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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.
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...
Wonderscape
Modern Volcanic Eruptions: Tonga
The Tonga eruption in January 2022 was the most powerful volcanic explosion of the 21st century so far, sending ash 36 miles into the sky and creating tsunamis up to 65 feet high. The eruption was so strong that it caused a sonic boom...
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.
Astrum
Why the Noto Japan Earthquake Took Scientists By Surprise
The Geological Mystery of the Japan Earthquake Swarm.
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...
Curated OER
Volcano 101
Another fantastic video from National Geographic! This one teaches the basics of volcanoes; where they occur, why they occur, the different types of volcanoes, and the benefits and hazards of living nearby an active volcano.
NOAA
Noaa: Submarine Bathymetry of Pacific Ring of Fire
What would the ring of fire look like if the oceans were removed? This animation, based on data gathered during a Ring of Fire expedition reveals the numerous volcanos which make up this area.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: The Lava Affair Field Trip!
Two guys in upstate New York make their own lava in a giant cauldron. They use it to demonstrate a volcanic eruption to students and visitors and to create art. [7:54]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Planning for a Solar Sky Show
Want to see a ring of fire? We'll tell you how to see Sunday's solar eclipse.