SciShow Kids
Every Kind of Volcano | SciShow Kids
New ReviewJessi and Sam the Bat learn about every kind of volcano. Some erupt suddenly and some erupt slowly. Some are tall, some aren't big mountains at all, and some stopped erupting a long time ago. But they're all volcanoes!
SciShow Kids
Mountains And Volcanoes! | SciShow Kids Compilation
New ReviewIn this SciShow Kids compilation, Jessi and Squeaks learn about the amazing geological processes that form mountains and volcanoes.
PBS
How Mountains Make Evolution Weird
New ReviewMountains have a unique effect on diversity, messing with our understanding of animals through time, and pretty much just making evolution weird. And they would eventually reveal something even stranger about a group of mammals even...
SciShow
Why the Appalachians Contain Some of the Oldest Fossils on Earth
New ReviewThe Appalachian Mountains are some of the oldest geological features on earth. And they also hold fossils that tell us about some of the very earliest life forms that we'll ever manage to see in the fossil record. So how did these...
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What Made These Rainbow Mountains?
New ReviewChina's Zhangye Danxia National Geopark is home to strikingly beautiful rainbow mountains -- yes, what you're seeing is real! But the secret to this amazing sight might be something incredibly humble: dirt. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him)
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Mount Everest is Getting Taller
New ReviewMount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. But it didn't earn that title by coincidence. Even after achieving that superlative, it keeps growing taller today. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him)
TED Talks
Climate progress isn't a sprint — it's a marathon | Greg De Temmerman
Fighting climate change is much like long-distance running: a complex journey filled with obstacles, fast-changing conditions and the need for constant adaptation. Drawing on his own experience as an ultramarathon runner, energy expert...
MinuteEarth
The Never Ending Lightning Storm
Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo is home to a legendary lightning storm that has been going on for over 500 years.
MinuteEarth
How Tall Can Mountains Be?
What is the maximum height for a mountain on Earth!? And why?
SciShow Kids
The Driest Places on Earth | SciShow Kids
In this SciShow Kids episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn about amazing places where it almost never rains.
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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?
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Why Isn't Mount Denali a Volcano?
Alaska has the most volcanoes out of all the US states, but researchers think they don't have enough. Here's the weird science behind looking for Alaska's volcanoes, and what we've learned about volcanism along the way.
TED Talks
TED: The human cost of coal mining in China | Xiaojun "Tom" Wang
Xiaojun "Tom" Wang grew up in the Chinese province of Shanxi, the world's largest coal producer. Each year, more than a billion tons of coal are dug out of Shanxi's mountains, and the impacts are devastating — from massive landslides to...
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...
SciShow
The Rocky Mountains Are in the Wrong Place
Mountain ranges usually don't form in the middle of continents. Except for the Rocky Mountains. We'll go into the baffling Laramide Orogeny and a few possible reasons why the Rockies might be in the wrong place.
PBS
Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose
Charles Darwin encountered a tiny fox-like creature during his famous voyage but instead of discovering its fascinating evolutionary story, he just knocked it on the head with his geology hammer.
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The Southern Hemisphere is Colder, Stormier, and... Cleaner?
You'd think that the Northern and Southern Hemispheres would be basically symmetrical -- that since our planet is a ball, the climate, temperature, and weather patterns would be the same on top as on the bottom. But there are some...
SciShow
We’re Wrong About How Mountains Form
We think we know how mountains form. Plate tectonics causes rock to be pushed up at fault boundaries. Except that model is hard to prove, and a new study suggests it might actually be a lot more complicated.
SciShow
Do We Need a Negative Leap Second?
Did you know that last year we had 28 of the fastest days ever recorded? Earth's rotation can be affected by a number of things, and scientists think we might someday need an unprecedented adjustment: deleting a second!
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8 Incredible Record-Breaking Bridges
All across the world people need to get from one place to another. And sometimes to get to that other place we need bridges. Here are eight bridges that are extraordinary in their own way, from standing the test of time to handling...
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How People Have Evolved to Live in the Clouds
High elevations can be a problem for humans. Since the air is thinner, you get less oxygen with every breath, leading to all kinds of negative side effects. But there are millions of people around the world who spend their whole lives at...
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There Are Mountains Deep Within the Earth
Scientists think they’ve discovered some peaks taller than Mt Everest deep beneath the earth’s crust, and this range might be the key to one of the biggest mysteries in geology!
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The Amazing Life Cycle of Mountains | SciShow Compilation
Mountains may look like they've all been stagnant for thousands of years, but the life cycle of a mountain is actually quite fascinating. From mountain ranges in space, to why Earth isn’t a water-world, here are some videos exploring the...