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Tackling China’s Devastating Yellow River Floods

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After learning how the waterway transports a billion tons of sediment into the sea each year, scientists built a tool that may help predict the inundations that impact some 80 million people. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/SciAmerican R
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How transforming river banks can clean contaminated waterways

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Rivers throughout the eastern United States are well-known for their high banks and steep, winding courses. But in 2008 scientists proposed that years of damming rivers had transformed them from marshy streams good at filtering waste, to the pollution chu
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Watery tornadoes where two rivers collide

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Researchers have found sideways, tornado-like vortices whirling where two rivers collide. The features had been predicted in computer simulations, but not confirmed until now. To observe the vortices, the researchers studied an aerial view of the flowing
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Why Don't All Skeletons Become Fossils?

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Skeletons of ancient animals sometimes become fossilized. But if this happened to every animal that ever lived, wouldn’t we be swimming in a sea of fossils right now? BrainStuff explains why only a fraction of animal bones turn into fossils. Learn more at
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Sea Cucumber Poop Is Surprisingly Good For the Ecosystem | National Geographic

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There are about 1,250 different species of sea cucumber across the world's oceans. This is Thelenota anax. And yes, it's doing what you think it's doing. Sea cucumber poop is surprisingly important for the ecosystem. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubsc
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Simulating Water and Debris Flows

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You can support the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TwoMinutePapers The paper "Animating Fluid Sediment Mixture in Particle-Laden Flows" is available here:http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~sifakis/papers/MPM-particle-laden-flow.pdfhttps://dl.acm.org
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Why Do Rivers Have Deltas?

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Where rivers meet the ocean, coastlines tend to bend either inward or outward, creating estuaries and deltas. But how do they get those shapes? A huge thank-you to the following organizations, all working toward sustainable deltas, for sponsoring this vid
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5 LAYER EARTH CAKE - NERDY NUMMIES

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Today I made a 5 Layer Earth Sediment cake in celebration of Earth Day! I really enjoy making nerdy themed goodies and decorating them. I'm not a pro, but I love baking as a hobby. Please let me know what kind of treat you would like me to make next. *Ord
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How Do You Find Water In The Wild?

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In case you ever get stranded in the wild without an obvious source of fresh water, here are a few things you can do to collect some. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/how-to-find-water.htm/printable S
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Why the World Needs a Giant Ice Vault in Antarctica

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An international team of scientists has embarked on a continent-hopping expedition to build a future climate ice vault before the world's glaciers vanish forever. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2
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UPSIDE-DOWN Rivers On Mars?! (Response to MinutePhysics)

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Get your FREE 2-month Skillshare trial: http://skl.sh/minuteearth2 The "Mountain or Valley?" illusion makes our brains turn valleys inside out. But inside-out valleys are a real thing, both on Earth and on Mars. Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this vi
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Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.Thanks also to our Pat

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