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
Doggerland: A Real-Life Atlantis
Though we probably won’t find a literal Atlantis beneath the sea, that doesn’t mean that a human settlement hasn’t ever been lost to the water. Meet Doggerland.
SciShow
Doggerland: A Real-Life Atlantis
Though we probably won’t find a literal Atlantis beneath the sea, that doesn’t mean that a human settlement hasn’t ever been lost to the water. Meet Doggerland.
SciShow
Great Minds: Mary Anning, "The Greatest Fossilist in the World"
Learn about Mary Anning, one of England's most important contributors to the field of paleontology.
Curated Video
Understanding and Predicting Landslides: Advances in Research and Techniques
This video highlights the efforts of researchers from Durham University's International Landslide Centre in understanding and predicting landslides. Through analyzing soil samples and using techniques like pressure shear measurement and...
Curated Video
Volcanoes: MEDC Response
In the Spring of 1980, the Mount St Helens Volcano in Washington State erupted in one of the most violent events in recorded history. But a human catastrophe was prevented due to the More Economically Developed Country's capacity to...
Curated Video
Floating on a Sea of Molten Rock
Dr. Forrester explains how tectonic plates are at the heart of earthquakes and volcanoes.
Curated Video
Understanding Landslides: Causes and Impact
Landslides are natural disasters where rocks, dirt, and debris slide down a slope, sometimes resulting in minor disturbances and other times in massive avalanches like the one in Japan. They are typically triggered by factors such as...
Professor Dave Explains
President Ronald Reagan
Professor Dave explores the career and legacy of President Ronald Reagan
Next Animation Studio
La Palma volcano’s ongoing eruption could trigger mega-tsunami that hits U.S.
As the La Palma volcano shows no sign of stopping its eruption, there is a possibility it could cause a mega-tsunami.
Next Animation Studio
Landslides on Saturn's moon, Iapetus, raise interest
Scientists are interested in Iapetus, Saturn's third largest moon, because of its massive landslides, long-runout landslides that can travel horizontally as much as 30 times their vertical falling distance. On Earth, landslides typically...
Rachel's English
Idiom LANDSLIDE -- in honor of March Madness! American English Pronunciation
How to pronounce the idiom LANDSLIDE and what it means (hint: you can drop the D!). Try it yourself, make up a sentence and post it as a video response!
Weatherthings
Hurricane Maria - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
In 2018, Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria. It was a Category 5 storm that may have killed 3,000 people. This 90 billion-dollar extremely powerful storm was a catastrophe in property damage, destruction, and deaths due to...
Visual Learning Systems
Forces Shaping the Earth: Mass Movement
Gravity and erosion are major factors in changing the shape of the surface of Earth. The different types of erosion, and the major types of mass movements caused by gravity are discussed in this video. Other terminology includes:...
Weatherthings
Kilauea 2018: Hawaii's Most Active Volcano
Kilauea is an active volcano in Hawaii that erupts every 10 to 20 years. In 2018, Kilauea eruptions on a rift zone destroyed more than 700 hundred homes, forced evacuations, and sent lava downhill to cover 14 square miles of land in...
NASA
NASA | A Week in the Life of Rain
Rain, snow, hail, ice, and every slushy mix in between make up the precipitation that touches everyone on our planet. But not all places rain equally. Precipitation falls differently in different parts of the world, as you see in NASA's...
NASA
NASA | Our Wet Wide World
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a...
NASA
NASA | Global Landslide Catalog Aids View From Space
Landslides are among the most common and dramatic natural hazards, reshaping landscapes -- and anything in their path. Tracking when and where landslides occur worldwide has historically been difficult, because of the lack of a...
NASA
NASA | GPM: The Fresh(water) Connection
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a...
NASA
New NASA Model Finds Landslide Threats in Near Real-Time During Heavy Rains
For the first time, scientists can look at landslide threats anywhere around the world in near real-time, thanks to satellite data and a new model developed by NASA. The model, developed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in...
NASA
NASA | Too Much, Too Little
Researchers need accurate and timely rainfall information to better understand and model where and when severe floods, frequent landslides and devastating droughts may occur. GPM's global rainfall data will help to better prepare and...
Science360
When Nature Strikes - Landslides
Landslides occur when material like debris, rock, and soil become dislodged from the earth and slide downward at speeds that can approach 100 miles per hour. David Montgomery at the University of Washington studies past and present...
Mazz Media
Landslide
This live-action video program is about landslides. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics...