Why Hawaii's volcano is so UNUSUAL

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  • @IMadeThisCoverForYou
    @IMadeThisCoverForYou 6 років тому +137

    You can tell he’s really passionate about his job. Just seeing him smile and tell me about this makes me happy.

  • @estebanpadilla2607
    @estebanpadilla2607 6 років тому +1421

    That guy is extremely good explaining things. He should have he's own youtube channel

    • @LittleBlue42
      @LittleBlue42 6 років тому +22

      Yeah for sure! I would watch that.

    • @Bibble_IsBack
      @Bibble_IsBack 6 років тому +4

      Esteban Padilla ikr

    • @silvermediastudio
      @silvermediastudio 6 років тому +22

      Except, he doesn't seem to actually know anything, and uses poor analogies to try to make real concepts relate-able, but it gives a wrong impression of the actual events. Good for 5th grade, not for adults.

    • @isiah6826
      @isiah6826 6 років тому +1

      Esteban Padilla, I wrote my comment and just read your. I Agree. Another Estabon

    • @BaseballMentorLopez
      @BaseballMentorLopez 6 років тому +1

      TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @handimanjay6642
    @handimanjay6642 3 роки тому +172

    Their high school teachers must have been inspiring. Well done!

  • @dathaniel9403
    @dathaniel9403 3 роки тому +22

    One of the coolest parts, and something I wish you'd asked him, is why are the older magma plume islands so much smaller than the younger ones?
    The answer is that the old ones were once just as big as the Big Island, but they've been eroded away over millions of years! Eventually, the Big Island will slowly erode into the sea. Other islands appearing in the east, each larger and younger than the preceding ones west of them, will continue to form over the mantle plume. One day, the Big Island will be an underwater shallow reef somewhere west of the new, future Hawaii islands that have yet to be formed. Even the Mauna Kea volcano, currently at over 2 miles (4.2km) above sea level, will erode until the waves overtake it and it's the last little dot in the chain of new Hawaiian islands.
    I love your content, I just wanted to share a cool fact about this amazing phenomenon!

  • @THEKONADREAMER50
    @THEKONADREAMER50 6 років тому +612

    Thank you, I'm 65 years old grandfather and your video made it much easier for me to to explain to my grandchildren .

    • @thril1677
      @thril1677 6 років тому +23

      THEKONADREAMER50 welcome to the internet sir!!

    • @remedy1858
      @remedy1858 6 років тому +5

      He kept saying "I think" so how can he know? If he doesn't know you'd be telling your grandchildren a lie.

    • @zarion1181
      @zarion1181 6 років тому +18

      @Remedy
      He is using the phrase 'I Think'. Becoz, we are not entirely sure. It is to the best of our understanding. (He actually thinks.)
      That means it is not necessarily a lie. On the contrary That means it is probably true. So yeah.
      I highly doubt you have better theories or ideas on the matter.

    • @whats2give211
      @whats2give211 6 років тому +2

      Zarion 11 lol you try to use big words but you can’t even spell because😂😂

    • @zarion1181
      @zarion1181 6 років тому +3

      Okay, I'm going to stand in a corner now.

  • @Kate-bc2wu
    @Kate-bc2wu 6 років тому +91

    i'm a geologist and this is actually fun. I liked it when the actual explanation is while you were trekking. It's like a normal topic conversation in everyday chat. haha nice!

    • @bardolinomichele8745
      @bardolinomichele8745 6 років тому +1

      Kate Boquilon I am not a geologist, my field of study was art history. I cannot think of two disciplines more unrelated. In times past, artists ground up lapis lazuli to get pigment for their blue pigment is the only thing I can think of that relates the two. Anyways, I found this video fascinating. With the Hawaiian Islands undergoing volcanoes recently, I have a bit more knowledge now.

    • @Kate-bc2wu
      @Kate-bc2wu 6 років тому +7

      we have one thing in common, learning history (of earth and art) is fun! :)

    • @grizzlycountry1030
      @grizzlycountry1030 6 років тому +1

      *SHOW US YOUR MOUNDS!!!*

    • @razorransom1795
      @razorransom1795 3 роки тому +1

      @@bardolinomichele8745 art history can help with geomythology unraveling mysteries and knowledge passed down through pictures and architecture, as well as their warnings and heeding info. Pompaii and Minoans as well as egyptian paintings should open that view up a bit.

  • @horahora871
    @horahora871 4 роки тому +113

    The fact that there are 1.64M people quenching their thirst of knowledge gives me hope for humanity

    • @Bustahbrown
      @Bustahbrown 3 роки тому +5

      LOL.... unfortunately, quenching a thirst for knowledge will never have the power to transform the human heart. The “brilliant” highly educated “leaders” that have the “answers” to the plight of mankind are the ones funding , pushing racial hatred, economic divide and control over others to satisfy their fear and greed and all done With prideful ignorance. At what point will education eradicate these flaws from the human heart ??

    • @tristanqr
      @tristanqr 3 роки тому +1

      4 times that now!

    • @shawnhartmann4581
      @shawnhartmann4581 3 роки тому

      I don't think you can "quench" a thirst for knowledge. My entire life (well, from age five, anyway) I've made it a point to learn at least one new piece or clump of knowledge and/or skill every day. It's usually been at least between five and twenty, and often much, much more. That's 44 years of that, and with every thing I learn I am made aware of an average (an estimate) of two to ten I haven't learned yet in addition to the dearth of knowledge I was already too well cognizant of.

    • @Thomasguillerault
      @Thomasguillerault 3 роки тому

      6.7 now… wow

  • @heddevh
    @heddevh 5 років тому +218

    It's funny how you learn all of this in high school and yet it's still so entertaining and interesting to learn about it again

    • @mpred8606
      @mpred8606 4 роки тому +15

      i never learned this in school...most elem/high school teachers doesnt even understand it comepletely which cause to mis information

    • @charlesguo8269
      @charlesguo8269 4 роки тому +1

      Hedde van Heerde I still haven’t been to high school yet I’m still in grade 7 lol

    • @quaqcy4336
      @quaqcy4336 4 роки тому

      Its like watching a netflix show then watching it again months or years later

    • @ayeshaenver3087
      @ayeshaenver3087 4 роки тому

      She should lol!!! 🤣🤣😂🤣

    • @EricLing64
      @EricLing64 4 роки тому +3

      Varies from school to school. I never got to dissect a frog in any school.

  • @deandeann1541
    @deandeann1541 6 років тому +24

    Thanks. It is rare for me to learn something new in a video. This is the first time I have heard that the Hawaii hot spot may be the plume following the Siberian flood basalt - how interesting. Something happening today is a consequence of something catastriphic that happenned a very long time ago.

  • @dixiedragon54
    @dixiedragon54 6 років тому +16

    I've know about Hawaii being formed by a plate moving over a hot spot forever but I DID NOT know the chain led to Siberia -- this is FASCINATING. Great post

  • @coreywild
    @coreywild 3 роки тому +9

    WOW where di you find all these people who are actually interested in learning something!!?? Well done!! Nature is AWESOME cool Vid!!

  • @igna122
    @igna122 4 роки тому +169

    Physics Girl:"lets hope this doesn't happen soon"
    me in 2020: O.0

    • @MrHistory269
      @MrHistory269 3 роки тому +1

      Oh and now there’s a new eruption

    • @lincolnpascual
      @lincolnpascual 3 роки тому

      We aren't that lucky. No flood basalts in our immediate future. Unfortunate too. I mean, everything dies sooner or later. But what a way to go that would be, watching the planet literally explode underneath you. Literally a once in a lifetime thing. Definitely in my top ten most awesome ways to die.

    • @mr.bark6704
      @mr.bark6704 3 роки тому +1

      I was there when it happened in fact I had walked in the crater the previous day

    • @payola5000
      @payola5000 3 роки тому

      Me in 2021:O.0

  • @ozdergekko
    @ozdergekko 7 років тому +53

    +Physics Girl -- Dianna, your videos have become so much more relaxed and casual over the last few months...

    • @physicsgirl
      @physicsgirl  7 років тому +55

      +ozdergecko thank you! I got tired of filming in front of the black screen. Plus there are so many interesting experts out there!!

    • @joelights6476
      @joelights6476 7 років тому +4

      This was the first video of yours I've seen in quite awhile, and I immediately noticed a more relaxed delivery. Relaxed delivery comes across as more confident.

  • @radrestorations8598
    @radrestorations8598 6 років тому +333

    Click baited in to learning.

    • @sciencebutreversed1166
      @sciencebutreversed1166 6 років тому +23

      FitGearReviews best way to learn

    • @anniestaes430
      @anniestaes430 6 років тому +5

      god, that must be aweful.

    • @jbodden6977
      @jbodden6977 6 років тому

      well played...

    • @zer0b0t
      @zer0b0t 6 років тому +1

      That thumbnail also has an interesting story I think

    • @calibre4863
      @calibre4863 6 років тому +1

      True ! Jijiji , it was worth it. 🤣

  • @ramchandrajikamade3427
    @ramchandrajikamade3427 6 років тому +15

    0:40 ...that's the cutest part of physics

  • @earthnote
    @earthnote 3 роки тому +6

    Do More Geophysics! There's subduction zones, there's slab pull, rifting,,.... so much to explore

  • @bmemike
    @bmemike 7 років тому +14

    I lived on Maui for 5 years and was always fascinated with the geology and micro-climates of the islands. This was a slightly deeper dive into the tectonics than I've typically heard, so thanks (I mean mahalo!) for expanding my awareness!

    • @shawnhartmann4581
      @shawnhartmann4581 3 роки тому +1

      Maui rocks. If I ever find myself with five million in disposable income, I plan to retire there and paint while I smoke pot. Okay, pretend to be a painter while I smoke pot. Okay, mostly just hang out on the beach and go hiking while I smoke pot.
      When I lived there (albeit briefly) I saw cacti on the south side. Cacti without needles. I mean...damn. Paradise.

    • @ihaveagoal4665
      @ihaveagoal4665 3 роки тому +1

      @@shawnhartmann4581 lol....seems like you really love smoking pot😂

  • @adamw116
    @adamw116 6 років тому +34

    It must be kinda nice being in a high school graduating class of twenty two! You all probably knew each other and will most likely have a connection for the rest of your lives!

  • @KellyPhong
    @KellyPhong 6 років тому +157

    I absolutely love how excited he is explaining this. Inspiring.

    • @kdogg1372
      @kdogg1372 6 років тому +6

      He would be a great teacher.

    • @peterconway3646
      @peterconway3646 6 років тому +1

      IF she let him speak be great x

    • @4herstory
      @4herstory 6 років тому

      thats cos ur feeling that giddy feeling u get when a cute guy can't suppress his attraction to you, because he is painfully attracted to her. but i'm gonna explain this in my own comment to see what others think about my theory. yay (really physical) science!

    • @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248
      @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 6 років тому

      She is. She is teaching on youtube.

    • @seriousthree6071
      @seriousthree6071 6 років тому

      He's not that excited, just really into what He's doing. I have seen biologists truly gush about their favourite bacteria, usually the ones they are studying.

  • @ffggddss
    @ffggddss 6 років тому +6

    + Dianna: And you forgot to mention - Even now, there's a *new* Hawaiian island in the process of growing up from the ocean floor to the south and east of the big island, and it will break the surface any millennium now. I think it's even been given a name, but I forget what it is.
    And yes, this WAS *awesome!* Especially in light of Kilauea's recent fiery activity, for months now (today = 2018 July 5). Thanks!
    Fred

  • @jurian0101
    @jurian0101 7 років тому +10

    Crazy fun facts: plumes are fun instances of Rayleigh-Taylor instability of 'fluid' interfaces with density difference.
    And magma is not the only 'solid' that convects upward through another solid. In petro geology, 'salt domes' are very important niches to find oil. Salt domes are essentially solid rock salt that rises due to 'buoyancy' for distances of tens of kilometers, in the shape of plumes, a shape that's governed by ubiquitous physics, reminiscent of mushroom cloud.
    I'm in awe. Are you?

    • @danielbuckner2167
      @danielbuckner2167 2 роки тому

      I know, its crazy that we have dry salt mines under the gulf of mexico due to the density of the domes!

