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TED-Ed - Flatland
549 views / 2 likes - addedI was invited to collaborate with TED-Ed to create an animation to introduce the novella "Flatland" by Edwin A. Abbott. I was responsible for all aspects of design, animation, and execution. David Housden shared his amazing score from the Thomas was Alone
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An Expert Explains How To Control Wildfires In California
564 views / 1 likes - addedCalifornia wildfires are getting worse. In fact, six of the states most destructive wildfires occurred in the last four years. To lower the risk of igniting more fires, the electric company PG&E cut off power for thousands of people in Northern California
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We Should Let Some Wildfires Burn
665 views / 1 likes - addedIn the last few years, wildfires have been getting worse - and, oddly, it's because humans have been preventing them. From a helicopter above the forests of British Columbia, and from the Tree Ring Lab at UBC, let's talk about how we should just let some
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Solving the mysteries of how wildfires spread
296 views / 1 likes - addedOnce wildfires start, one of the ways they spread is through firebrandshot embers that blow into unburned areas. It happens quite often, yet theres a lot we still dont know about how firebrands work. To try to answer some of those questions, an Oregon eng
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Why Wildfires Are Necessary - Jim Schulz
2,064 views / 6 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-wildfires-are-necessary-jim-schulz Our early ancestors relied on lightning to cause forest fires, from which they could collect coals and burning sticks to help them cook food and clear land. Yet, it wasn’t
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How Wildfires Generate "Never-Ending" Storms
381 views / 1 likes - addedTo start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/minuteearth2Under the right conditions, wildfires can form clouds and generate firestorms, which last far longer than normal thunderstorms.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topi
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How The $30 Million 'Super Scooper' Plane Was Built To Fight Wildfires
359 views / 0 likes - addedThis $30 million Super Scooper is the only plane in the world that was designed specifically to fight wildfires. The aircraft performs a dangerous dive down to a body of water, scoops up 1,400 gallons of water in 12 seconds, and drops its load of water on
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This is What Wildfires Look Like from Space
368 views / 0 likes - addedSatellites have captured images the wildfires currently devastating California. The Camp fire is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history. Meanwhile, the Woolsey and Hill fires are raging in southern California. The size and dest
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Here's what we often get wrong about wildfires
271 views / 0 likes - addedFire is as natural as wind and rain in large forest and, in fact, needed.The 2020 wildfire season was the worst in Californias recorded history, with more than four million acres burned and almost 10,500 structures destroyed across the state. The fires we
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How Fighting Wildfires Makes Them Worse
1,331 views / 7 likes - addedToday's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out. Thanks to our Patreon patrons: - Today I Found Out - Jeff Straathof - Mark - Maarten Bremer - BurmansHealthShop - Duhil
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How Wildfires Help!
586 views / 4 likes - addedRoasting marshmallows over a fire is a lot of fun, but did you know that, in nature, fire keeps our forests clean and healthy and even helps some plants grow? ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cove
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Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to BEAVERS!
135 views / 0 likes - addedTake the PBS Digital Studios audience survey: https://to.pbs.org/2021surveyMore and more scientists are starting to ask the question: Could beavers be the ally weve been waiting for when it comes to saving the environment? Travel with host Joe Hanson to C
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Exploring Other Dimensions - Alex Rosenthal And George Zaidan
886 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/exploring-other-dimensions-alex-rosenthal-and-george-zaidan Imagine a two-dimensional world -- you, your friends, everything is 2D. In his 1884 novella, Edwin Abbott invented this world and called it Flatland. A
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How Many Dimensions Can You See?
441 views / 0 likes - addedFlatland and how many dimensions you can see (HINT: it's not 3!) Hi! I'm Jade. I make physics videos that will make you smarter while making you smile :) ***SUBSCRIBE*** https://www.youtube.com/c/upandatom ***Let's be friends*** TWITTER: https://twitter.c
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Alaskas forest fires are shifting the regions carbon balancesometimes for the better
290 views / 0 likes - addedIts no secret that warming temperatures are transforming landscapes in extreme northern regions. In Alaska, where wildfires have burned through many old-growth spruce forests in the past half decade, deciduous treessuch as aspen and birchare starting to t
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Why Are We Dumping Fertilizer on Forest Fires?
545 views / 0 likes - addedWhen wildfires break out on hot, windy days they pose a serious threat to people and the environment. This week on Reactions, learn how were using fertilizer to keep dangerous blazes at bay. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactionsFacebook! http://facebook.c
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Why is California always on fire?
