Geology
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Stalagmites Point to Caves' Shaky History
/ 589 viewsResearchers can crack open stalagmites to uncover ancient earthquakes and changes in cave climate.
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01:34
The Volcano That Burns Blue
/ 588 viewsThe Kawah Ijen volcano in Java, Indonesia is a spectacular (and dangerous) sight to behold. Unlike any other volcano in the world, Kawah Ijen emits what appear to be bright blue flames. The glow is caused not by lava, but instead by sulfuric gases that cr
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Photographing Liquid Mountains | That's Amazing
/ 584 viewsWhen you think of the Great Lakes, you may not picture towering 30-foot waves. But Dave Sandford knows better. The professional photographer from Ontario, Canada, braves the icy cold water and fierce winds of Lake Erie to make his masterpieces. And they w
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02:53
The Canyon That Humans Made By Accident
/ 580 viewsThe tourist guides promote it as Georgia's Little Grand Canyon: but this is a scar on the Earth, caused by humans either not understanding or not caring about geology. Is it natural? Or man-made? Or both? I'm at http://tomscott.com on Twitter at http://tw
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02:25
Exploratorium Exhibits | Black Sand at Ocean Beach
/ 579 viewsJoin Exploratorium educator, Ken Finn as he unlocks the mystery behind the black sand at Ocean Beach.This piece explores the origin of magnetite in the Sierra Nevada Mtns, it's journey down the Colorado and San Joaquin rivers to the Bay and the interestin
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08:14
6 Animals with Extraordinary Adaptations to Cave Life
/ 572 viewsLiving in a cave isn’t easy, but these six cave-dwelling animals have gained some amazing traits to help them survive there! Hosted by: Michael Aranda Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciSho
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05:50
How we know about the Earth's core
/ 571 viewsS-wave shadow and P-wave detection patterns give us information about the core More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=KL0i1RSnpfI
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Opal Mining In America: How To Find Rare Opal
/ 571 viewsPATREON: https://www.patreon.com/nickuhas SUBSCRIBE!: http://bit.ly/1G97GmA SHARE THIS VIDEO: Nickipedia Live Website: http://www.NickipediaLive.com Science Team! I love hunting for gems, and my favorite rock (it’s actually a gel) is an opal! I found out
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02:42
4 Things No One’s Telling You About The Coming Water World
/ 570 viewsSea levels will rise by the same amount all over the world, right? Wrong. Here’s why. NOVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline NOVA Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs
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04:15
Why S-Waves Only Travel in Solids
/ 569 viewsWhy S-Waves Only Travel in Solids More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=BTWLwoaNeBA
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03:49
Could We Build A Planet From Scratch?
/ 567 viewsShould we colonize Mars, or just build a planet from scratch? Watch More: How Much Is Space Worth? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT11_2h6_LY&list=UUpJmBQ8iNHXeQ7jQWDyGe3A Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://www.keeponthinking.co Support Li
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08:11
What's the Deepest Hole We Can Possibly Dig?
/ 566 viewsThe first 500 people to use this link will get a 2 month free trial of Skillshare: http://skl.sh/RLL What is the deepest hole that humanity has ever dug? If you're curious about the answer, then this is the video for you! Please Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2
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How To Celebrate Christmas On A Volcano
/ 565 viewsHow do explorers celebrate Christmas? Hint: It's on a volcano. Evolutionary biologist and National Geographic grantee Borja Milá and fellow biologist Christophe Thébaud traveled to Réunion, a volcanic island in the southern Indian Ocean, in hopes of figur
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03:47
How Do Glaciers Move? TIMELAPSE! | Earth Lab
/ 564 viewsA timelapse allows us to see glaciers move and understand how their movement works. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth videos http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos T
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06:09
Inside The Tunnels That Will Store Nuclear Waste For 100,000 Years
/ 564 viewsOnkalo, on the Finnish island of Olkiluoto, is planned to be the first geologic storage facility for high-level nuclear waste: eventually sealed for 100,000 years. I got to see inside.Thanks to all the team from Olkiluoto, TVO and Posiva: you can find out
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Inside NASA’s Mission to Track Greenland’s Ice Melt
/ 563 viewsGreenland’s Inuit people have been living on the ice for thousands of years, but in the winter of 1963, they noticed glaciers melting in the winter for the first time. Decades later, a team of NASA scientists would be the first to prove that Greenland’s i
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05:04
Why Do Volcanic Eruptions Form Mushrooms Clouds? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson
/ 557 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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02:29
What is Soil Made Of?