  • @aliservan7188
    @aliservan7188 6 років тому +5

    Bill Nye shouting TECTONIC PLATES at me freaked me out. Nice edit. O_o Great video as always. I freaking love this channel

  • @emmamay3820
    @emmamay3820 7 років тому +173

    "And this is how we get massive extinctions across the globe!"
    ...minutes later...
    "Happy physicsing!"
    o_O

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 6 років тому +2

      I need information like this to further my plan.

  • @Charlie-ib8jw
    @Charlie-ib8jw 4 роки тому +16

    The “and.......” at the end gave me a heart attack

  • @photonoceon1794
    @photonoceon1794 6 років тому +59

    5:18 "and then as the head gets higher and higher, the pressure is released"

    • @OurHourglass
      @OurHourglass 5 років тому +11

      Talk about tension and buildup.

    • @morningstar3437
      @morningstar3437 4 роки тому +5

      @@OurHourglass ah don't get me started on the ash explosions

    • @falconflylow
      @falconflylow 3 роки тому +5

      8:30 "and whatever u decide to go phisical with" ..... I think hoing does not go well on science. :-€

  • @johnnicholson8811
    @johnnicholson8811 5 років тому +187

    Ask Noah why Iceland is more unusual.

    • @jebes909090
      @jebes909090 5 років тому +21

      its the only place in the world where people dont really care what you do as long as you're not messing with nature, or messing with them. its a bit of a trip.

    • @johnnicholson8811
      @johnnicholson8811 5 років тому +10

      @@jebes909090 Why Iceland's volcanos are more unusual.

    • @SevenPr1me
      @SevenPr1me 5 років тому +9

      @@johnnicholson8811 iceland is the same kind of volcano as hawaii except its much bigger

    • @johnnicholson8811
      @johnnicholson8811 5 років тому +8

      @@SevenPr1me Well not completely. HI does not lie on a plate boundary like Iceland.

    • @ericanderson4801
      @ericanderson4801 5 років тому +7

      Iceland is not unusual, other than the spreading ridge happens to be high enough to poke out above the surface of the ocean at that place.

  • @sarahp6512
    @sarahp6512 4 роки тому +3

    Fun fact I learned in earth science class! One hypothesis for the weird bend in the island chain (which can also be seen on other similar island chains in the Pacific ocean) is that when the India collided with Asia 55-50 million years ago, it created so much force that it knocked the Pacific plate onto a different trajectory.
    I decided to double check that the timelines match up, and they do! Based on the Pacific plate moving ~7 cm/yr (google) and the bend being ~3600 km away from Hawaii (google earth), that means the bend was formed ~51 million years ago, right around the same time.

    • @ayushkumar-bg1xf
      @ayushkumar-bg1xf 4 роки тому +3

      what about formation of deccan trap ? which volcano is tail in current days for that trap which formed in India . i am an electrical engineer but knowing about geography is my hobby . some life situation forced me to become an engineer instead of pursuing my hobby . when I was child different question from geography would keep me awake at night .

  • @ExcitedPunch
    @ExcitedPunch 6 років тому

    Really appreciated not just the info but the sudden BILL NYE and then back to the scheduled content haha, surprising but in a good way and warmed my 90's kid heart

  • @b04rder4life
    @b04rder4life 6 років тому +16

    I've watched this video about 6 times. I have showed my family and friends. It makes sense. And so cool . Thanks

  • @rickiex
    @rickiex 6 років тому +7

    my mind literally exploding from the knowledge you bestowed onto us. thank you

  • @davidwells9982
    @davidwells9982 6 років тому +17

    Physics Girl! I've used your videos a bunch in my Earth/Space Science class, and now I can use it for Geology too. You are the best.

    • @davidwells9982
      @davidwells9982 6 років тому

      I appreciate that, but I usually go by Mr. Wells.

  • @mccloysong
    @mccloysong 2 роки тому

    So great of you to share your spotlight. He explained it all succinctly.

  • @queenbulova5682
    @queenbulova5682 6 років тому +41

    This was educational and taught me something new.

    • @sleepsleeper4466
      @sleepsleeper4466 6 років тому

      CHERISE SCANTLEBURY why learn when you can think? 😎

  • @SuAva
    @SuAva 6 років тому +65

    Loved this. This was just the perfect video for my daily cravings for random knowledge, lol.

  • @mrigeshpalav2808
    @mrigeshpalav2808 7 років тому +21

    5:00 Hey...I am from Maharashtra...!!!!
    I knew that my land is formed by lava and stuff but I didn't know exactly how.
    Now I know!

  • @pidginmac
    @pidginmac 6 років тому +10

    I like the “And...” ending best! Good vid kama’aina

  • @MsCrazyGirlx
    @MsCrazyGirlx 7 років тому +5

    Dianna really loved this video! kudos to you and the animator for presenting knowledge in this creative way x

  • @ericanderson4801
    @ericanderson4801 5 років тому +32

    TWO glaring exceptions. The other is Yellowstone.

    • @user_mac0153
      @user_mac0153 5 років тому +4

      Yellowstone? Ya mean Tamu Massif, its almost as big as Mons Olympus on Mars. Its definitely bigger than Yellowstone. There are tons of andesite supervolcanoes like Yellowstone. Yellowstone is really, really big, and so are the rest. But Yellowstone is not 'the biggest' volcano. Andesite calderas are definitely most dangerous, should any single one super-erupt it could end all life on Earth. Yellowstone is just more guaranteed to finish the party. Like all other andesite supervolcanoes: Bora, Merapi, Campi Flegrei, Taupo, Glacier Lake, Long Valley etc it has a long dormancy. Tamu Massif on the Shatsky Rise is basaltic, like Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. Those spew a lot of lava, heat and gas ..mostly rock that forms a dome. Andesite is viscous, the experts say it doesn't flow quickly and expend itself more or less harmlessly. Rather it comes up a tube, forms a plug which cools, becomes solid, bottles the magma chamber until magmatic stress under the hotspot fractures caprock and that forms a sunken caldera. The rim is prone to forming pyroclastic clouds, hurricane blasts, Lahars, and ejecta like lava bombs as material escapes and flows in a superhot cloud. The vent forms an atmospheric cell of hot gases and air above the caldera that constitutes its own weather system against prevailing atmospheric currents and associated weather topography. A storm of fire and wind and death in a 60-90 mile radius called the deathzone. The killzone is wider still, and eventually the ash cloud covers the Earth, blotting all light from the sun for decades. Global temperatures fall, a new ice Age begins and does not retreat until some process releases enough carbon dioxide to trap infrared light and warm the planet and break the reflectivity of the ice sheet which has self-perpetuated an Ice Age.

