HN commenters offer it as a dry but fascinating, hype-free introduction to Cascadia earthquake risk and the evidence for past events.
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The best geology & earth science videos, according to Hacker News
31 videos about geology & earth science that Hacker News commenters keep pointing each other to, ranked by how many separate months they were recommended. Part of Earth, Energy & Environment.
Commenters in climate and impact-event threads send people to Carlson's Rogan appearances for his account of ancient cataclysms.
HN commenters recommend it for the sense of perspective it gives on deep time and how brief human history is.
HN people point to it as an entry point to the Hancock and Carlson lost-civilization theories, while noting the ideas are controversial.
Recommended whenever glaciers come up, as a stunning look at the scale of calving.
Recommended whenever skyscraper dampers come up, since it shows how huge the moving mass is.
HN commenters point to it as a hopeful example of land and water management restoring landscapes and livelihoods at village scale.
HN recommends it in map projection and coastline threads as a fun look at how measurement choices change area figures.
Strongly recommended as a clear explanation of 50-60 million years of climate history that clears up confusion.
HN points to it in discussions of whether a past industrial civilization would leave detectable evidence.
Offered as a calming, dry, familiar broadcast, fitting for a crowd that enjoys ambient and lofi radio.
HN points to it as a clear explanation of what flood return periods really mean.
Recommended in nuclear waste threads as a short, clear look at a real long-term storage solution.
Linked in salt mine and industrial accident threads as a fascinating, quick account with striking footage.
HN commenters point to it as the well-made, detailed explanation of the Millennium Tower debacle whenever the tower comes up.
Linked whenever Yellowstone or caldera unrest comes up, as the debunking of civilization-ending eruption fears.
HN brings it up in threads on ancient civilizations and detecting past technology in geology.
HN uses it as a well-known example of infrastructure that must run forever to keep an area habitable.
Cited in energy transition threads for ballpark numbers on mineral demand, though some commenters criticize its assumptions.
HN cites it as encouraging evidence that deserts can be regenerated and greened.
Commenters use it in earthquake threads as an anecdote that animals may sense tremors seconds before humans, and occasionally as a joke about cat alarms.
HN links it as the original, interesting video behind the 'deadliest river' stories and as an extreme river example.
HN uses it as an approachable treatment of whether an earlier industrial civilization would be detectable in geology.
Cited in threads about earthquakes and tsunami warnings as a visceral view of what a tsunami wave looks like at sea.
HN commenters link it to convey the scale of asteroid impacts, such as the one that killed the dinosaurs, or of ejecta and tsunamis.
Linked as a vivid real-world illustration of wind gusts and lift acting on aircraft.
HN cites it in methane and permafrost threads as an early warning that still looks relevant.
HN cites it as a concrete real-world example of how much warning earthquake early-warning systems can provide.
Routinely cited whenever US weather data, NOAA funding or privatization of forecasting comes up.
Cited as a visual example of dynamo flows and of the care needed when handling reactive liquid sodium.
HN commenters cite it as a source for the research showing that simple home-ignition-zone measures raise a house's chance of surviving a wildfire.
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