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There's a growing threat in the mountains thanks to climate change: glacial lake outburst floods
413 views / 1 likes - addedAs the climate changes and glaciers melt, a lesser-known threat lurks in alpine areas: glacial lake outburst floods. These events happen rapidly, releasing huge amounts of water with little or no warning. Unsuspecting communities lying in the flood path c
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Why Do Floods Happen?
2,216 views / 15 likes - addedIt's been raining for a few days where Jessi and Squeaks live, and the news even said that there may be a flood! Join Jessi to find out what a flood is, how they form, and how you can stay safe if there's a flood where you live! ---------- Love SciShow Ki
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How Japan Keeps Millions of Residents Safe From Floods
567 views / 0 likes - addedThe Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel is the largest underground water facility in the world. Built to protect residents from constant flooding, the system drains rainwater to a massive tunnel underground that then redirects the flow t
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The Giant Underground Tunnels Protecting Tokyo From Floods
454 views / 1 likes - addedIf 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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Why Australia's fires are linked to floods in Africa
401 views / 2 likes - addedFires are normal in Australia. This year was off the charts.Correction: A previous version of this video had the date January 7, 2019 at 0:11 and sourced the Department of Western Australia at 0:24. It has been corrected to January 7, 2020 and the Governm
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How 7,000 Years of Epic Floods Changed the World (w/ SciShow!)
632 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Check out SciShow's video on Lake Agassiz: https://youtu.be/qMVhR26NRsk Strange geologic landmarks in the Pacific Northwest are the lingering remains of a mystery that took nearly half a century t
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Combating Floods On Alaskan Highways
803 views / 3 likes - addedTo prevent flooding and road closures that can cost up to $1 million per day, Alaska's Department of Transportation undertakes dangerous flood control work on top of frozen river channels. ALASKA MEGA MACHINES Wednesdays at 10/9c on Science http://www.sci
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The Pumps That Must Run Forever, Or Part Of Germany Floods
284 views / 0 likes - addedThe Ruhr Valley, in north-west Germany, is an industrial coal-mining area. And because of that kilometre-deep mining, parts of it have sunk, the drainage patterns have changed: and now, if the pumps of Emschergenossenschaft ever stop, quite a few towns an
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Tackling China’s Devastating Yellow River Floods
750 views / 2 likes - addedAfter learning how the waterway transports a billion tons of sediment into the sea each year, scientists built a tool that may help predict the inundations that impact some 80 million people. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/SciAmerican R
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Fire Ants Turn Into a Stinging Life Raft to Survive Floods | Deep Look
181 views / 0 likes - addedDuring hurricane season, as floodwater flows into their nest, red fire ants build a terrifying raft out of their own interlocking bodies. If you wade into this ant raft nightmare, youll likely get a vicious bite and sting.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! https://w
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Halloween Light Show 2015 - Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr)
1,033 views / 1 likes - added2015 Halloween Light Show – Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr 4 singing pumpkin faces, tombstones, hand carved pumpkins, strobes, floods, 2 Matrix boards and thousands of lights. All RGB LED except for the faces, floods and a few light strings. E1.31 DM
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Ancient Earthquake And Flood May Have Led To China's Earliest Empire
839 views / 3 likes - addedOne of the largest floods in human history might have started a civilization. It begins with an earthquake 4,000 years ago in what is now China. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2aW7D9W Read the research (free): http://scim.ag/2aoxvWt JOIN AAAS: http://scim.ag/
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Why are coral reefs turning white?
300 views / 0 likes - addedCoral reefs are home to an abundance of wildlife and help protect coastal communities against floods and storms. Their bright vibrant colors come from algae living in coral. But rising ocean temperatures stress out coral and cause them to expel the tiny o
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Why Do We Get Goosebumps?
652 views / 1 likes - addedWhen we feel extreme emotions or temperature, our sympathetic nervous system releases a chemical called norepinephrine. Adrenaline floods the body and stimulates tiny muscles in the skin called arrectores pilorum. Subscribe to Science Channel: http://bit.
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This Portable Barrier Can Protect Houses From Flooding
718 views / 1 likes - addedThese portable water barriers can protect your home from floods, and could be a long-term replacement for sandbags. Water-Gate can be installed in minutes and doesn't require to be filled with air or the use of heavy machinery. Made by MegaSecur, the barr
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How China is designing flood-resistant cities
103 views / 0 likes - addedThese "sponge city" designs resist floods and increase biodiversity to help us adapt to a changing climate.This episode is presented by Delta. Delta doesnt have a say in our editorial decisions, but they make videos like this possible. For more informatio
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The Thames Barrier must never fail. Here's why it doesn't.