/ 553 viewsAn animated introduction to soils functions and threats. © FAO: http://www.fao.org
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The Rare Book Room!
/ 551 viewsThe Field Museum isn't just home to specimens and artifacts: it's also home to the books and manuscripts that have shaped our understanding of the world's natural history. Today, we look at some of the 7,500 books in the Mary W. Runnells Rare Book Room! ↓
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03:08
Hot Air Ballooning Underground
/ 548 viewsIvan Trifonov is the first person to ever ride in a hot air balloon underground. It looks easy, but he must be incredibly lucky and skilled to pull this off! OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENCE Wednesdays 9/8c on Science http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/outr
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02:57
The Largest Concrete Dome Ever Built
/ 547 viewsROME'S BURIED SECRETS http://www.sciencechannel.com/ The Pantheon in Rome, Italy, was completed by emperor Hadrian around 126 AD. The dome alone weighs 4,535 metric tons. Watch full episodes: http://www.sciencechannelgo.com Subscribe to Science Channel: h
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02:11
Capturing Space Rocks In Antarctica
/ 545 viewsPlanetary scientist Constantine Tsang is trying to answer the great mystery of the universe: where did we come from? To do so, Tsang and his NASA-funded team spent two months searching for meteorites on the ice shelves of Antarctica. Daunting as it sounds
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Could Microbes Survive On The Lunar Surface?
/ 543 viewsDuring the Apollo 12 mission to the moon, astronauts recovered equipment from the Surveyor 3 probe that had been on the lunar surface for over two years. Upon examination, NASA scientists were shocked to discover a single form of microbial life living on
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01:20
The Ancient Salt Pans of Peru
/ 543 viewsOriginally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into 3,000 mountainside pools. The sun heats them, evaporating the water and lea
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04:39
The Mystery of Rattlebacks
/ 539 viewsRattle backs used to be regarded as mystical stones, but Rob reveals why they behave as they do and even how you can make your own out of everyday materials around the house.
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The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents
/ 537 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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Madagascar’s Eerie Forest of Stone
/ 537 viewsWith stones rising 220 feet from the ground, Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve in Madagascar casts a landscape unlike any other. Composed of large limestone structures, the stone forest was once submerged completely underwater, some 200 million yea
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01:54
The Long History Of The Andes
/ 536 viewsDid a biblical-scale flood—or the rise of the Andes—give the Amazon its amazing biodiversity? Read more: http://scim.ag/vid_6260
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Blippi Goes Inside a Volcano! Educational Videos for Kids
/ 533 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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05:27
How the Oldest Rocks on Earth Changed History
/ 529 viewsGo to https://www.squarespace.com/scishow for a free trial and use the offer code SCISHOW to support this channel and save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Scientists have uncovered the oldest rocks from Earth, and they're shaking up wh
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03:22
The World Is Slowly Running Out Of Sand
/ 527 viewsI never thought of sand as a non-renewable resource, but there's only a limited supply: and to make things worse, it keeps getting washed into the sea. At Cape May, New Jersey, the US Army Corps of Engineers have just finished rebuilding a beach: here's w
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The sand acrobat performs
/ 527 viewsThis is a copy of an ingenious old folk toy that entertained children for many years. The originals were hand-carved but, as Rob shows, you can make it from simple materials around the home.
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On Saturn It Occasionally Rains Diamonds.| The Planets | BBC Earth
/ 526 viewsOn Saturn it occasionally rains diamonds. Narrated by Brian Cox.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/BluePlanetPlaylist Planet Earth II http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIPlaylis
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Buried lasers will sense Earth's spin and quakes doing the twist
/ 525 viewsROMY, the world's most sophisticated ring laser, could pave the way for portable rotational seismometers. Learn more - http://scim.ag/2ovJ8kT
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15 Deepest Holes Ever Dug by Humans
/ 524 viewsIt's not just dogs that like digging holes! Humans have been digging for about as long as we've been on the planet. Although our digging has fewer bones and fewer poops. Still, we just seem to thrive on building tunnels in the Earth for whatever reason! F
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02:15
Why Is This Desert So Colorful?
