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How Metamorphic Rocks Are Like Butterflies

KidsNatureScienceWorld...
After learning about igneous and sedimentary rocks, Savannah and Sam learn about the final main kind of rock: metamorphic rocks.

The Many Layers Of Sedimentary Rocks

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Jessi and Sam learn about sedimentary rocks and show how you can use vinegar to identify a piece of limestone.

Igneous Rocks Used To Be Liquid!

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A new friend Savannah and Sam learn about different kinds of igneous rocks, which form after liquid magma or lava cools into solid rock.

Why the Hardest Rocks Can Be Easy to Break

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So, rocks are hard. But the scale we use to rank them, the Mohs scale, is only really good at quantifying that for one kind of hardness, and topaz is a perfect stone to talk about to explain that. And you can check it out in our SciShow Rocks Box subscription!

Huge Volcano Erupts In Iceland

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A huge volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity.

Animated Maps: Tectonic Plate Movement

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This set of 41 paleo-elevation models (DEM) represents the changing paleogeography of the oceans and continents back to 540 million years ago.

Coastal Geohazards

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Did you know that one geohazard can domino into another, creating a cascade of chaos?

When Will The Continents Collide?

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Dig into the science of plate tectonics to find out when the next supercontinent will emerge— and how it could affect Earth’s environment.

The continents are moving. When will they collide?

AdultsEnvironmentLifeWorld...
Dig into the science of plate tectonics to find out when the next supercontinent will emerge— and how it could affect Earth’s environment.

Caves Aren't Scary

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Squeaks is back from visiting Sam the Bat’s cave and is excited to learn all about how different caves form and why they look the ways they do!

Intro to Geology

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Geology is the study of planet Earth, its origin and evolution, its fundamental structure, the properties of minerals, rocks, and fluids of which it is composed, and the evolution of its biosphere.

What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?

AdultsLifeNatureWorld...
The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions of tons of radioactive elements find no escape but up.

Inside The World's Largest Crystal 'Cave'

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Discovered in 1999 inside an abandoned mine in Southern Spain, Pulpí Geode is the largest crystal 'cave' of its kind in the world.

Gems, Minerals, Crystals & Rocks–What's the Difference?

YouthScienceGeology
How can you distinguish rock from a mineral? Is that a gem, or is it a crystal? Learn what all these words really mean in this video!

The Giant's Causeway For Kids

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The Giant's Causeway is a natural wonder located in Ireland.

How Saturn Got Its Rings

YouthScienceSpaceGeology
There's evidence to suggest Saturn didn't have its rings when the dinosaurs inhabited Earth, so how did they form?

Sand Dunes Shouldn’t Exist (Here’s Why They Do)

AdultsLifeNatureWorld...
How can sand, blown by the wind, form such intricate and beautiful patterns as ripples and dunes? The answer is a surprising secret of self-organization.