PBS
That Time the American West Blew Up
How is it possible to have cataclysmic eruptions without any real cataclysm?
SciShow
Volcanic Lightning: Because Exploding Mountains Aren't Bad Enough
In the midst of a volcanic eruption, lightning can streak across the ash and smoke above it, but what do we think causes volcanic lightning?
SciShow
Why Can’t Scientists Predict the Kilauea Eruption?
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano suddenly erupted last week. It's happened before, so why are eruptions so hard for scientists to predict?
Crash Course
What Are Volcanoes? Crash Course Geography
Today we’re going to take a closer look at these beautiful but dangerous landforms as we explore the different types of volcanoes and trace the patterns of volcanic activity around the world. From the explosive power of a stratovolcano...
Professor Dave Explains
Volcanoes: Formation, Types, and Activity
It's time to talk about everyone's favorite geological feature, volcanoes! What are these things? Why do they erupt? What are the different types of volcanoes? How do they form? What happens to their lava? Let's learn about all of these...
Curated Video
Bodies of Water 2
Bodies of Water differentiates between different bodies of water by exploring bays, canals, gulfs, lakes, oceans, rivers, seas, and straits.
Curated Video
Earth's Active Volcanoes
Earth's Active Volcanoes explores Earths landforms by examining examples of active volcanoes around the world.
NASA
40 Years of Watching Mount St. Helens
It has been 40 years since Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, in southwestern Washington, near the Oregon border. Fifty-seven people lost their lives in the disaster, and huge swaths of the surrounding forest were levelled. Both...
NASA
NASA | Forest Recovering From Mt St Helens Eruption
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled surrounding forest, blasted away over a thousand feet of the mountain's summit, and claimed 57 human lives. Landsat satellites have tracked the recovery of the surrounding forest. This video...