/ 523 viewsWhat on Earth? | Tuesdays at 9/8c on Science Full Episodes Streaming FREE on Science GO: https://www.sciencechannelgo.com/what-on-earth/ When you think of deserts, you don't typically think of bright jewel tones. What are these massive pools of color doin
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08:11
How Close Are We to Completely Mapping the Ocean?
/ 520 viewsWe’ve mapped other planets to more detail than we have our own oceans. How close are we to a complete ocean map? “The Swim” Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGg-1xQbd5M&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X7iQ31AN0hszm5a3RCosk00 Read More: The Nippon Foundation-GEB
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Earthquakes, Circles and Spheres - Numberphile
/ 520 viewsTadashi is back with a discussion of how we know where earthquakes occur. A second video is at: https://youtu.be/lubGnk0UZt0 More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More Tadashi Tokieda at: http://bit.ly/tadashi_vids Podcasts HELLO INTERNET http:
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What Is This Martian Lake Doing In Canada?!
/ 519 viewsWhat on Earth? | Tuesdays 9p Experts investigate a seemingly alien lake, that may reveal secrets about Martian life. Full Episodes Streaming FREE: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/what-on-earth/ Subscribe to Science Channel: http://bit.ly/Subscribe
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The biggest underwater cave on Earth
/ 518 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
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Why slow glaciers can sometimes surge as fast as a speeding train--wiping out people in their path
/ 517 viewsResearchers are starting to understand why some glaciers swing between extremes of stagnation and crushing flow. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2BoKGE6
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02:46
What Counts as a Mountain?
/ 516 viewsI'm at the top of Mount Evans, more than 14,000 feet - 4.3km - above sea level. This is definitely a mountain: but why doesn't the smaller summit next to it also count? Let's talk about prominence. (Just not for too long, I'm getting low on oxygen.) I'm a
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08:40
Why Tunnels Don't Collapse
/ 511 viewsHow simple reinforcement is used to prevent collapse of rock tunnels. Tunnels play an important role in our constructed environment as passageways for mines, conveyance for utilities, and routes for transportation. Rock bolts are a type of reinforcement f
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How Scientists Knew Hawaii's Kilauea Was About to Erupt Volcanoes | Smithsonian Channel
/ 511 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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What Happens If We Run Out Of Sand?
/ 506 viewsIf the world runs out of sand, what would happen? What would it cost us? Watch more: What's Hiding Deep Within The Ocean? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Zv3OOhQEQ&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=124&t=0s Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLi
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Exploring the Longest Cave System in Asia
/ 502 viewsAt 148 miles in length, Shuanghe Cave in China’s Guizhou province holds the honor of being the longest cave in Asia. No one knows it better than 61-year-old farmer Zhao Zhongguo. He’s spent the past three decades exploring the cave complex, documenting ov
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The Transcontinental Burrito Hypertunnel
/ 502 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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Why Pink Himalayan Salt Is So Expensive | So Expensive
/ 501 viewsPink Himalayan salt is used in speciality foods, spa treatments, and even home design. 100 grams of it can cost $5 to $8, up to 20 times more than generic table salt. So, why is it so expensive? Special Thanks to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0NGD0Pzi
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Exploring Worlds Deep Beneath the Earth
/ 499 viewsIn this reel, we're venturing deep, deep underground. We begin in Stockholm at the world's longest art gallery, explore the mysteries of shell grotto, and visit the hidden metropolis 150 feet beneath Kansas City. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6Acb This stor
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Digging precious metals out of your old phone
/ 499 viewsE-waste is more than phones and laptops. There’s gold, silver, copper, and lots of other precious metals powering your electronics, and that makes for some valuable “e-waste”. And a recent study proposed that it’s now more cost-effective to dig minerals o
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10:37
What If We Dig a Tunnel Under the Ocean?
/ 495 viewsCould you dig a tunnel under the ocean and maybe to the other side of the earth? Explore what would happen.
