PickVidsBest Geology & earth science Videos
The 31 Geology & earth science videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 1 intermediate, 30 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Tom Scott, PowerfulJRE, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell.
Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest
Geologist Nick Zentner of Central Washington University gives an hour-long public lecture on the great earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest, including the Cascadia subduction zone and the evidence for past megaquakes.
Joe Rogan Experience #606 - Randall Carlson
A three-hour Joe Rogan podcast with Randall Carlson, builder and geomythologist, on catastrophic geological events, cosmic impacts and climate at the end of the last glacial period.
4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
Kurzgesagt's hour-long animated film that compresses Earth's 4.5 billion year history into one hour, roughly a million years per second.
Joe Rogan Experience #725 - Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson
A three-hour Joe Rogan Experience conversation with Graham Hancock and Randall Carlson about lost civilizations, the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis and Earth's cataclysmic history.
"CHASING ICE" captures largest glacier calving ever filmed - OFFICIAL VIDEO
Footage from the Chasing Ice project of the largest glacier calving event ever filmed, at Greenland's Ilulissat Glacier in 2008.
Taipei 101 Damper movement on 12 May 08
Tourist footage of the 660-ton tuned mass damper in Taipei 101 swaying during tremors from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
India's Water Revolution #1: Solving the Crisis in 45 days with the Paani Foundation
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison visits the village of Garavadi in Maharashtra, India, which took part in the Paani Foundation's Water Cup competition.
Does "land area" assume a country is perfectly flat?
Matt Parker of Stand-up Maths asks whether a country's reported land area accounts for hills and mountains, working through how surface area depends on the resolution of elevation data.
Dan Britt - Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate
Dan Britt lectures on the history of climate, covering orbital cycles, ice ages and conditions millions of years ago.
What Fossils Will We Leave Behind in 65 Million Years?
Curious Droid asks what traces human civilization would leave in the geological record 65 million years from now.
5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!
Five hours of the late-night BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast, uploaded to mark its 150th anniversary.
The 100 Year Flood Is Not What You Think It Is (Maybe)
Practical Engineering explains what a 100-year flood actually means, combining statistics, hydrology and how society treats risk.
These tunnels are designed for 100,000 years
Tom Scott visits Onkalo in Finland, the planned deep geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste intended to be sealed for 100,000 years.
Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident
A short documentary about the 1980 Lake Peigneur accident in Louisiana, where an oil rig drilled into a salt mine beneath the lake.
What Really Happened at the Millennium Tower?
Practical Engineering explains why San Francisco's Millennium Tower is sinking and tilting, covering how geology and foundation design (friction piles in the Colma Formation) affect skyscrapers.
Yellowstone Won't Explode And End Civilisation (Sorry) | The Deep Dive
Soup Emporium's deep dive argues that Yellowstone is not a ticking timebomb.
Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?
Kurzgesagt asks whether advanced civilizations could have existed on Earth in the deep past and left little evidence.
If these pumps ever stop, part of Germany floods.
Tom Scott explains how decades of deep coal mining sank parts of Germany's Ruhr Valley and changed its drainage.
Assoc Prof Simon Michaux - The quantity of metals required to manufacture just one generation of...
Associate Professor Simon Michaux presents estimates of the metals needed to build one generation of renewable technology to replace fossil fuels.
The Story of Al Baydha: A Regenerative Agriculture in the Saudi Desert. قصة مشروع البيضاء
Al Baydha project co-founder Neal Spackman gives a final update nine years in, explaining how desertification followed the loss of indigenous land management and how the land has changed since inputs stopped in 2016.
Cats in a Cat Cafe in Japan Reacting to an Earthquake - 994393
A one-minute clip from a cat cafe in Japan where sleeping cats wake and look around just before an earthquake begins shaking the room.
The Most Dangerous Stretch of Water in the World: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire
Tom Scott visits the Strid at Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, a deceptively narrow stretch of river with dangerous currents.
What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis
PBS Space Time examines the Silurian hypothesis, the idea that an industrial civilization could have existed on Earth before humans.
Japan, Tsunami. Coast Guard ship rides over the tsunami waves. 日本 - 津波
Amateur footage of a Japanese coast guard boat riding up and over large tsunami waves after the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake.