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The Role of Wildfires: Destructive Forces and Beneficial Aspects
This video discusses the role of wildfires in natural ecosystems and their destructive power. It highlights the beneficial aspects of wildfires, such as clearing out debris and promoting new tree growth. The video also explores the use...
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What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The law of conservation of energy tells us that energy is neither created or destroyed - just converted from one form to another. This means that we cannot make energy from nothing and energy does not just disappear. Energy, however, can...
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The Role of Chemical Reactions in Light, Fire, and Emotions
This video explores how chemical reactions create light and power various processes, from lighting up a room to propelling a rocket into space. It also delves into the fascinating ways chemical reactions occur within our bodies,...
Visual Learning Systems
Areas of Volcanic Activity
This video describes how volcanoes are often formed along tectonic plate boundaries, or over hotspots. The Ring of Fire is also illustrated.
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IFTEA: Simulating Realistic Fire and Hostage Situations for Training and Safety
IFTEA is a British company that specializes in creating realistic disaster training facilities. Their Boeing 747 training facility allows firefighters to practice tackling fires in a safe and controlled environment. With the ability to...
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The Philippines: A Land of Volcanoes, Rice Terraces, and Beautiful Reefs
Philippines:To finish in the Philippines to contemplate the terraces of rice of Banaue, a spectacle worthy to contemplate, with gigantic steps along the mountain, and we submerged in the depths of the ocean to see the boats of the Second...
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Spontaneous Combustion | Bite Sized Project Management Thought from Fred Shero
‘Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire.’ This brilliant quote comes from Fred Shero. Shero was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. For us, as Project...
Debunked
How Silent Are Gun Silencers
Is it a movie myth or factual physics? Do silencers or suppressors really silence gunfire just like in the movies? Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Learn the science behind what makes a gunshot...
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Landmarks - Mont San Michel
MONT SAN MICHEL THIS IS A LANDMARK AS MYSTERIOUS AS IT IS MAGNIFICENT. MONT SAN MICHEL IS A ROCKY ISLAND IN NORMANDY, FRANCE. IT IS LOCATED JUST A KILOMETER OFF THE COUNTRY’S NORTH COAST AT THE MOUTH OF THE CUESNON RIVER NEAR AVRANCHES....
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Only In Japan 11 - Ladder Stunts
Ladder Stunts:Carpenters challenge themselves by getting into precarious positions at the top of bamboo ladders, showcasing their skill and fearlessness.
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Only In Lithuania 11 - Building Race
Building Race:More than 200 people gather at the base of a 33-story, 126-meter-high skyscraper for a thrilling building race.
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Learn Midjourney For Your Future 6 Figure Career - This Is How You Get Better at Using Midjourney
In this video, we will explore the things we need to develop to get to a competent level of using Midjourney. You will learn about range anxiety in Midjourney. We will look at the three plans available on Midjourney. This clip is from...
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Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to BEAVERS!
The charismatic beaver is more than a charming, vegetarian stream-dweller. it’s actually a master architect, capable of restoring rivers, bringing back dwindling fish populations and even preventing wildfire. Travel with host Joe Hanson...
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How Bison are Saving America's Lost Prairie
The prairie landscape has come to symbolize the American heartland. But an ecosystem that once covered a vast swath of the continent has all but disappeared. Just a tiny fraction remains. But researchers and conservationists in Oklahoma...
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Meet the Fire Lookout of Big Sky Country
Are real-life fire lookouts becoming obsolete due to modern technology? Meet Mark Hufstetler, a fire lookout at Baptiste Tower in Flathead National Forest, Montana, who believes human observation is still imperative in fire detection and...
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The Insurance Industry Can't Weather Another Wildfire Season
Remember the 2008 Financial Crisis? Experts warn that the same thing may be happening again, but this time, CLIMATE CHANGE is the culprit. Increasing natural hazards, from wildfires and hurricanes to rising sea levels and catastrophic...
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We Can't Stop Wildfires—But Here's How We Live With Them
The 2020 fire season is devastating communities, forcing thousands to evacuate, and choking the air with smoke. In this episode of Weathered, scientists and Native leaders tell us what we can do to reduce the harm fires can cause through...
Debunked
What Actually Happens When A Car Explodes In Real Life
Do vehicles really combust into fireballs when they collide? Are doors and hoods sent flying from the blast? Or is it all just movie myth? Join us as we learn the process behind an explosion, what makes engines work and how fires and...
Great Big Story
Solitude above the clouds, a fire lookout's life
Explore the serene yet vigilant life of Leif Haugen, a fire lookout, amidst the majestic solitude of Thoma Lookout.
Kult America
World's First Shopping Mall? Istanbul Grand Bazaar
Even though America is the undisputed center of consumerism, it is here, in Istanbul, where the original shopping mall was created. On today's episode of Kult America, I'm discovering the secrets of the Grand Bazaar - an enormous...
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Is This the Real Reason More Homes Are Burning in Wildfires?
For decades, conventional wisdom has told us that fuels reduction is key to protecting communities. However, the latest research shows that weather actually plays a big role as well. In fact, the vast majority of structures are destroyed...
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Chemiluminescence
The release of light with very little heat as the result of a chemical reaction. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary...
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How Hot Is the Earth's Core?
Unreachable by man, scientists have developed a complex experiment to demonstrate the heat and pressure at the centre of the Earth. Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. The Earth's core is a dense ball of iron and nickel. To...
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Homo Ergaster
Homo ergaster had a huge brain and lived in complex social groups, but his evolution was stunted for a million years, until he discovered fire. Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. Homo ergaster evolved from homo habilis...