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How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet | Dustin Schroeder
/ 494 viewsAntarctica is a vast and dynamic place, but radar technologies -- from World War II-era film to state-of-the-art miniaturized sensors -- are enabling scientists to observe and understand changes beneath the continent's ice in unprecedented detail. Join ra
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Why It's Impossible To Engineer Earthquake-Proof Buildings | We The Curious
/ 494 viewsWhat causes earthquakes? Why do buildings collapse? Can engineers design buildings that resist the forces beneath our feet? Ross Exton speaks to scientists and engineers to find out.From plants to prosthetics: the science of 3D printing https://youtu.be/H
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01:31
Kayak Inside Iceland's Largest Glacier
/ 493 viewsIceGuide offers breathtaking tours of Vatnajökull Glacier. Subscribe to our new channel, INSIDER food: http://insder.co/2kWwBKZ The INSIDER team believes that life is an adventure! Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: https://thisisinsider.com INSIDE
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04:26
Here’s Where the Marble for Classic Sculptures Comes From
/ 488 viewsOff the coast of Tuscany sits a picturesque town where white mountains cascade over the landscape. Composed of the highest quality marble, these behemoths have attracted artists to Italy’s Pietrasanta for years. In fact, many of Michelangelo’s masterpiece
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10:08
Scientist Explains How Moon Mining Would Work | WIRED
/ 485 viewsWIRED speaks with Angel Abbud-Madrid, the Director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines, to find out just how lunar mining would work.Still havent subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Also, check out the free
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How a Volcano Simulator Helps Scientists Prepare For The Real Thing | Maddie About Science | NPR
/ 484 viewsStudying active volcanoes can be dangerous, which is why a group of scientists from around the world came together to simulate volcanic blasts. What they're learning will help them at a real eruption. Read "To Safely Study Volcanoes, Scientists Bring The
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04:56
Britain's Largest Battery Is Actually A Lake
/ 482 viewsDinorwig Power Station, otherwise known as Electric Mountain, is a pumped-storage hydro station in Llanberis, Wales. And yes: it's Britain's largest battery. Here's how it works, and why some of the things you think you know about TV pickups might not be
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Rock to Gems: Making Worthless Stones Valuable
/ 481 viewsGo to https://wix.com/go/Nickipedia to start your Wix website! Check out my Wix website at https://www.nickipediastore.com Share this video: https://youtu.be/XpJhFZJceOU Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/nickuhas I was recently out in Northern Nevada min
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07:02
How to Become Humanity's First Trillionaire
/ 480 viewsFirst 1,000 people can learn anything with Skillshare for 2 months for 99 cents; http://skl.sh/reallifelore9 Check out Skillshare's video here! http://bit.ly/2F39Ygu Get the RealLifeLore book here: http://amzn.to/2ieJLyN Please Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2d
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04:34
Geysers: When Water Erupts!
/ 478 viewsGeysers are amazing natural formations that shoot magma-heated water from deep below the Earth's surface! What could possibly be cooler than that?! ---------- Hi there! We at SciShow want to learn more about you and your opinions! If you have time, please
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03:44
What Would It Take For Earth To Explode?
/ 476 viewsThe Death Star could destroy a planet, but what are some realistic ways it could happen. Watch more: Could We Build A Planet From Scratch? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fUO3Xjlohc&index=75&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&t=0s Sub
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Why Earth Has Two Levels
/ 475 viewsGet NordVPN at https://NordVPN.com/minuteearth. Use code MINUTEEARTH to save 77%! Earth’s outer shell is made of two materials whose different densities and thicknesses give rise to two distinct “levels” on the planet’s surface. Watch our new show Paradig
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Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20
/ 474 viewsIt's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, whats up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called sports of naturerocks that just happen to look like living things but dont
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The Insane Plan to Build a Mountain in the Netherlands
/ 472 viewsFirst 50 people to get a RealLifeLore t-shirt or track jacket will get 10% off their order with code toyota; http://standard.tv/reallifelore Get the RealLifeLore book here: http://amzn.to/2ieJLyN Please Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2dB7VTO Animations courtesy
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10:56
Apollos Most Important Discovery (Inside NASAs Moon Rock Vault!)
/ 472 viewsMore moon rocks on Smarter Every Day https://youtu.be/QxZ_iPldGtIAnd Objectivity https://youtu.be/yvhLBzsDwSQ More info and sources below SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Fifty years ago, we sent the first astronauts to walk on
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This Massive Asteroid Is Headed for Earth…. What Now?
/ 470 viewsThis is how NASA intends to stop an asteroid before it slams into our planet, potentially ending civilization as we know it. Watch More Space Crafts! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW-YrNaxJFU&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X62DlXwags4wik2cK8k6FrM Read More: Planetar
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What Is in a Meteor Crater?