    • @razorransom1795
      @razorransom1795 5 років тому +2

      Two! Just two! Keep up with the news, geological and otherwise people. There are quite a few hotspots which have major calderas and/or effects on faults, like the mandrid one that moved out into the Alantic and is causing seafloor ground deformation/buldging out there with a few others. Then there's the hot spot /mantle plume that's coming up under new jeresy, new hamshire and Massachusetts. And there's some rumors on what's really going on with china lake, either hot spot re activating and moved south a bit from it's other feeder volcanoes, note why the Mono-Inyo crater with cosco is showing activity while rest north isnt really anymore, or a new one is forming there. And adding mt Pektu as another version, has an interesting occurance happening there. Watch: ua-cam.com/video/3C2HVOB-g5s/v-deo.html for more on that.

    • @NebbieNZ
      @NebbieNZ 4 роки тому

      Yellow stone is also a subduction super volcano and has very different mechanisms.
      The last super volcanic eruption was centered over Lake Taupo in 231CE +-9y.

  • @Lettuce-and-Tomatoes
    @Lettuce-and-Tomatoes 6 місяців тому

    I hope that you have a peaceful, relaxing, healing day today, Dianna! 🙏🏻♥️

  • @bushmasterflash
    @bushmasterflash 4 роки тому +13

    "Hawaii. You are a tiny volcanic island, haha." Iceland.

  • @kezkezooie8595
    @kezkezooie8595 6 років тому +4

    This was something I didn't know and I loved learning about this! I'll be looking into it in more detail thanks to this video.

  • @pedroheck3667
    @pedroheck3667 7 років тому +110

    That ending though 😂

    • @EmmaHollen
      @EmmaHollen 7 років тому +16

      I felt like Sheldon Cooper for a second, like 'Wh-what? No, you can't do this! Oh pleaaaase say "Happy physicsing"' :D

    • @pedroheck3667
      @pedroheck3667 7 років тому +8

      Emma Hollen hahahah I felt exactly like Sheldon too! "plz don't do this to meee"

    • @woodfur00
      @woodfur00 7 років тому +2

      Like that one Vsauce where "And as always, thanks for watching" is replaced with a mildly disquieting leer.

    • @mskittysraiinbowpass
      @mskittysraiinbowpass 6 років тому

      Pedro Heck right😂😂😂

    • @blakcero
      @blakcero 6 років тому

      almost got me, i was all like what the Heck!

  • @victorching6278
    @victorching6278 2 роки тому +2

    Because I live in Hawaii and have a science degree I wanted to see how informative and correct your video on Hawaii was. It was spot on. Mahalo for featuring our unique state. So if I wait long enough I will end up in Siberia?

  • @CrankyPantss
    @CrankyPantss 7 років тому +320

    Very interesting, Dianna and Noah. Thanks for sharing this with us.

  • @SueDunMc-
    @SueDunMc- 6 років тому +4

    Thank you! I have learned a lot from this. I hope you are staying safe with all that's going on right now, it's pretty scary even for me and I don't live anywhere near Hawaii. Be safe guys!

    • @lalaithan
      @lalaithan 6 років тому

      She lives in CA, I believe.

  • @seanrickman7541
    @seanrickman7541 6 років тому +49

    Great vid. I love how scientists have this telling tendency to precede their commentary with ”We think...” whereas the religious simply make statements.

    • @rae0521
      @rae0521 6 років тому +8

      That's because "the religious" don't think (or perhaps can't). Their philosophies of life are fed to them like fast food - all prepared, pre-programmed, pre-digested rules and regulations. All they have to do is "believe" and, of course, pay. Thinking is verboten!

    • @bangladesh6027
      @bangladesh6027 4 роки тому +3

      Is preceeding a statement with "we think" no longer a statement? It's funny because sometimes we say "we think", other times we leave it out, and regardless, the end summary is always something along the lines of 6:04 - where any doubt is omitted completely and we then extrapolate the hypothesis across a range of other mysteries/problems as if it were undoubtedly true. That's what makes the news too, not "we think". In truth, it's sometimes as anecdotal a practice as religion.

    • @bangladesh6027
      @bangladesh6027 4 роки тому +12

      Ps I love how people's hatred of religion comes out via passive agression in the comments section of UA-cam videos, about volcanos.

    • @arnoio8355
      @arnoio8355 4 роки тому +1

      I'm not religious but I understand why religious people like the idea of faith

    • @redwolf4611
      @redwolf4611 4 роки тому +3

      “The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”
      ~Nikola Tesla

  • @sixuangong5275
    @sixuangong5275 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the explanation! This is in one of the GMAT articles that I didn't really understand, now with his explanation and the images, it is much more digestible!

  • @111jkjk
    @111jkjk 6 років тому +4

    I thought I was too old and cranky to be amazed wow

  • @mixey01
    @mixey01 6 років тому +379

    Love it when she says "Bloop bloop bloop" :-)

    • @lvmuen9807
      @lvmuen9807 6 років тому +1

      Yah. Me too haha

    • @sofearichielgbtq9430
      @sofearichielgbtq9430 6 років тому +4

      0:40

    • @AA123TD
      @AA123TD 6 років тому

      News is talking about a plume getting ready to erupt. 😐

    • @marsflee3815
      @marsflee3815 6 років тому +5

      In her personality, she reveals the effects of being raised in a paradise Island. (Happy girl) :)

    • @JID01
      @JID01 6 років тому

      And the PHD looks like the guy from Something About Mary (Lee Evans)

  • @borjojo
    @borjojo 6 років тому +12

    The reason why you make fork holes in pie - else you would have the Hawaiian Islands appear on your pie crust.

  • @robbinsanford714
    @robbinsanford714 2 роки тому

    Ok so 5 years later im just learning about this plume theory?? I read ALL THE TIME. Amazingly cool! Thank You for all You do!

