Curated Video
I WONDER - How Are Igneous Rocks Formed?
This video is answering the question of how are igneous rocks formed.
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Dangerous Is Lava?
This video is answering the question of how dangerous is lava.
Curated Video
I WONDER - Where Does Lava Come From?
This video is answering the question of where does lava come from.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Happens When Lava Cools?
This video is answering the question of what happens when lava cools.
Professor Dave Explains
Origin of Igneous Rocks
With minerals better understood, it's time to discuss rocks. The first type of rock we will discuss is igneous rock. These rocks are formed when magma/lava crystallizes. But how does the mantle rock melt to form magma in the first place?...
TMW Media
Mercury, The Solar System Historian: Mercurys orbit and other mysteries
How long is a typical day on Mercury? How does an elliptical orbit affect the sunrise on Mercury? What are other unique features of Mercury? Mercury, The Solar System Historian, Part 3
NASA
Gravity Assist: The Moon's Holy GRAIL, with Maria Zuber
Recent maps of the Moon's gravity have taught us a lot about its overall shape, and have been invaluable for lunar exploration. Maria Zuber, principal investigator of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, reflects...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week - Episode 21
Lava brew, clones from seed, personal heat patches, and Hurricane Maria’s landscape legacy. For more info - After the hurricane: Maria’s far-reaching effects on Puerto Rico’s watersheds and forests:...
Curated Video
Exploring the Power of Volcanoes
This video provides a brief overview of volcanoes, explaining how they are formed and the various effects of volcanic eruptions. It also highlights the importance of monitoring and studying volcanoes to minimize the hazards they pose,...
Next Animation Studio
Earthquake swarm forebodes earth-splitting eruption
Iceland’s ongoing earthquake swarm is being caused by two tectonic plates moving away from each other, thereby causing magma to flow upward into voids created by the tearing movement.
Next Animation Studio
Eco-friendly park with ‘solar trees’ planned for Ho Chi Minh City
Two Australian architectural firms have won a competition to design Ho Chi Minh City’s new sustainable Central Park.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Our Earth - The Fires Below
Whatever is inside the earth is very hot. The trail of clues leads to the model of a metallic core surrounded by a rocky mantle. Huge, slow convection currents rise up, often resulting in earthquakes and volcanoes.
NASA
On a Mission: Season Three, Episode 2: Genesis
Have you ever wanted to see the awesome spectacle of an erupting volcano? There’s no better guide for such an adventure than JPL volcanologist Rosaly Lopes.
ProTeachersVideo
How Science Works: Journey to Etna
We follow Clive Oppenheimer, a volcanologist working on some of the latest techniques to help monitor and predict volcanic eruptions. Volcanic eruptions pose a real threat to communities living nearby and at their most violent they have...
60 Second Histories
Mary Seacole; the British Hotel
In part 5 of this series, Mary explains how she built the British Hotel at Kadikoi in the Crimea to tend to the needs of sick and convalescing officers.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Fire Fountains on the Moon, with Dave Draper
Early in its history, the Moon was molten, with “fire fountains” erupting from its surface. How did the Moon cool down and become the quiet, cratered world we know today? NASA’s Chief Scientist Jim Green chats with NASA’s Deputy Chief...
Next Animation Studio
Why Hawaii's Kilauea eruption is nonexplosive
At least 26 homes have been destroyed by Hawaii's Kilauea eruption, which began last week and is still ongoing. But according to Earther, next to violent volcanic eruptions in places like Iceland, the U.S. or the Philippines, Kilauea's...
Next Animation Studio
Hot super-Earths do not owe their brightness to molten lava or cooled glass as formerly assumed: scientists
Hot super-Earths are fiery rocky planets orbiting so close to their suns that their surface is heated to lava oceans.
Astrum
What did NASA's Lunar Orbiter discover over the Moon's most unusual terrain? | LRO 4K
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Moon has some pretty unusual features!
Next Animation Studio
Fears Lake Kivu could experience limnic eruption
After an eruption at the Democratic Republic of Congo's Mount Nyiragongo volcano, there are fears that a ‘limnic eruption’ could occur at a nearby lake, spewing out suffocating gas
Next Animation Studio
New lava tubes sending La Palma lava flowing downhill at high speeds
As the La Palma volcano continues to erupt after two months, molten lava is travelling down toward the Atlantic Ocean at speeds of up to one meter per second through new lava tubes.
ProTeachersVideo
How Science Works: Journey to Etna: Lava Flow and Gas Emissions
Find out how volcanic eruptions result in new rock formations and can also affect the Earth's atmosphere. Molten rock below ground is called magma, but when it erupts above ground it's known as lava. When the lava flows cool and solidify...