/ 469 viewsIf you buy a crater in hopes of striking it rich, you might have a bad time. Stream Full Episodes of NASA's Unexplained Files: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/nasas-unexplained-files/ Subscribe to Science Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribeScience Li
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Diamond, the Super Crystal!
/ 464 viewsOne of the strongest rocks in the world is one that you might not expect, and the story of how it formed deep under the earth is intense! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
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Snippet: 5-month time lapse of Mt. Kiluaea's summit collapse
/ 462 viewsThe time lapse covers 5 months, followed by some nice flowing lava shots Read the paper: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2019/01/15/science.aav7046 ABSTRACT In 2018, Kīlauea Volcano experienced its largest lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) eruption
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Water in Helheim Glacier Makes Its Way to the Ocean
/ 462 viewsNew NASA research found that large crevasses provide aquifer water upstream of Greenland's Helheim Glacier with a clear escape to the ocean. This discovery helps confirm that the water, which is held in a layer of crunchy, granular snow called firn, contr
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07:31
Making The World's Biggest Pipe Cleaner Crystal
/ 460 viewsI once experimented and made a cool crystal with pipe cleaners and borax along with some hot water. The results of that science experiment were pretty cool. I made beautiful crystals out of ordinary pipe cleaners. Well I decided I wanted to take it up a n
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Ecuador's Melting Mountain | Earth From Space Web Exclusive | Earth Unplugged
/ 457 viewsAs our climate changes, the millennia old glacier atop mount Chimborazo melts and threatens the water supply of thousands.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Animal Slow Motion: http://bit.ly/EarthUnpluggedSlowMotionTimelapse Expeditions: h
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How Volcanoes Froze the Earth (Twice)
/ 456 viewsOver 600 million years ago, sheets of ice coated our planet on both land and sea. How did this happen? And most importantly for us, why did the planet eventually thaw again? The evidence for Snowball Earth is written on every continent today.Thanks to Jul
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03:57
What Does It Take To Enrich Uranium?
/ 455 viewsWe're constantly hearing about nuclear enrichment in the news, but what does it mean and when should we be concerned? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seek
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A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking The Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarctica
/ 454 viewsA hypothetical ocean model called a "geoid" is helping us uncover the hidden gravity points underneath our landmasses; including the ever mysterious Antarctica. A New State of Water Reveals a Hidden Ocean in Earth’s Mantle - https://youtu.be/pgm4z8vJVVk R
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Scientists Just Got One Step Closer to Solving an Antarctic Mystery
/ 453 viewsGiant holes in the Antarctic, called polynyas, have baffled scientists for years. But now with the help of seals and robots, they might have the answers to these mysterious phenomena. A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking the Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarcticahtt
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The cosmic secrets inside this tiny meteorite
/ 451 viewsEarlier this year, Verge Science went hunting for space dust on a rooftop in Brooklyn. The hunt turned up some promising samples, but looking at them under a microscope led to inconclusive results even from the worlds foremost micrometeorite hunter. To ge
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03:35
The Giant Underground Tunnels Protecting Tokyo From Floods
/ 449 viewsIf you believe the hype, then the Metropolitan Area Underground Discharge Channel stops Tokyo flooding. It doesn't. But it is one colossal part of a huge network of flood defences that protect a city that would otherwise be... well, very wet.MORE ABOUT TH
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GOLD Mining In Los Angeles!! (Amazing Finds)
/ 449 viewsShare This Video: https://youtu.be/PTkX6d9H0foIve been wanting to get out of the house and get into nature and so for that reason I wanted to come out to the East Fork of the San Gabriel river, which is only an 1:30 from my house to do one of my favorite
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Around the World in Six Caves
/ 446 viewsYou dont even have to get up off your couch to explore some of the worlds most breathtaking caves with us. (But please do get up off your couch from time to time. We are proponents of people getting out into the great big world.) In Lebanon, we venture de
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Scientists Just Discovered Fresh Water Under the Ocean, and Its HUGE
/ 439 viewsScientists found a freshwater aquifer under the ocean. And get this there's enough water to fill 1.1 billion Olympic-sized swimming pools. Oceanographic teams have known for a while that there are pockets of fresh water below the seafloor. They would run
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Finding Tranquility in Chinas Extraordinary Wuling Mountains
/ 439 viewsThe Red Clouds Golden Summit is the pinnacle of tranquility. A spire of rock rising upward from Chinas Mount Fanjingshan in the Wuling Mountains, it soars above the clouds. Two temples sit atop this isolated natural wonderthe Temple of the Buddha and the
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03:08
Massive crater under Greenland's ice points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans
/ 434 viewsThe 31-kilometer-wide Hiawatha crater may have formed as recently as 12,800 years ago when a 1.5-kilometer asteroid struck Earth Read more: https://scim.ag/2TdJFbW Read the research: https://scim.ag/2OJML3I Credits editor/animator/narrator Meagan Cantwell
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This map of a Grand-Canyon-sized chasm off California took 15 years to create
/ 433 viewsJust offshore from the small town of Moss Landing, Calif.once an important West Coast fishing hub and now a center of oceanographic researchstretches one of the countrys most magnificent but little-known geologic features: Monterey Canyon. Please visit ou
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08:43
How Close Are We to Mining in Space?
