TED Talks
Eric Sanderson: New York -- before the City
400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you...
Bozeman Science
Law of Superposition
Mr. Andersen explains the law of superposition and the principle of original horizontality. He uses an animation to explain how rock layers can accumulate over time.
SciShow
These Mysterious Lakes Disappeared...and Came Back
Around the world, there are lakes that disappear without warning. Then, even stranger, they come back! This can happen for lots of different reasons, and the fact that they vanish and reappear reveals some surprising connections.
SciShow
A Brief History of Life: Survival Is Hard
It turns out life may have gotten its start pretty early in Earth's history, and while the first couple billion years saw several important developments, the period was still dominated by very simple life forms. This is our first...
PBS
How Asteroid Mining Will Save Earth
The days of oil may be numbered, but there's another natural resource that's never been touched, Asteroids.
SciShow
What Makes Earth’s Magnetic Field Change Direction?
You might have heard that Earth is due for a complete flip of its magnetic field. And while our planet does have a history of this behavior, predictions of when it might happen are too complex to estimate a date for.
SciShow
The How, Why, and How Much of Oil
Everyone does it -- using oil, that is. But how much do we have left? How do scientists find it? And where are they looking for it now that the easiest pickings have been taken? Hank has the answers to the how, why and how much of oil....
Bozeman Science
ESS2B - Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
In this video Paul Andersen explains how plate tectonics explains the large-scale system interactions on our planet. Large plates float on the mantle and interact to form the major landforms on the planet. Evidence for plate tectonics...
Crash Course Kids
The Great Aqua Adventure
Water travels... a lot. In fact, the water cycle is amazing and takes water all over the planet by using evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how the water cycle works and...
Crash Course
Ecology: Crash Course History of Science
We’ve explored the origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now it’s time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!!!
Crash Course
Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science
It's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, what’s up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called “sports of nature”—rocks that just happen to look like...
SciShow
The Biggest Volcanic Eruption in Human History
Around 74,000 years ago, a volcano called Toba in Sumatra exploded, and some scientists think it had a serious impact on the human population and some...don't.
SciShow
Alfred Wegener: Great Minds
Hank introduces us to Alfred Wegener, a voraciously curious guy who proposed the original theory of continental drift - and was laughed at for it.
SciShow
6 Gems and Minerals Much Rarer (and Cooler) Than Diamonds
No offense to that rock you may have on your finger, but these gems and minerals are so hard to find, they put most diamonds to shame.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Iceland's superpowered underground volcanoes | Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
While the weather in Iceland is often cold, wet, and windy, a nearly endless supply of heat bubbles away below the surface. In fact, almost every building in the country is heated by geothermal energy in a process with virtually no...
Bozeman Science
Geology
In this video Paul Andersen explains how rock is formed and changed on the planet. The video begins with a brief description of rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle. Plate tectonics is used to describe structure near plate boundaries. Hot...
Bozeman Science
Plate Tectonics
Mr. Andersen describes how plate tectonics shapes our planet. Continental and oceanic platers are contrasted and major plate boundaries are discussed.
Crash Course Kids
Four Spheres Part 1 (Geo and Bio)
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about two of the four spheres that make up our planet; The Geosphere and the Biosphere. What's in these spheres? How do they affect us? How do they fit into the puzzle that is Earth?...
Crash Course Kids
What On Earth
We've already talked about how the Earth is divided into four spheres (The Hydrosphere, the Biosphere, the Geosphere, and the Atmosphere). But, how do these different sphere interact with each other? In this episode of Crash Course Kids,...
Curated Video
The World's Largest Lithium Deposit Found In The U.S.
New ReviewThe World's Largest Lithium Deposit Found In The U.S.
Curated Video
Geologic Timescale
New ReviewThis video highlights how geologists use fossils to study Earth's history and create a timeline.
Curated Video
The Modern City That Was Buried By a Volcano
New ReviewIn the 1990s, an entire city in the Caribbean vanished under ash. Plymouth, Montserrat, once vibrant, now lies frozen in time—buried by a volcano still simmering beneath the surface. We explore how this community has endured, and how...
Curated Video
Tour Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah
Explore the wonders of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, horseback riding through stunning hoodoos and scenery.