In this video, we take a look at the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates and how the release of extreme pressure built up at the plates’ boundaries results in an earthquake.... Read more »
Educational video for children to learn what is an earthquake. An earthquake, also called seism or tremor, is a sudden ground motion that occurs due to the collision of tectonic plates against... Read more »
There have been some pretty amazing pictures from the island of Hawaii. A volcano there, named Kilauea, has been erupting and spewing out rivers of lava which have destroyed homes and cars.... Read more »
There’s a deadly 40,000 km (29,400 mi)-long zone that passes through 15 countries. This area is dotted with volcanoes, giving it the name The Ring of Fire. And we’ve decided that right... Read more »
Devastating earthquakes have killed at least 3,700 people and flattened hundreds of buildings in Turkey and Syria. Mike Drolet reports on the frantic search for people trapped under the rubble and the... Read more »
Things are only getting worse here in Iceland as the earthquakes are now directly under an old row of craters called Eldvörp near the fishery town Grindavík. The strongest one occurred while... Read more »
In this video we will explain plate tectonics for kids! Together we will learn about the two main types of tectonic plates, Oceanic and Continental. We also cover the 3 kinds of... Read more »
Seattle sits on the type of ground that would amplify the effects of an earthquake. Scientists can’t offer a firm prediction when the next one will happen… only the certainty that it... Read more »
Dig into the science of how new volcanoes form, and what causes their unpredictable eruptions. — In February of 1942, Mexican farmer Dionisio Pulido thought he heard thunder coming from his cornfield.... Read more »
An 8.0-magnitude-plus earthquake hasn’t rumbled beneath the Pacific Northwest since the 1700s. Now, the region is due for the next “big one” and a subsequent tsunami. Coastal Indigenous communities could be severely... Read more »