  • @whynottalklikeapirat
    @whynottalklikeapirat 6 років тому +48

    I just want to see the thumbnail footage. WHERES MAH CLICKBAIT!!!?

    • @John-ev3rm
      @John-ev3rm 4 роки тому +3

      Suspect the video's captioned image of ocean surface eruption is photo shopped. Once I've realized I've been played , it doesn't matter how good the video is ,because I won't watch it. Click bait is that insulting.

    • @godsown4683
      @godsown4683 4 роки тому +1

      Because of that, they earned a thumbs down.

  • @stevie2112
    @stevie2112 7 років тому +368

    Can we get an answer on why the tectonic plate changed its direction?

    • @jonawhite17
      @jonawhite17 7 років тому +19

      Sula Wills Because it was pushed by another plate? That seems like more of a historical question than a physics question.

    • @Triumvirate888
      @Triumvirate888 7 років тому +180

      It realized it was going the wrong way. Duh.

    • @Stephanbitterwolf
      @Stephanbitterwolf 7 років тому +88

      it's​ actually more complicated than just a change in the plates movement. It has to do with how the Earth's mantle is convecting. Essentially that hot plume that she talked about going straight up, didn't go straight up at first. It was actually blown a bit such that it curved away from where it came from. There are some good images in the paper below. I'm by no means an expert but when I learned about it in my marine geology course I was pretty intrigued. Here's the review paper that talks about it. It's fairly recent. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Tarduno2009.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwj_xsnF7tvSAhWhgVQKHXTKCGsQFggfMAE&usg=AFQjCNHZzee31AwUcxMCXg9wG_cVmj8vFQ&sig2=dHktiks-2mxl8YOUAO1Eyg

    • @kanjitard
      @kanjitard 7 років тому +18

      Because when Olivia Newton-John invented gravity everything started to pull down.

    • @Seapotato-m2j
      @Seapotato-m2j 7 років тому +1

      thank you...

  • @elijahvanvlack3704
    @elijahvanvlack3704 7 років тому +106

    I am learning about physics and geology at 1:30 am. Why now? I should be asleep. What has happened to my life?

  • @midewesternintermediate4956
    @midewesternintermediate4956 6 років тому

    Great explanation Diana and Noah! Diana your personality kept my attention all the way to the end of the video

  • @kamalu80
    @kamalu80 6 років тому +55

    Great video!!!!!!! It is great to see that hawaii education system still works. I was born and raised on the Big Island but lived in Kaloa and worked in Kapa'a in the late 90s. I thought your comment about no night life was funny because it's TRUE. Lol the only thing open after 10pm was Hamura's saimin and 7-11. Any follow up videos about the current eruptions that in happening in lower Puna here on the Big island?

    • @MichaelRWolf
      @MichaelRWolf 6 років тому +1

      As mentioned in another comment, Diana's friend also has a great skill for explaining things. 2 out of 22 is a pretty good ratio for science podcasters!

    • @nurultea2051
      @nurultea2051 6 років тому

      Agree

    • @racheldowling9633
      @racheldowling9633 6 років тому

      No comment,

  • @nekoill
    @nekoill 5 років тому +3

    I just want you to know that I love your show and you are amazing

  • @_Keith_
    @_Keith_ 6 років тому +5

    2:58 "Tectonic plates!!" - Bill Nye the Science Guy in a cowboy hat.
    Lol! 🤣

  • @creatureconnor
    @creatureconnor 3 роки тому +1

    I'm going on a trip to Hawaii for the first time next week! So excited!

  • @jamesroseii
    @jamesroseii 7 років тому +28

    Did anyone else do a double take at Noah Randolph-Flagg? I read it as Randall Flagg...

    • @puffalump76
      @puffalump76 6 років тому +2

      James Rosenblum the villian from the books.

    • @HotLoveGarbage
      @HotLoveGarbage 6 років тому +1

      James Rosenblum The Walking Dude.

    • @rationalmartian
      @rationalmartian 6 років тому +3

      Yeh, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Couldn't quite remember if it was Randall or Randolph at first. But then again it must be thirty five years plus since I read The Stand.
      Indeed. The walking dude.
      What an enigmatic Monika ehh?

    • @doc6501
      @doc6501 6 років тому +1

      Oh my gosh, I did too! Lol

    • @dontaskmeimjustagirl...5798
      @dontaskmeimjustagirl...5798 6 років тому +1

      LOL, yes! And I considered commenting on it, but I figured nobody would get it. My mistake. :-)

  • @aguyandhiscomputer
    @aguyandhiscomputer 6 років тому +48

    Correct spelling and grammar is a lot more prevalent in this comment section than 99% of videos I watch.

    • @aguyandhiscomputer
      @aguyandhiscomputer 6 років тому

      To Catch A Copycat
      This was my first Physics Girl video.

    • @aguyandhiscomputer
      @aguyandhiscomputer 6 років тому +2

      Will Moffett
      Perhaps a wee one.

    • @marciamwfs9664
      @marciamwfs9664 6 років тому

      aguyandhiscomputer ....hahhahha.....snort*..chuckle

    • @aguyandhiscomputer
      @aguyandhiscomputer 6 років тому

      Marcia MWFS
      ua-cam.com/video/ACBNBSTns5s/v-deo.html

    • @foggyozarkgal348
      @foggyozarkgal348 6 років тому

      I noticed in the video the lady says "formation of the islands IS" the connected words are formation and is but if at first I thought she should have said ARE because of islands ~islands are ~formation is.

  • @viscache1
    @viscache1 6 років тому

    I cant imagine why everyone wouldn’t be watching this now that things are so incredibly active in Hawaii! Thanks !!!

  • @minogoda
    @minogoda 6 років тому +25

    This was soooo Good .. im like a child in a candy store right now!

    • @silvermediastudio
      @silvermediastudio 6 років тому

      With child-like explanations, too. This is 5th grade level stuff.

  • @jonathasnyder
    @jonathasnyder 6 років тому +97

    Why is Hawaii so much bigger? Did the plume grow or did the tectonic movement slow down?