/ 432 viewsAsteroids hold untold riches when it comes to untapped resources. We are getting closer to harvesting materials from these celestial objects, but how close are we to mining asteroids? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more How Close
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The Circle Visible From Space
/ 432 viewsMount Taranaki, on the North Island of New Zealand, is a large-scale circle that's visible from space: a stratovolcano with six miles of forest around it. But that didn't happen naturally. Oh, and there's a good chance that, in the next fifty years or so,
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05:25
Why Do Rocks the Size of Cars Suddenly Break From Cliffs?
/ 430 viewsRandom rockfalls are still one of the biggest mysteries in geology - and figuring out what triggers them is an urgent quest in an area with millions of annual visitors. Will Supercomputers Create Virtual Maps of Your Body in the Future? - https://youtu.be
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$5k invested in rough opal. Do I make a profit from my opal hunting?
/ 404 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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Misfits of the Mineral Collection
/ 387 viewsHelp us solve some mysteries! Do you have any more information about these Misfits from the Mineral Collection?! A number of these objects have historical or cultural value and significance, but our records are incomplete. Help us, Brain Scoopers! -------
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Rewinding 65 Million Years - Christmas Lectures with Simon Conway Morris
/ 384 viewsSimon Conway Morris turns back the clock 65 million years to find out how the configuration of the continents has changed.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1996/the-history-in-our-bones/the-great-dyi
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How the Great Barrier Reef Formed | Great Barrier Reef
/ 369 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 Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
/ 367 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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World's Only Moving Mud Puddle
/ 366 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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08:12
Why Mount Everest's height keeps changing
/ 351 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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11:31
When a Billion Years Disappeared
/ 342 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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19:24
What Are These Huge Ponds in the Utah Desert?
/ 338 viewsWhat are these electric blue ponds in the middle of the Utah desert? And why do they keep changing color?
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04:13
Why is Norway Rising? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson
/ 335 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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14:29
Moving Rocks. 99 Years Later... We Solved It
/ 330 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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04:44
Diamonds Could Unlock the Mysteries of Earths Core
/ 324 viewsWeve never been able to journey to the center of the Earth, but thanks to an incredibly innovative experiment, we may not have to go there to understand what it's like. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/
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05:21
Iceland's superpowered underground volcanoes - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
/ 317 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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06:54
Why are these mountains BLUE? | 4K Drone Footage
/ 311 viewsSubscribe to the Terra Channel for more science and nature shows like Overview!https://bit.ly/3mOfd77This is our premiere episode of Overview, a show that will be publishing every three weeks on Terra. There are a LOT of trees in the Blue Ridge Mountains,
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05:56
The most colorful gemstones on Earth - Jeff Dekofsky
/ 305 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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10:39
The secret history of dirt
/ 301 viewsDirt isnt just the stuff beneath our feet. Its the stuff of life.Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids!Become a Video Lab member!http://bit.ly/video-labDirt is alive. It's full of billions of creatures so small you can't even see them und
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06:51
Why Different Soils Feel Different
/ 292 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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12:20
After Ice
/ 292 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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08:13
Volcanic Eruption May Be Biggest Ever Seen From Space
/ 291 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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11:19
Why Jakarta is sinking
/ 290 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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03:20
5 Explosive VOLCANO Facts | Nerf presents 5 FACTS
/ 289 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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04:49
I found a Mud Volcano in California
/ 282 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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02:14
Perseverance's 'rock-vaporizing' laser used again on Mars! Pics explained by NASA
/ 265 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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05:16
The massive Fatigue Carousel helps keep roads safe
/ 263 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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00:42
This rock is from outer space
/ 262 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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10:40
Exploring Antarcticas Glaciers (with a PlayStation Controller) | Antarctic Extremes
/ 258 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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05:38
The Uncomfortable Truth About Deep Sea Mining
/ 257 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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01:45
This Stone Slab May Have Been Europes Oldest Map
/ 241 viewsA rediscovery and new investigation of the Saint-Belc slab.
