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How Did Hawaii Form?
605 views / 1 likes - addedThe volcanic island chain was born when the Pacific tectonic plate drifted over a hotspot in Earth’s mantle.
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How Was Red Rock Canyon Formed?
786 views / 0 likes - addedMillions of years ago, Las Vegas Valley laid at the bottom of an ancient sea. Movement of the earth's tectonic plates caused the water to drain and pushed up the land forming a towering structure known as Red Rock Canyon. From the Series: Aerial Cities: L
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Why Continents Are High
158 views / 0 likes - addedLearn 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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Here's How Scientists Will Measure Quakes on Mars
643 views / 1 likes - addedMars: The Secret Science | Mondays at 9/8c on Science Channel Full Episodes Streaming FREE on Science GO: https://www.sciencechannelgo.com/mars-the-secret-science/ Unlike Earth, Mars is thought to have only one tectonic plate. How does that one plate crea
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What Will Continents Look Like in the Future?
653 views / 1 likes - addedIt’s been 250 million years since the supercontinent Pangea, but the tectonic plates that formed it are still very much active. Could entire continents be splitting in half? The Earth’s Spin Is Slowing Down! What Happens If It Stops? - https://youtu.be/VS
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The Unusual Formation of the Hawaiian Islands
818 views / 2 likes - addedHawaii is known for its volcanoes, but most volcanoes on earth exist along tectonic plate lines. Hawaii does not! What causes Hawaii to form, and how is it related to the mystery of a magnetic bar code across the Pacific Ocean? Host Dianna Cowern chatted
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Plate Tectonics Explained
966 views / 1 likes - addedHow do plate tectonics REALLY work? We're now on Patreon! Please support us at: http://www.patreon.com/minuteearth And subscribe! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 Thanks to our Patreon patrons: - @AntoineCoeur - salar tel - @To
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Swimming Between Two Continents, Debunked
400 views / 0 likes - addedSilfra, in ingvellir National Park in Iceland, is where the Eurasian and North American continental plates are dividing. It's a crack in the earth where you can snorkel or dive between the continents. Well, sort of. As ever, it's a bit more complicated th
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Why Is There So Much Land In The North?
174 views / 0 likes - addedWatch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearthMost of Earths land is currently in the northern hemisphere because we happen to exist in a time where uneven heating in the
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NASA Insight Mission | What's Inside Mars?
608 views / 0 likes - addedInSight - Studying the 'Inner Space' of Mars InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4.5 billion years ag
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Haiti's Heroes: Saving Lives at 6,000ft
80 views / 0 likes - addedIn Haiti, medical access is a daunting challenge. Not only does the majority of the population live outside of the capital and amongst mountainous landscape, but Haiti itself sits on a major tectonic fault line, making it prone to catastrophic earthquakes
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Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict
988 views / 1 likes - addedScientists are trying to figure out if they can predict big earthquakes by simulating small quakes in labs and studying big quakes under the ocean. Thanks to the University of Rhode Island for sponsoring this video. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons http
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How Satellites Mapped The Whole Ocean Floor
627 views / 0 likes - addedScientists have been able to create a map of the ocean floor for the first time ever! How did they do it? Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG The Coolest Things Sound Waves Do ►►►►http://bit.ly/1jQymQH Read More: Gravity ma
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Christmas Lectures 2020: Engine Earth - with Chris Jackson
168 views / 0 likes - addedIn the first lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, geologist Chris Jackson shows us how the planets oldest rocks and fossils tell a story of radical climate changes throughout history and how the Earths finely balanced tectonic system volcanoes has cont
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Extraterrestrial Cycloids - Why Are They on Europa?
452 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting this video. This video is about the cycloid curves on Jupiter's moon Europa - they're ridges or valleys in the icy surface that formed due to some sort of
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The physics of surfing - Nick Pizzo
417 views / 0 likes - addedWondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing. -- Whether or not you realize it, surfers are masters of complicated physics. The science of surfing begins as soon as a board first hits the water. Su
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Why Do Rivers Have Deltas?
663 views / 1 likes - addedWhere rivers meet the ocean, coastlines tend to bend either inward or outward, creating estuaries and deltas. But how do they get those shapes? A huge thank-you to the following organizations, all working toward sustainable deltas, for sponsoring this vid
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A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking The Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarctica
452 views / 0 likes - addedA 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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Don't Worry About That Asteroid That Might Hit This Year | SciShow News
466 views / 0 likes - addedSkillshare is offering SciShow viewers two months of unlimited access to Skillshare for free! Try it here: https://skl.sh/scishow-16That asteroid the headlines have been warning people about isn't likely to actually hit us, and scientists might have solve
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The Fascinating Life of Deep Sea Cold Seeps
252 views / 1 likes - addedCold Seeps in the Deep Sea Explained. The deep sea floor is a barren realm. Life on the abyssal plain exists in a constant struggle to survive against the extreme pressure, darkness, and the scraps of food that drift down from shallower waters. But in som
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How to Build a Lava Moat (with xkcd)
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The Himalayan Mountains: How They Formed
740 views / 1 likes - addedThis is the story of how India broke free from Africa to form the tallest mountains in the world. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ScopeofScience Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scopeofscience/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kurtisbaute Blog: http://www.
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What Nuclear Bombs Taught Us About Whales
790 views / 0 likes - addedA monitoring system developed to listen for secret nuclear tests mostly hears other events happening all around Earth. Thanks to CTBTO for sponsoring this video: https://www.ctbto.org/ Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth V
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What the Earth Went Through Before Humans Appeared
782 views / 2 likes - addedWhat did the Earth look like 4.6 billion years ago? Nope, it wasn't the fancy blue and green ball youre used to. It was more like a giant rock covered in molten lava and constantly bombarded by comets and asteroids. There was no sign of life here yet noth
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