why Earth Has Two Levels
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Spinning Sphere of Sodium Simulate Earth's Magnetic Field
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Digging precious metals out of your old phone
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What Would It Take For Earth To Explode?
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Exploring the Longest Cave System in Asia
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This Massive Asteroid Is Headed for Earth…. What Now?
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The Volcano That Burns Blue
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How Was Red Rock Canyon Formed?
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What Happens If We Run Out Of Sand?
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Why Bridges Move...
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How the Oldest Rocks on Earth Changed History
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Exploratorium Exhibits | Black Sand at Ocean Beach
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How Much Damage Can An Earthquake Do?
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How Do Volcano Erupt? | Educational Video for kids with Ryan ToysReview
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Collision That Formed The Moon
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What Will The Earth Look Like In 100 Years?
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How Much Money Could We Sell The Earth For?
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The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents
/ 696 viewsThe study of natural history is the study of how the world has changed but Earth itself is in a constant state of flux -- because the ground beneath your feet is always moving. So if we want to know how we got here, we have to understand how "here" got he
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A Brief History of Geologic Time
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Making Artificial Earthquakes with a Four-Tonne Steel Ball
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Inquarting - Why We Add Silver To Refine Gold From Jewelry
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Is this Rock a Diamond?
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How Do MASSIVE Sinkholes Form?
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What If We Made A New Continent?
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Could We Build A Planet From Scratch?
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The biggest underwater cave on Earth
/ 607 viewsResearchers just found the world's largest underwater cave. Inside, they found ancient artifacts and the bones of extinct creatures. Diving off the coast of Tulum, Mexico, scientists found a 347-kilometer passage linking what were previously thought to be