You seem so genuinely interested and excited about all these biogeochemistry topics. I’m very impressed by how well you present such academic topics across all of your videos.
Thank you so much! They do genuinely excite me! I think sometimes I can even tell that I sound less enthusiastic in my non-biogeochem or earth history videos, like my metamorphic or igneous petrology videos for example. Which is funny because I always try to sound just as excited in those, but it just never comes off quite as much haha!
Hi! I’m a new geology major and next semester I will be taking my first minerology course with my favorite professor (she’s super cool), along with more calc🤓 I just wanted to let you know your videos are appreciated a ton! Have a great week~
The notifications that I get every time you upload a new video are like an alarm clock to me. They excite me awake and now I’m up ready to be educated. Thanks for yet another interesting and educational video. Once again my day is off to a great start and I really hope yours is too. Keep it up with the great work. 😊❤️😉👍
Hi. I have a concept I call "leviwells". It should sequester carbon, replenish shallow aquifers, greatly reduce ocean dead zones, essentially eliminate highly damaging flooding, and reduce irrigation and fertilizer needs. To build a leviwell: Dig a deep narrow trench laterally from a river, dumping the dirt on the downstream side of said trench, forming a very low berm/levy, perhaps two feet tall. The top of said berm is level, but water can get around the end furthest from said river. Fill said trench with your favorite silicate gravel. You can get fancy with stabilization cloth or whatever. For example, the end of said berm (where water will get downstream) needs to be hardened or protected to prevent erosion, for example. Repeat as close together as desired, resulting in a "fishbone" structure when viewed from above. Notes: The dry wells drain the floodwaters trapped by the levies relatively quickly, preventing the issues associated with stagnant water trapped on the surface. Instead of the current levy system, which pushes water downstream with predictable catastrophic results, the levy lowers the load on downstream systems. Soils will be wetter just upstream of a levy and dryer just below. Rice and corn can be neighbors. This opens lots of possibilities for adjusting things based on seasonal weather forecasts. Maybe more rice is warranted this year. There ya go. Lateral leviwells improve on one of mankind's greatest natural gifts, so the functional name of the agricultural aspect of the system is "Flood like an Egyptian". What do you think?
I thought that hydrofluoric acid via dikes in granite was a major contributor to making granite porous for water based weathering. What would be really interesting is to discuss acid rain and the actual rate that exposed rocks are weathering. When ever there is talk about petroglyphs and artifacts people seem to think that exposed rocks turn to dust in just a few years. If that were true, there would be no granite stone walls.
Hahaha Yea it wasn't until after I made this video that I realized it was more so about all weathering not just microbial. I only named it that because that is the name of the chapter in the main book I used haha, so I guess they just laid a LOT of background before getting to the microbial stuff ;)
Oh my gosh! That's so cool! So glad you think my geobio videos are good :D I was actually just reading up on mycology, but I was having trouble finding many references on it especially in relation to geology, do you know of any good references? Thanks!
@@GEOGIRL I just posted a detailed list but it isn't showing up on my side, let me know if I need to repost. For whatever reason when I post research gate articles it gets tagged as spam sometimes
You seem so genuinely interested and excited about all these biogeochemistry topics. I’m very impressed by how well you present such academic topics across all of your videos.
Thank you so much! They do genuinely excite me! I think sometimes I can even tell that I sound less enthusiastic in my non-biogeochem or earth history videos, like my metamorphic or igneous petrology videos for example. Which is funny because I always try to sound just as excited in those, but it just never comes off quite as much haha!
Awesome knowledge.
Hi! I’m a new geology major and next semester I will be taking my first minerology course with my favorite professor (she’s super cool), along with more calc🤓 I just wanted to let you know your videos are appreciated a ton! Have a great week~
Aw, thanks so much! I am so glad to hear that my videos have been helpful to you :D I hope you have a great time in your mineralogy class :)
The notifications that I get every time you upload a new video are like an alarm clock to me. They excite me awake and now I’m up ready to be educated. Thanks for yet another interesting and educational video. Once again my day is off to a great start and I really hope yours is too. Keep it up with the great work. 😊❤️😉👍
Thanks, I am so happy to hear that! I always look forward to your comments ;)
@@GEOGIRL You’re very welcome. 😉👍 I look forward to learning more. 😊❤️
Very thorough, might have to watch a few times though 😊
I think we should cap all of the planets volcanoes 🌋 to stop global warming.
I ❤️ GEO GIRL.
Hi. I have a concept I call "leviwells". It should sequester carbon, replenish shallow aquifers, greatly reduce ocean dead zones, essentially eliminate highly damaging flooding, and reduce irrigation and fertilizer needs. To build a leviwell:
Dig a deep narrow trench laterally from a river, dumping the dirt on the downstream side of said trench, forming a very low berm/levy, perhaps two feet tall. The top of said berm is level, but water can get around the end furthest from said river.
Fill said trench with your favorite silicate gravel.
You can get fancy with stabilization cloth or whatever. For example, the end of said berm (where water will get downstream) needs to be hardened or protected to prevent erosion, for example.
Repeat as close together as desired, resulting in a "fishbone" structure when viewed from above.
Notes:
The dry wells drain the floodwaters trapped by the levies relatively quickly, preventing the issues associated with stagnant water trapped on the surface.
Instead of the current levy system, which pushes water downstream with predictable catastrophic results, the levy lowers the load on downstream systems.
Soils will be wetter just upstream of a levy and dryer just below. Rice and corn can be neighbors. This opens lots of possibilities for adjusting things based on seasonal weather forecasts. Maybe more rice is warranted this year.
There ya go. Lateral leviwells improve on one of mankind's greatest natural gifts, so the functional name of the agricultural aspect of the system is "Flood like an Egyptian".
What do you think?
Thank you i geologi from Irak
I thought that hydrofluoric acid via dikes in granite was a major contributor to making granite porous for water based weathering. What would be really interesting is to discuss acid rain and the actual rate that exposed rocks are weathering. When ever there is talk about petroglyphs and artifacts people seem to think that exposed rocks turn to dust in just a few years. If that were true, there would be no granite stone walls.
With all of the abiotic chemical weathering you discussed at the beginning, I thought you pulled a bait and switch on us 🤓
Hahaha Yea it wasn't until after I made this video that I realized it was more so about all weathering not just microbial. I only named it that because that is the name of the chapter in the main book I used haha, so I guess they just laid a LOT of background before getting to the microbial stuff ;)
Which app you use for editing
I use videopad video editor pro
I'm setting up a FB group called Citizen Science: Geomycology
& I've set your geobiology videos as the introduction material for Biomineralization
Oh my gosh! That's so cool! So glad you think my geobio videos are good :D
I was actually just reading up on mycology, but I was having trouble finding many references on it especially in relation to geology, do you know of any good references? Thanks!
@@GEOGIRL
I just posted a detailed list but it isn't showing up on my side, let me know if I need to repost. For whatever reason when I post research gate articles it gets tagged as spam sometimes
@@libraryofpangea7018 Unfortunately I can't see it either, maybe just copy & paste the titles of the articles?
@@GEOGIRL
Lets hope it sticks this time lol
Fungi and Sediments
January 2000
WHAT! lichens eat rocks 🤯🤯🤯