    • @physicsgirl
      @physicsgirl  6 років тому +85

      Great question. The other islands have eroded after millions of years. Kauai, on the opposite side of the island chain, is 5 million years old. The big island is still forming.

    • @akawale
      @akawale 6 років тому +18

      Actually the Hawaii Island chain extends all the way to Kure Atoll. Beyond that are the Emperor Seamounts which were previously islands but have eroded after eons.

    • @MatthewSchellenberg
      @MatthewSchellenberg 6 років тому +15

      Physics Girl I don't see why that conclusion follows from the evidence. Those other "mountains" in the chain look uniform in size. If erosion acted equally upon those islands as the plume moved, shouldn't we see islands taper in size? It seems like the plume moved relatively quickly and now has slowed down.

    • @MatthewSchellenberg
      @MatthewSchellenberg 6 років тому +3

      At least it seems that the speed has varied.

    • @BillFromTheHill100
      @BillFromTheHill100 6 років тому +6

      None of your business.

  • @Stephanbitterwolf
    @Stephanbitterwolf 7 років тому +49

    hey. I really love your video but the end is a bit wrong. Scientists have studied why the 60 degree angle changed and it's not that the plate changed direction but that the plume got blown (by mantle convection) to a new position. I just learned about this in class and had the same idea that you did. here's a link to the paper that explains it much better than I can. keep up the good work! science.sciencemag.org/content/324/5923/50

    • @Triumvirate888
      @Triumvirate888 7 років тому +3

      Nobody really knows why, or even if that's what is happening inside the earth. These are all speculations and suggestions, not science. Science requires experimentation and observation, so it's not really possible for "scientists" to have "studied" this in any detail. We simply do not know enough about the inner workings of the planet to know how or why any of this is happening. All people can do is speculate and create hypotheticals based on very broad assumptions with what little evidence that exists on the topic.

    • @Stephanbitterwolf
      @Stephanbitterwolf 7 років тому +5

      Triumvirate888 oh really? is this your field of study?

    • @Stephanbitterwolf
      @Stephanbitterwolf 7 років тому +4

      I'm not an expert I only know what that review talks about. I thought it was pretty darn cool. Especially how they managed to figure it out!

    • @sandralovesmusic15
      @sandralovesmusic15 7 років тому +2

      Triumvirate888 ...we do have ways of observing the interior of the earth, although there are limits to what we can understand from the data. Seismology and magnetics provide massive amounts of data. Geologist studying things like ophiolites can provide additional information about chemistry and the conditions of formation. High pressure experiments are a huge field in geophysics where experiments are done to better understand everything from mineral stability to water content to how different types of seismic waves pass through different materials. Just because we cannot literally see the interior of the earth does not mean that we cannot make observations on it. Now plenty of the hypotheses we have to make sense of our observations are up for debate. Some are well agreed on due to overwhelming evidence like plate tectonics, the earth has a liquid and solid core, the core is primarily made of iron and some nickel and a tiny bit of something else. What that something else is is a pretty hot topic currently.

    • @sandralovesmusic15
      @sandralovesmusic15 7 років тому

      *ophiolite is a section of the earths oceanic crust and underlying upper mantle that has basically been uplifted and emplaced on continental crust so that it is exposed above sea level

  • @coliedeekenzo
    @coliedeekenzo 2 роки тому

    I know I’m years late on this video BUT my mind is blown! Would love to hear more of you two discuss science!

  • @Artyom178
    @Artyom178 6 років тому +8

    Dianna you are an angel.

  • @ZeroLelouch0
    @ZeroLelouch0 6 років тому +3

    23k more subscriber and she'll get 1M, just hit that button guys

  • @iridiumcaptain
    @iridiumcaptain 5 років тому +3

    *Intelligent person explaining cool stuff*
    Flerfers: nO, mAh ErF iZ fLaT!!

  • @midlifezenmidlifezen1500
    @midlifezenmidlifezen1500 6 років тому

    Super Fascinating! I don’t feel clickbaited at all. They explained the ‘bubble’ shown. Since it is an event that took place roughly 5 million years ago, pretty tough to get a real pic of it.

  • @chibinyra
    @chibinyra 7 років тому +7

    =oD!!! Hawaii links to Siberia! That is soooo cooool!

  • @theintelarif
    @theintelarif 6 років тому +5

    A geology video on a Physics channel finally 😏
    BTW, I'm a geology undergraduate.

  • @intheshell35ify
    @intheshell35ify 4 роки тому +11

    Love the irritated look on his face when she kept interrupting with questions as her brain was jumping ahead.

    • @nreising2722
      @nreising2722 4 роки тому

      Yes!!!🤔😂😂

    • @Shaun.Stephens
      @Shaun.Stephens 4 роки тому

      Yeah, she's a bit ditzy. This is the first and last of her videos that I'll watch.

  • @johnallenpadgett5885
    @johnallenpadgett5885 6 років тому

    Just subscribed for two reasons, the video is very informative and Diana makes it fun and easy to follow. Looking forward to watch other videos.

  • @beautifulcatastrophe
    @beautifulcatastrophe Рік тому +1

    Physics Girl, also known as Dianna Cowern, is an incredibly talented science communicator and educator who has made significant contributions to popularizing physics. Here are a few positive aspects about Physics Girl:
    1. Passionate Educator: Dianna's enthusiasm for physics is contagious. She has a genuine passion for the subject and is dedicated to sharing her knowledge and love for science with others. Her enthusiasm makes complex concepts more approachable and engaging for her audience.
    2. Effective Science Communicator: Dianna has a remarkable ability to break down complex physics concepts into simple, understandable terms. Through her UA-cam channel and various public appearances, she uses creative and accessible demonstrations to make physics more accessible to a wide range of viewers.
    3. Diversity and Inclusion: Dianna actively promotes diversity and inclusion in the field of physics and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in general. She is an inspiring role model for young women and underrepresented groups, encouraging them to pursue their passion for science.
    4. Hands-On Approach: One of the strengths of Physics Girl is her emphasis on hands-on experiments and demonstrations. She encourages her viewers to explore physics through interactive activities, which helps them develop a deeper understanding of the subject.
    5. Bridging Entertainment and Education: Dianna combines entertainment and education seamlessly, making her content both informative and enjoyable. She incorporates humor, storytelling, and engaging visuals, making physics more entertaining and relatable to a broader audience.
    6. Collaboration and Outreach: Physics Girl actively collaborates with other science communicators, researchers, and organizations to promote scientific understanding and discovery. She has participated in various outreach initiatives, making science more accessible to diverse communities.
    Overall, Physics Girl's dedication to making physics accessible, her passion for teaching, and her commitment to diversity and inclusion in STEM make her a valuable and positive figure in the science communication community.

