PBS
That Time the American West Blew Up
How is it possible to have cataclysmic eruptions without any real cataclysm?
MinuteEarth
Why Continents Are High
Lots of geological forces need to come together for continents to form, but they all require one ingredient: water.
SciShow Kids
What Are Waves? | Science at the Beach! | SciShow Kids
Let's learn all about the waves that we play in at the beach!
Crash Course
How Does the Earth Create Different Landforms? Crash Course Geography
Cliffs and canyons, beaches and dunes, floodplains and river valleys, plateaus and mountains — these are all products of a restless Earth. In today’s episode we’re going to take a closer look at how landforms greatly influence how people...
Crash Course
The Plate Tectonics Revolution: Crash Course Geography
Today we're going to tell the story of a quiet revolution in the 1960s that shifted our entire understanding of how the Earth works. We currently believe that the Earth's broken outer shell rises from the mantle and folds back in - kind...
Visual Learning Systems
Areas of Volcanic Activity
This video describes how volcanoes are often formed along tectonic plate boundaries, or over hotspots. The Ring of Fire is also illustrated.
Curated Video
Christchurch Earthquake
On Tuesday the 22nd of February 2011 disaster struck the city of Christchurch. Why did it cause so much destruction? Earth ScienceGeology - Learning Points. New Zealand sits on a tectonic plate boundary between the Pacific plate and the...
Curated Video
How Volcanic Eruptions Shape Earth
How Volcanic Eruptions Shape Earth explores changes in Earth's surface by explaining that new lands are formed as a result of volcanic eruptions.
Curated Video
Earth's Active Volcanoes
Earth's Active Volcanoes explores Earths landforms by examining examples of active volcanoes around the world.
Curated Video
Earthquakes
“Earthquakes” explains how the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates can result in earthquakes.
Ancient Lights Media
Philippines
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Philippines.
Ancient Lights Media
Indonesia
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Indonesia.
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
Ring of Fire: Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions around the Pacific explained
Hundreds were killed and more injured when earthquakes hit Japan on Thursday and Saturday morning and Ecuador on Saturday night. Despite occurring only 32 hours apart, experts believe the two are not related. The only commonality is that...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Colliding Plates
This video discusses the formation of Crater Lake, located in the Cascade Mountain Range, as a result of a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. It also explains the geological processes behind volcanic activity and earthquakes in...
Visual Learning Systems
Formation of Volcanoes
The video explains the occurrence of volcanoes in relation to the movement of the Earth's plates. The video also highlights examples of volcanoes located at plate boundaries, such as the Ring of Fire, as well as those located in the...
Visual Learning Systems
Formation of Volcanic Mountains and Colliding Plates
This video discusses the formation of volcanic mountains and the role of lithospheric plate movement in this process. It explains how plates can interact with each other in different ways, such as moving away, towards, or sliding past...
Getty Images
Steam and ash rise from top of Merapi volcano from distance; Central Java, Indonesia. 28 October 2010
Steam and ash rise from top of Merapi volcano from distance; Central Java, Indonesia. 28 October 2010
Getty Images
People flee large volcanic eruption at night on foot and motorbikes, Merapi, Indonesia 28 October 2010 / AUDIO
People flee large volcanic eruption at night on foot and motorbikes, Merapi, Indonesia 28 October 2010 / AUDIO
Getty Images
Men hose down city street covered in volcanic ash from Merapi; Central Java, Indonesia. 30 October 2010 / AUDIO
Men hose down city street covered in volcanic ash from Merapi; Central Java, Indonesia. 30 October 2010 / AUDIO
Getty Images
Ash and steam erupt from top of Merapi volcano into clear blue sky; Central Java, Indonesia. 29 October 2010
Ash and steam erupt from top of Merapi volcano into clear blue sky; Central Java, Indonesia. 29 October 2010