Tag: science videos

Scientists Just Discovered Fresh Water Under the Ocean, and It’s HUGE

Scientists found a freshwater aquifer under the ocean. And get this — there’s enough water to fill 1.1 billion Olympic-sized swimming pools. Oceanographic teams have known for a while that there are pockets of fresh water below the seafloor. They would run into them occasionally when drilling offshore for oil but when geologists and geophysicists […]

Rotational Inertia

097 – Rotational Inertia In this video Paul Andersen explains how the angular momentum of an object if a product of the rotational inertia and the angular velocity. The rotational inertia depends on the mass, radius and shape of the rotating objects. A sample calculation and several examples are included. Do you speak another language? […]

No Human Has Ever Left Earth’s Atmosphere, Here's Why

New observations of our atmosphere calculate that it extends far beyond what we thought, encompassing the moon! This means that we’ve actually never left Earth’s atmosphere. Here’s what else these observations can tell us. A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking The Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarctica – Read More: Earth’s Atmosphere Stretches Out To The Moon – […]