  • @SebAnders
    @SebAnders 6 років тому +35

    May your curiosity never be quenched! To infinity and not a step further!

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 6 років тому

      Infinity is not a real value, it is a theoretical existence. For something to achieve infinity is impossible. There will always be an end in the real world. Theoretically, numbers are infinite, however, they will end once people forget them. May your curiosity never be quenched! You will never make it to infinity.

    • @ViolentGenius
      @ViolentGenius 6 років тому

      Numbers don't end once people forget them. Numbers exist whether we care to remember them or not. Humans did not create numbers. We labeled them that. They have always existed and always will. Infinity is a number beyond compreshension. There are also different values of infinity. Some are larger than others. We count in singularities. One, two, three, four and so on. But then you get fractions and the amount of possibilities for those numbers, which gives a larger infinity than singular numbers.

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 6 років тому

      I know about the different sizes of infinity. Numbers still aren't truly infinite. They will end along with everything else once the universe ends. I was only trying to prove that infinity is impossible to achieve, to make an even more negative and pessimistic version of the original comment.
      Fair enough your points are correct, but this was intended as a joke.

    • @SebAnders
      @SebAnders 6 років тому

      ^ Dear god, Wha- What have I done!?

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 6 років тому

      sorry, I never want to make arguments on other people's comments.

  • @tybuzz67
    @tybuzz67 5 років тому +7

    when i heard million of years, my brain just go "bye"

  • @martinorlofsky7271
    @martinorlofsky7271 7 років тому +7

    when she got up and didn't say happy physicsing i almost cried

    • @ModMINI
      @ModMINI 6 років тому

      yeah - I said out loud, "Hey!"

  • @rolfw2336
    @rolfw2336 6 років тому +1

    Noah's explanation was awesome... bring him back again :-)

  • @jeffreyhueseman7061
    @jeffreyhueseman7061 5 років тому +7

    Missed a trap, Columbia River flood basalts, 16 MYA, the Hotspot, Yellowstone.

    • @evannaallen8881
      @evannaallen8881 5 років тому

      Yellowstone?

    • @nathanj.2645
      @nathanj.2645 5 років тому

      I was wondering if yellowstone was the same sort of thing after watching. Thanks mate!

    • @jeffreyhueseman7061
      @jeffreyhueseman7061 5 років тому +1

      Yellowstone is a rhyolitic eruption, the flood basalts are a different type, but the heat was transferred to the area under flood basalts.

  • @tq2769
    @tq2769 3 роки тому +5

    Huh, a UA-cam personality who a). is not annoying and b). whose voice does not cause the paint to peel off the walls of my room - it’s a Christmas Miracle!!

  • @JosephFuller
    @JosephFuller 6 років тому +34

    Physics Girl, Dianna, would you consider doing any videos on artificial neural networks? It's something I've been improving my understanding of over the past couple of years and I'd really like to see your take on it because you have a way of breaking down complex ideas and making them interesting and easy to understand. ^^

    • @moondawg3693
      @moondawg3693 6 років тому +6

      Awww c'mon man, just ask her out.

    • @JosephFuller
      @JosephFuller 6 років тому +2

      She is too young. I'm 36 and she's like 24 or somewhere in her early 20's. True, I do think she is gorgeous and seems to have a really cool personality, looks to be very smart and would likely be fun to talk to but that does not mean it is okay for me to ask her out in the comments section of one of her videos. Wouldn't that be like totally weird and creepy? I'm guessing that it can be hard for a woman to put her image out into a public forum and do what she is doing without being pestered by old guys like me, so I would rather just be respectful and simply give her credit where credit is due without being too much of a creep about it.

    • @aardque
      @aardque 6 років тому +2

      No more weird and creepy than dispassionately discussing the idea, just so you can demonstrate how gentlemanly clinical you can be to casually dismiss it. Nice try though, I am guessing she shares our amusement.

    • @IntentionalEnglish
      @IntentionalEnglish 6 років тому +1

      The correct answer is to lie and say I'm married and stop being a perv Dr Why. Can't a comment ever just be a comment?

    • @drumrit
      @drumrit 6 років тому

      Dr Why you hit the nail on the head man

  • @georgenesisk412
    @georgenesisk412 6 років тому +2

    This was so cool! Thanks!

  • @goose1077
    @goose1077 6 років тому +288

    I got click baited by the thumbnail.

    • @TonyBombardo
      @TonyBombardo 6 років тому +18

      Same :/ I'll never subscribe to a channel that does this.

    • @anynymous520
      @anynymous520 6 років тому +21

      Thumbs down for clickbaits that don't deliver

    • @jennifersaar1611
      @jennifersaar1611 6 років тому +13

      How so? She answered the question - almost all volcanos pop up where tectonic plates meet.
      These are violent places, geologically speaking, so it makes sense that volcanos exist there. Hawaii's volcano is weird because it's in the middle of a plate. There isn't one plate grinding against another, and there isn't one plate subsuming another. Kilauea is a weirdo.

    • @TonyBombardo
      @TonyBombardo 6 років тому +22

      Jennifer Saar the photo is of something that is never show or discussed in the video, and is arguably more interesting than what was discussed

    • @sosaix3545
      @sosaix3545 6 років тому +8

      At least she's hot. There's that.

  • @Micro.
    @Micro. 7 років тому +5

    This is so Kaw... I mean.. Hawaii

  • @philipspencer9195
    @philipspencer9195 6 років тому +7

    when I was in 4th grade I one a spelling contest with the word plate tectonics.

    • @IBoudiaf
      @IBoudiaf 6 років тому +9

      Philip Spencer I find that hard to believe...
      Won*

    • @deadeyepickle9844
      @deadeyepickle9844 6 років тому

      You know there is something called smell check right? It makes a different word thinking the other word is write from the other word.

    • @cursekami1304
      @cursekami1304 6 років тому +1

      Philip Spencer as he spells won wrong

    • @jonathans4503
      @jonathans4503 6 років тому

      It must've been a miracle considering your current spelling of won

  • @theredrover3217
    @theredrover3217 6 років тому +1

    Great presentation, you are a very entertaining educator.

  • @MrRobbish
    @MrRobbish 6 років тому +50

    Focus!...

    • @Manda11.11
      @Manda11.11 6 років тому +1

      lol right my brain was like waahhhhhhhhhhhh ...

    • @milkhbox
      @milkhbox 6 років тому +3

      Dont blame her. She got excited about the volcano. She just forgot to use the voice activated "focus you fak!!" Feature on her camera.

    • @joshuaewalker
      @joshuaewalker 6 років тому +2

      milkbox
      Anywhere I find an AvE reference is a good place to be

    • @milkhbox
      @milkhbox 6 років тому +1

      Joshua Walker anybody who also watches Ave is my friend!

    • @dancampbell9386
      @dancampbell9386 6 років тому

      Robert Cooper ,,,, --

  • @enescakr4203
    @enescakr4203 7 років тому +15

    Hey Diana, you know when we heat up a matter it loses its magnetic property, also heating a magnet does too. My question is, why does earths mantel, core and other stuff has a magnetic characteristics even its that hot.

    • @attilakiss3786
      @attilakiss3786 7 років тому +3

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curie_temperature
      It is on the beginning

    • @sgedd1
      @sgedd1 7 років тому

      Motion!

    • @andymcl92
      @andymcl92 7 років тому +5

      Good explanation by Christian, but I'll try and add to it, if I can. Some metals are magnetic because of the way their atoms are aligned. Think of an atom as like an apple with an arrow stuck through the core. (This comes about because the atoms are spinning, but that could take a longer explanation!) If the arrows are all aligned, you get a strong magnet. If they aren't, you don't. When you heat a metal up, the atoms begin to jiggle about more. This means they stop being aligned the same way, so the lose some of their magnetic strength. When the metal cools, the atoms are frozen in to whatever random direction they were in, so the magnet is lost.
      Now, if you have charged particles moving, you can generate a magnetic field. This is how electromagnets work. In the Earth, the molten iron is flowing. This acts a bit like the electrical current in a wire, so we get a magnetic field.

    • @aajjeee
      @aajjeee 7 років тому +2

      you can magnetize a dead magnet with another strong magnetic field, so while itsc ooling it takes on the field that is present

    • @DANGJOS
      @DANGJOS 7 років тому +7

      enes Cakir Basically, the answer is that magnets *don't* lose all their magnetic properties when heated. When heated beyond the Curie point, a magnetic material changes from ferromagnetic/ferrimagnetic to paramagnetic. This basically means that it can no longer form permanent spins. However, a paramagnet's spin will still line up with magnetic fields. So after it cools, it will go back to being ferromagnetic/ferrimagnetic and lock in the Earth's magnetic field at the time

  • @damionmurray8244
    @damionmurray8244 6 років тому +5

    Do a video on the switch in magnetic polarity as recorded on the sea floor. Curious to know what consequences that phenomenon might have when the next switch happens.

    • @andremaloney4128
      @andremaloney4128 6 років тому

      use the search bar above and you'll get a bunch of hits.

    • @damionmurray8244
      @damionmurray8244 6 років тому

      Already have, but I'd like to see Physics Girl's take on it.

  • @Rainears129
    @Rainears129 3 роки тому +1

    As someone who also grew up in Hawaii (Oahu instead) and while I learned a lot about how the volcanoes were formed, several times, but never have I heard of basalt floods and the theory about the hotspot just being the tail of one.
    Also, to get an idea of how things can move through solid rock, I had a geology teacher liken the mantle to tootsie rolls. I also like to think like wet clay and its moving via convection is like kneading the clay.

  • @Lee784447
    @Lee784447 6 років тому +4

    You can also look at California and see the same thing.

  • @JamieHughes1
    @JamieHughes1 7 років тому +7

    new physics girl avatar! (phi)sics girl, i love it!

  • @sizweletanta
    @sizweletanta 3 роки тому +3

    People: "Geography is boring"
    Noah Randolph-Flagg: "Hold my chain of volcanic islands

  • @smiley3012
    @smiley3012 3 роки тому

    Very good info I lived in Hawaii for over 25 years and learned a lot from this video.

  • @ctrhenry
    @ctrhenry 5 років тому +5

    Make a story about gps tracking the moving tectonic plates

  • @Zachiethechan
    @Zachiethechan 6 років тому +68

    Live by the volcano die by the volcano. Hawaii 2018

    • @bryanworkman3902
      @bryanworkman3902 6 років тому +3

      except no one has died have they?

    • @toring61_52
      @toring61_52 6 років тому

      It's not unusual about Hawaii, We live on a rock in floating in space. Mother nature has always changed, never a day goes by without something happening. remember the continents were supposedly all together at one point millions of years ago.

    • @bryanworkman3902
      @bryanworkman3902 6 років тому

      damn dude

  • @MrHarsh3600
    @MrHarsh3600 7 років тому +34

    7,558 views with 0 dislikes.

    • @JackieRoxs
      @JackieRoxs 7 років тому +4

      16,407 views with 3 dislikes.

    • @arpitparmar868
      @arpitparmar868 7 років тому +1

      LolGuy 22k view 4 dislikes

    • @Mandeeness
      @Mandeeness 7 років тому +1

      51,090 views with 27 dislikes

    • @MrHarsh3600
      @MrHarsh3600 6 років тому

      1.1 million views with 1.3k dislikes

  • @adituta8660
    @adituta8660 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you! You are a great person, Dianna! These information are very useful and you have done a great job doing things for popularizing science and open our minds about amazing facts of science!

  • @Mr59Kenzo
    @Mr59Kenzo 6 років тому +19

    fantastic video love what your doing

    • @joanwoodson8535
      @joanwoodson8535 6 років тому

      Ken

    • @Mr59Kenzo
      @Mr59Kenzo 6 років тому

      yes, Joan? Did I miss something I don't see a comment or I'm missing it.