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02:57
Why No-One Will Save Covehithe, The Village That Will Soon Crumble Into The Sea
/ 232 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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04:07
CRATERS Size Comparison 3D
/ 230 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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What Are Rocks and How Do They Form? Crash Course Geography #18
/ 215 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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04:30
How It's Made - Granite
/ 210 viewsOn this episode of How It's Made, we learn all about the manufacturing process that goes into making granite.
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08:53
How This Guy Clones Famous Diamonds | Obsessed | WIRED
/ 209 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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09:56
This is the Worlds Largest Volcano!!
/ 207 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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03:41
Volcano VS Glacier
/ 191 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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Presenting Hera | The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission
/ 189 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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03:16
Literally just three minutes where I talk about some rocks
/ 174 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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05:04
Why this "falling rocks" sign is more important than most
/ 172 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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27:08
Who made these circles in the Sahara?
/ 172 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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01:00
Why Is the Ocean Salty and Rivers Are Not? #shorts #kurzgesagt
/ 169 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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03:36
It's a pile of mining waste. Want to go skiing on it?
/ 167 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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01:59
Mountains of the Future: applying experimental plate tectonics to understand our geological past
/ 164 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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02:38
INCREDIBLE COLLAPSE TRIGGERED BY GLACIER CALVING | South America, Chile
/ 164 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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03:37
The most active volcano in Japan! Sakurajima [4K Japan]
/ 163 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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Why does Australia have so many pink lakes? | Weird Australia | ABC Science
/ 163 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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03:42
Why Continents Are High
/ 163 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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05:12
The continents are moving. When will they collide? - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
/ 157 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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15:48
Digging A Hole Through The Earth - Pixel Animation
/ 156 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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16:22
Sand Dunes Shouldnt Exist (Heres Why They Do)
/ 153 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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13:57
The Cosmic Origin of Earths Most Precious Metals
/ 149 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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How to find a meteorite in Australia | Catalyst
/ 146 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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03:48
This massive truck makes artificial earthquakes
/ 145 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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14:17
Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids Compilation
/ 143 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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04:36
The Amazing Adaptations of Cave Animals! | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
/ 139 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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05:38
Where Do Caves Come From? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
/ 133 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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05:07
What are Stalactites and Stalagmites? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
/ 120 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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00:46
Why Don't We Mine the Moon?
/ 116 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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03:50
Why Are They All In Antarctica?
/ 111 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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07:33
How Do Lakes Form? | Goodbye, Mister Brown! | SciShow Kids
/ 108 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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05:33
What's happening to Earth's core? - Shannon Odell
/ 104 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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08:06
Tunnelling through a Mountain - Numberphile
/ 102 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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24:33
What's inside this crater in Madagascar?
/ 98 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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3 minutes to the centre of the Earth | The Royal Society
/ 91 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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05:01
Unearthed: The Mysterious Microbes in the Earth's Crust Could Help Us With The Climate Crisis
/ 84 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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04:17
Quakes and blasts help scientists understand Earth's elusive inner core
/ 83 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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What Is Groundwater?
/ 75 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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The race to mine the bottom of the ocean
/ 68 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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The volcanic chemistry of sulfur - with Andrew Szydlo
/ 55 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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19:03
Inside Japans Earthquake Simulator
/ 38 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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Three minutes to the centre of the Earth | BBC Ideas
/ 24 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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05:32
How Do Celt Stones Spin On Their Own?
/ 23 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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11:05
Earth was frozen for MILLIONS of years. What does that teach us about today?
/ 19 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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05:58
Why Is NASA Interested In This Upside Down Cave?
/ 17 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