This month a paper came out that honestly chilled me. It was about tipping points in climate - a well-known concept that the climate can change abruptly if certain conditions are met in certain elements... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 78 views • 11:01Videos (29) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (738) |
"How can it be summer in North America and winter in Australia at the same time?! ..."
posted by ant 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 51 views • 5:39This video is about my experience of breeding bees in plastic bottles and kegs. I am trying to find a way to promote the spread of non-commercial beekeeping on the planet Earth in an avalanche-like way.... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 3 months 1 week ago • 351 views • 30:39Physicist Professor Brian Cox breaks down what would ACTUALLY happen if a gigantic comet really was hurtling towards planet Earth.
posted by eric3579 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 281 views • 14:23From Youtube, "The observable universe is a big place that has been around for more than 13 billion years. Up to two trillion galaxies made up of something like 20,000 billion billion stars surround our... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 211 views • 11:41A lot of things happen on Earth, but there are still some things that just don't ever happen here. But, that doesn't mean that what's impossible here is impossible everywhere else in the universe. ... continue reading
posted by BSR 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 486 views • 7:24"... Today's Adventures! Wren uses visual effects to show you how much water is actually on Planet Earth! ..."
posted by ant 5 years 2 months ago • 54 views • 6:38Earth’s outer shell is made of two materials whose different densities and thicknesses give rise to two distinct “levels” on the planet’s surface.
posted by Mekanikal 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 777 views • 3:10"... Read more about the concept of non-state spaces: https://goo.gl/UsgDDy For thousands of years, humans have drawn lines on the earth, dividing the planet into nations. But there are some parts of... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 22 views • 13:27The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is considered by the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be the "best drink in existence". While almost impossible to make on planet Earth, I needed to see if its effects... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months ago • 24 views • 6:55Let's say you're traveling at 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 km/h) in low earth orbit, your main engines are out of fuel, and it's your job to guide the spaceship through a fiery re-entry without burning... continue reading
posted by Ashenkase 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 114 views • 17:49Humans emit roughly 30 to 40 billion tons of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere each year. If we keep it up, Earth will continue to heat up and ultimately devastate our way of life. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 11 months ago • 107 views • 2:18YouTube description: Google Earth is the most photorealistic, digital version of our planet. But how?! Where do the images come from? How are they they put together? And how often are they updated?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years ago • 678 views • 8:09YouTube description: Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. Special thanks to Professor Lee Kump of Penn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 489 views • 2:51"Programme website: http://bbc.in/2dB9Zth Planet Earth II, narrated by Sir David Attenborough coming soon to BBC One." From http://www.darkhorizons.com/bbc-ones-planet-earth-ii-tv-trailer/ ...
posted by ant 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 129 views • 1:01"This is crazy cool."
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months ago • 252 views • 4:20"It’s the biggest sporting event on Earth, with more than 10,000 athletes expected to compete at Rio 2016… here’s the low-down on the records, events and stars of the Olympic Games..."
posted by ant 7 years 9 months ago • 10 views • 3:25YouTube: Over it’s lifetime, the Earth has seen plenty of climate change. About 50 million years ago the planet experienced extreme cooling, and all from a little fern.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 week ago • 357 views • 4:04Just how far is the supposed planet 9?
posted by lv_hunter 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 738 views • 9:28- 1
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