167 views / 0 likes - addedThe Thames Barrier is a wonder of engineering. If it fails, then London floods. Here's how the engineers there make sure it doesn't fail. More about the Thames Barrier: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-thames-barrierProducer/Director: Cambria Bailey-JonesE
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The bizarre physics of fire ants
724 views / 0 likes - addedThey're not just an animal, they're a material. And that's got engineers interested. // Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For more information about the Hu lab: http://www.hu.gatech.edu/ Red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) are native
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He’s Filled 600 Potholes in Memory of His Son
379 views / 1 likes - addedThere are over 10,000 potholes in Mumbai’s streets, and if Dadarao Bilhore could fill them all, he would. In July 2015, as floods ravaged the city, Dadarao’s 16-year-old son died in a motorcycle accident on a severely damaged road. Immediately, the grievi
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ZERO-G Challenges of a Trip to Mars!
446 views / 1 likes - addedA trip to #Mars involves radiation, muscle and bone loss, intermediate axis theorem and liquids. Check out Mars on National Geographic, Monday Nov 12 at 9/8c #sponsored When I got offered the chance to fly in another #zeroG plane, I jumped at the chance.
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The Birdman of Chennai
453 views / 0 likes - addedTwice a day, Joseph Sekar goes to the roof of his camera repair shop in Chennai, India, and feeds 8,000 parakeets. That's right, 8,000 birds, twice a day. He spends 40% of his income on feeding the birds, who were displaced after the 2006 Southeast Asia f
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House Built on Lava ? Can I Survive Every Disaster Roblox Video Game
3,530 views / 22 likes - addedToday in Roblox I'm teaming up with my cookie fans to see if we can survive every single disaster that we come across in Roblox. There will be floods, there will be tornados, there will be an exploding moon? Why would someone build their house on lava? Th
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This Man Spends His Life Diving in Sewage — and Loves It | Op-Docs
422 views / 0 likes - addedThis week’s Op-Doc is “The Diver,” by Esteban Arrangoiz. Part four in “A Moment in Mexico,” our special six-part series of Op-Docs by Mexican directors, “The Diver” profiles a man who has found long lasting contentment in a dirty job: diving into the sewe
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6 Things You Don’t Know About Snow
657 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to a half-century of snow observations, NASA scientists have learned a number of amazing facts about snow, which are crucial to understanding what’s necessary to advance snow measurements. Scientists are in the field right now, testing advanced tec
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The Rainiest Place On Earth
44 views / 0 likes - addedHow a rainfall simulator saves millions of lives. Get exclusive NordVPN deal here https://NordVPN.com/veritasium. Its risk free with Nords 30 day money-back guarantee!If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms a kit I invented where the at
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New York is building a wall to hold back the ocean
424 views / 0 likes - addedClimate change is leading to increasingly violent storms. Can seawalls hold back floods?Join the Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-labStaten Island recently received funding for a nearly 5-mile-long seawall to protect its coast. But the plan raises a lot of
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The Unbelievable Story of Earths Most Epic Flood
312 views / 3 likes - addedHead to http://actnow.climeworks.com/besmart and learn more about removing CO from the air. More info and sources below One day around 15,000 years ago, a wall of ice 2,000 feet tall and 30 miles wide suddenly broke wide open, and it unleashed the largest
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Musics power over your brain, explained | Michael Spitzer
143 views / 0 likes - addedHumans are musical animals 4 million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, 40,000 years of music explained in 8
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Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam - Alex Gendler
229 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the engineering of the Hoover Dam, a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River that supplies water to the US southwest.--In the early 20th century, the US had expanded from coast to coast, but many cities in the southwest still lacked relia
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The Largest River On Earth Is In The Sky
460 views / 0 likes - addedLearn more about your personal DNA story by going to https://23andMe.com/okay SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ What’s the largest river on Earth? If you said “the Amazon”… you’re only half
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Why the Oceans Are Getting Darker
133 views / 0 likes - addedThis episode is sponsored by Endel, an app that creates personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax and sleep.The first 100 people to sign up here get a free week of audio experience: https://app.adjust.com/b8wxub6?campaign=scishow_february&adgroup=
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Is Climate Change Just A Lot Of Hot Air?
1,090 views / 3 likes - addedCheck out www.lynda.com/minuteearth for 10 days of free online courses http://www.lynda.com/ Illustrations by: Jesse Agar - https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisPlaceChannel Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: - Jeff Straathof - Mark - Maarten Bremer - Today
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