SciShow Kids
Water Made the Grand Canyon! | SciShow Kids
New ReviewBill and Webb want to know: What's stronger, wind or water? Both of them can change the shape of the land. So which one does it better?
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What Made These Perfectly Shaped Hills? | Weird Places
New ReviewThe Chocolate Hills of Bohol, Philippines are so perfectly shaped that local legends say they were crafted by giants. Geologists can't agree exactly what happened, but the answer might be as simple as limestone, water, and wind. Hosted...
MinuteEarth
How Tall Can Mountains Be?
What is the maximum height for a mountain on Earth!? And why?
SciShow
How to Move a Mountain
Almost 50 million years ago, the biggest landslide in Earth's history occurred in Wyoming. An entire mountain slid 45 kilometers at one-third the speed of sound. But how could this happen when the slope was only 2 degrees?
SciShow
We Discovered a New Natural Cycle!
So we all know about the carbon cycle, and the water cycle, and maybe even the nitrogen cycle. But new research has figured out there's a salt cycle, too. Problem is, that same research has found that we already broke it. Here's what...
Be Smart
How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?
I was in Arizona recently for Phoenix Comic-Con, and had the amazing pleasure of seeing one of Earth's greatest natural wonders… the Grand Canyon. More than a mile deep, and several miles across, it just defies belief. But I couldn't...
PBS
When a Billion Years Disappeared
In some places, the rocks below the Great Unconformity are about 1.2 billion years older than those above it. This missing chapter in Earth’s history might be linked to a fracturing supercontinent, out-of-control glaciers, and maybe the...
MinuteEarth
What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?
The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it.
MinuteEarth
Why Most Fossils Are Incomplete
In 1990, fossil collectors in South Dakota stumbled across a dinosaur that turned out to be a really big deal. Not just because it was a T. rex – basically the most popular dino out there – or because it ended up in Chicago’s famous...
SciShow
The Tiny Reasons This Island Is Shrinking
Hoboro Island off the coast of Japan may soon be an island of the past, and it’s primarily due to one unsuspecting isopod.
SciShow
Is the Mystery of Earth's 1.2 Billion Missing Years Solved? | SciShow News
For the last hundred and fifty years or so, geologists have been trying to wrap their heads around the mystery: in some places, the geologic record just seems to jump by over billion years. And last week, a paper was published that may...
SciShow
How Washington Became a Ship Graveyard: A SciShow Field Trip #3
Olympic National Park is temporarily closed as Washington, the US, and the world work to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We filmed this series in early January and are currently at home practicing social distancing. We hope...
SciShow
How Rain Might Make Mountains Grow
Geologists have a few ideas as to how rain affects mountains. But could rain also help mountains grow?
SciShow Kids
Where Do Caves Come From? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
Squeaks is back from visiting Sam the Bat’s cave and is excited to learn all about how different caves form and why they look the ways they do!
SciShow Kids
Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids Compilation
Squeaks, Jessi and Anthony are spending a bunch of time learning all about the wonders of caves in this compilation video!
SciShow Kids
Where Does Wind Come From? | The Science of Flying | SciShow Kids
As Squeaks continues to prep for his big trip with Jessi, Mr. Brown helps him learn all about how the wind outside the fort will also affect how long his airplane ride with Jessi takes!
SciShow Kids
What are Stalactites and Stalagmites? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
After visiting Sam the Bat in his family’s cave, Squeaks is learning all about the rock icicles that are growing from the ceiling and the floor in the cave!
SciShow
How Rain Might Make Mountains Grow
Geologists have a few ideas as to how rain affects mountains. But could rain also help mountains grow?
SciShow
The History Hidden in Martian Dunes
The Red Planet was once more like Earth, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water. Now, scientists are looking for clues to its past in the planet’s ancient fossil dunes, barchan dunes, and ghost dunes.
SciShow
Why Do Sinkholes Keep Catching Us By Surprise?
You'd think if we can tell when a star is about to implode that we could predict when a giant hole is about to open up here on earth and ruin our day. So why are sinkholes still so hard to predict?
Crash Course
What is Weathering? Crash Course Geography
Weathering breaks down rocks and creates sediments which become the raw materials for other rocks and the formation of our soils. And we call the process of moving that sediment erosion. In today's episode, we're just going to focus on...
SciShow
Is the Mystery of Earths 1.2 Billion Missing Years Solved SciShow News
For the last hundred and fifty years or so, geologists have been trying to wrap their heads around the mystery: in some places, the geologic record just seems to jump by over billion years. And last week, a paper was published that may...
Crash Course Kids
A Change of Scenery
The world changes. It really does! But sometimes it changes so slowly that we don't notice it. Other times it changes REALLY FAST!!! In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about some of the reasons things can change quickly...
SciShow
Why Is This Island Disappearing?
Hoboro Island off the coast of Japan may soon be an island of the past, and it’s primarily due to one unsuspecting isopod.