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TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge | Alex Gendler
Stretching 227 meters tall, two towers were assembled to support California's Golden Gate Bridge. They were just one of the challenges facing engineers Charles Ellis and Joseph Strauss. Even before construction began, many thought the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How North America got its shape - Peter J. Haproff
North America didn't always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent that lay on the face of the Earth....
The Daily Conversation
The Earthquake-Tsunami Disaster that Threatens the Pacific Northwest
A massive earthquake is expected to hit the Pacific Northwest at some point, due to the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This 9.2 magnitude quake could trigger a huge tsunami and destroy major cities like Seattle, collapsing buildings, roads,...
Curated Video
Earthquakes: Nature's Warning Signs and the Power of Tectonic Plates
This video explores the phenomenon of animals sensing earthquakes before they happen and the causes of earthquakes. It also highlights the importance of understanding and engineering our buildings and cities to withstand earthquakes. The...
Next Animation Studio
A bubbling mud pool threatens infrastructure in California
The pool of boiling mud has already damaged local railroads and may damage pipelines, fiber-optic communication cables and highways in its path.
Visual Learning Systems
Faults and Earthquakes
The video explains the San Andreas Fault, which is a geological feature in North America. It shows a line that represents the fault and explains that it is a break between different areas of rock where movement has occurred, resulting in...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earthquakes: San Francisco
The history of earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area is plotted on a digital map and analyzed in this video segment adapted from NOVA. [3:28]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Record
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a geologist digs a trench along the San Andreas Fault to reveal three thousand years of earthquake history. Information from the layers of sediment may help geologists to predict earthquakes.3m 19s
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earthquakes: Los Angeles
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, animations are used to show how the hills around Los Angeles were formed by earthquakes at small thrust faults that extend outward from the larger San Andreas fault.5m 15s