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Title Comment Keywords
What Geologists Study 22:27 - 23:16 (00:49) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", "geologic hazard", earthquake, "volcanic eruption", landslide, environment, geologist
Resources and the Environment 23:16 - 23:32 (00:16) / 0.4 MB "rock coring", "James V. Gardner", resource, environment
Scientific Curiosity Converges with Human Needs 25:47 - 26:30 (00:43) / 0.5 MB origin, resource, climate, environment, "Greenhouse Effect", "sea level", "James Sadd"
Evolution Through Time 30 minutes / n.a. fossil, evolution, life, environment, extinction, animal, plant, Mesozoic, mammal, dinosaur, stromatolite, "sedimentary rock", Paleozoic, ecosystem, climate, Cenozoic, atmosphere, "rock formation"
Change in Environmental Conditions 04:59 - 06:49 (01:50) / 2.8 MB "Stanley Aramic", fossil, "Alexander Hills", "Eastern California", stromatolite, "sedimentary rock", environment, sand, cyanobacteria, "rate of sedimentation", deposition, precipitation, "calcium carbonate", "Crystal Spring Formation"
Life in the Paleozoic 10:00 - 10:50 (00:50) / 1.1 MB "James Sadd", Cambrian, Paleozoic, evolution, life, fossil, vertebrate, environment, invertebrate, animal, brachiopod, trilobite, coral, fish, plant
Mass Extinction Survivors 13:02 - 13:58 (00:56) / 0.8 MB "Stanley Aramic", extinction, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, environment, fossil
Extinction of Dinosaurs 15:13 - 16:47 (01:34) / 1.4 MB dinosaur, fossil, track, climate, Mesozoic, predation, environment, extinction, volcano, atmosphere, asteroid
Reconstructing an Environment 20:01 - 21:07 (01:06) / 1.2 MB "Shelley M. Cox", fossil, soil, plant, shell, insect, microfossil, climate, mouse, gopher, environment
Los Angeles Basin Habitat 21:07 - 21:48 (00:41) / 0.7 MB fossil, tar, environment, habitat, "Rancho La Brea", "Los Angeles Basin", sagebrush, cypress, "pine tree", animal, deer, "dire wolf", "saber toothed cat", "ground sloth", mastodon, mammal, ecosystem, extinction, woodland
Method of Evolution 21:48 - 23:23 (01:35) / 1.7 MB "Jamie Webb", fossil, "Rancho La Brea", Cenozoic, life, horse, evolution, ecosystem, woodland, grassland, environment, habitat, "Charles Darwin"
Punctuated Equilibrium 23:55 - 25:29 (01:34) / 2.5 MB "Stanley Aramic", "Charles Darwin", evolution, fossil, "intermediate species", "punctuated equilibrium", environment
Conclusion 26:54 - 27:18 (00:24) / 0.4 MB "James Sadd", humans, evolution, environment
Flashflooding 10:22 - 11:06 (00:44) / 1.0 MB desert, landform, rainfall, precipitation, flashflooding, erosion, transportation, sediment, canyon, deposition, mountain, "alluvial fan", environment
Desertification 18:16 - 19:00 (00:44) / 1.6 MB "James Sadd", desert, climate, topography, "plate tectonics", forest, prairie, grassland, humans, desertification, environment
Global Climate Changes 24:47 - 25:45 (00:58) / 1.4 MB desert, humans, arid, "global climate change", climate, Africa, environment
Conclusion 25:45 - 26:48 (01:03) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", desert, humans, life, dune, playa, salt, sand, "desert varnish", environment, landform, climate, lake, grassland, forest
Introduction to Waves, Beaches and Coasts 00:40 - 01:32 (00:52) / 1.1 MB introduction, wave, energy, wind, ocean, water, "coastal environment", environment
Beach Erosion 16:26 - 17:12 (00:46) / 1.0 MB "Scott Jenkins", seawall, energy, wave, beach, erosion, sand, "Scripps Institution of Oceanography", "Scott Jenkins", "Scripps Center for Coastal Studies", breakwater, environment
Natural Processes 18:16 - 19:38 (01:22) / 1.7 MB "Scott Jenkins", "Scripps Institution of Oceanography", "Scripps Center for Coastal Studies", seawall, environment, shoreline, preservation, erosion, sediment, dam, equilibrium, energy, human
Petroleum Depletion 17:36 - 18:40 (01:04) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", "reflection seismology", "horizontal drilling", "satellite remote sensing", satellite, oil, gas, reserve, geologist, exploration, technology, energy, "fossil fuel", environment, "public health", "sedimentary rock", "geologic time", power, "nonrenewable resource"
New Energy Sources 18:40 - 19:19 (00:39) / 0.5 MB "James Sadd", environment, "fossil fuel", energy, humans, "human power", technology, "wind power", "solar power", geothermal, pollution, "renewable resource"
Brine 23:25 - 25:01 (01:36) / 1.7 MB "Fred Teeters", brine, groundwater, pressure, reservoir, drilling, well, nitrogen, steam, geothermal, power, energy, environment, "wind power", "photo-voltaic cell", structure
Substitutes For Energy 25:01 - 25:34 (00:33) / 0.7 MB geothermal, hydropower, "wind power", "solar power", "fossil fuel", energy, environment, reserve
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