667 views / 1 likes - addedHumans are making the problem worse. Can we get out of nature’s way, for our own good? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Wildfires are intensifying in California — but “wild”fires might be a misnomer at this point, because humans are responsi
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How the Gopher Tortoise Saves Hundreds of Animals from Wildfire
402 views / 0 likes - addedWhen wildfires amass in Florida's Longleaf Pine forest, the animals must find a way to cope.Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed it! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**Wild Florida premieres Wednesday, February 12, at 8|7c on PBS ------
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Fires can kindle biodiversity, sparking new approaches to conservation
277 views / 2 likes - addedRaging fires throughout the U.S. and Australia over the past year have put vulnerable species at risk. But not all blazes are devastatingin fact, fire can promote biodiversity. In grasslands, fires prevent trees and roots from taking hold. This allows gra
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Ancient supernovae might have upended Earths evolution
144 views / 0 likes - addedWhen stars run out of fuel, they can collapse under their own gravity, exploding as supernovae that blast debris and radioactive nuclei far into space. Most of these events are too far from Earth to impact our planet. But if one happened nearby, the effec
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Standing in the Flames of a Prescribed Burn
351 views / 0 likes - addedTo prevent mega-wildfires from spiraling out of control, technicians set landscapes ablaze. On purpose. Subscribe to Seeker VR ►►► http://bit.ly/2cPGh2u Download the Discovery VR app! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id103... Google Play: http://bi
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How Did Climate Change Help Turn the Sky Orange?
406 views / 0 likes - addedWhy was the West Coast sky bright orange? This week we break down the Mars-like haze and how climate change is involved. #orangesky #climatechange #wildfiresTake the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://to.pbs.org/2020surveyYou might also like:How Ar
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Why wildfire season never stops
607 views / 2 likes - addedIn the Western United States, “fire season” isn’t seasonal anymore — it’s year-round. Because more and more, wildfires are a thoroughly man-made disaster and are technically a misnomer. Here, we take a car and drone tour through some of the most fire-pron
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Unintended Consequences | MinuteEarth Explains
360 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth/In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we learn that for pretty much every action we humans take, theres an unintended consequence we didnt see coming.0:00 - Intro (w
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I Tried Fire Academy
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NASA | Observing The 2015 El Niño
687 views / 0 likes - addedPeople the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Niño event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its impact on the dist
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How to fix our unreliable power grid
331 views / 0 likes - addedOur electrical grid can be taken down by storms, fires, and squirrels. But theres a better way to power the world.A microgrid is a decentralized power system that doesnt have a single point of failure. That means one squirrel cant cause a massive blackout
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Can Life Exist in 2 Dimensions Instead of 3D? Amazing 2D Life Test!
1,004 views / 1 likes - addedReal-life flatland! In this video I use micro-thin layers to simulate two dimensions to see if life could exist in 2 dimensions instead of 3. I use my drawing on water technique to show you how weird a two-dimensional world would be. Then I show you some
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New York is building a wall to hold back the ocean
425 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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Is the weather actually becoming more extreme? - R. Saravanan
446 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the differences between weather and climate what they are, how we predict them, and what those predictions can tell us. --From 2016 to 2019, the world saw record-breaking heat waves, rampant wildfires, and the longest run of category 5 tropical cy
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An Asteroid Didn’t Kill the Dinosaurs, Here’s a New Theory About What Did
1,154 views / 2 likes - addedA new scientific model has discovered what actually happened to the earth after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs. What Color Were Dinosaurs... Really? - https://youtu.be/zQPEiEluNgw Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1P
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What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?
551 views / 1 likes - addedOne of science's biggest mysteries what caused the dinosaurs to go extinct may have finally been put to rest. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comTh
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Meet the Redwoods: The Worlds Tallest Trees
284 views / 1 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks are thinking of visiting the redwoods, the tallest trees in the world, but there's lots for them to learn before they make their trip!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreo
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How Do Honey Bees Survive Natural Disasters?
374 views / 0 likes - addedSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.comHoney bees may be small, but they manage to survive some pretty big disasters. Whether its hurricanes, wildfires, or even volcanoes, honey
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How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?
526 views / 0 likes - addedMost of us are hoping that any nuclear threats are just empty threats, and getting at the facts about ICBMs can be difficult. But what would actually happen if someone launched a nuclear weapon? We're conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time,
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