Why Hawaii's volcano is so UNUSUAL

Hawaii is known for its volcanoes, but most volcanoes on earth exist along tectonic plate lines. Hawaii does not! What causes Hawaii to form, and how is it related to the mystery of a magnetic bar code across the Pacific Ocean? Host Dianna Cowern chatted with geologist Noah Randolph-Flagg from UC Berkeley while hiking on the island of Kauai.
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  • @IMadeThisCoverForYou
    @IMadeThisCoverForYou6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @handimanjay6642
    @handimanjay66423 жыл бұрын

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

  • @horahora871
    @horahora8714 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Bustahbrown

    @Bustahbrown

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    4 times that now!

  • @shawnhartmann4581

    @shawnhartmann4581

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    6.7 now… wow

  • @heddevh
    @heddevh4 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @charlesguo8269

    @charlesguo8269

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @quaqcy4336

    @quaqcy4336

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ayeshaenver3087

    @ayeshaenver3087

    4 жыл бұрын

    She should lol!!! 🤣🤣😂🤣

  • @EricLing64

    @EricLing64

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @estebanpadilla2607
    @estebanpadilla26076 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LittleBlue42

    @LittleBlue42

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah for sure! I would watch that.

  • @Bibble_IsBack

    @Bibble_IsBack

    6 жыл бұрын

    Esteban Padilla ikr

  • @silvermediastudio

    @silvermediastudio

    6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BaseballMentorLopez

    @BaseballMentorLopez

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @THEKONADREAMER50
    @THEKONADREAMER506 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    THEKONADREAMER50 welcome to the internet sir!!

  • @remedy1858

    @remedy1858

    6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    @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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @zarion1181

    @zarion1181

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dathaniel9403
    @dathaniel94033 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @igna122
    @igna1224 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrHistory269

    @MrHistory269

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh and now there’s a new eruption

  • @lincolnpascual

    @lincolnpascual

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @payola5000

    @payola5000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me in 2021:O.0

  • @Kate-bc2wu
    @Kate-bc2wu6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @grizzlycountry1030

    @grizzlycountry1030

    6 жыл бұрын

    *SHOW US YOUR MOUNDS!!!*

  • @razorransom1795

    @razorransom1795

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @dixiedragon54
    @dixiedragon546 жыл бұрын

    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
    @coreywild3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ramchandrajikamade3427
    @ramchandrajikamade34275 жыл бұрын

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

  • @deandeann1541
    @deandeann15416 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @SuAva
    @SuAva6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @deepblue3682

    @deepblue3682

    6 жыл бұрын

    Suzanne ,yup..yup..mine too..))..

  • @sebaastopol

    @sebaastopol

    6 жыл бұрын

    Suzanne lol doing the same right know

  • @onalennasehume4586

    @onalennasehume4586

    6 жыл бұрын

    I feel you girl!

  • @kezkezooie8595
    @kezkezooie85956 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Charlie-ib8jw
    @Charlie-ib8jw4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @adamw116
    @adamw1166 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @danielmorris6584

    @danielmorris6584

    6 жыл бұрын

    Adam W. But did they smash though?

  • @ozdergekko
    @ozdergekko7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @physicsgirl

    @physicsgirl

    7 жыл бұрын

    +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 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rickiex
    @rickiex5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnallenpadgett5885
    @johnallenpadgett58856 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TINYHEAD69
    @TINYHEAD696 жыл бұрын

    I really like that you can see the passion Noah has for what he knows, its really cool. Awesome video, thank you :)

  • @radrestorations8598
    @radrestorations85986 жыл бұрын

    Click baited in to learning.

  • @sciencebutreversed1166

    @sciencebutreversed1166

    6 жыл бұрын

    FitGearReviews best way to learn

  • @anniestaes430

    @anniestaes430

    6 жыл бұрын

    god, that must be aweful.

  • @jbodden6977

    @jbodden6977

    6 жыл бұрын

    well played...

  • @zer0b0t

    @zer0b0t

    6 жыл бұрын

    That thumbnail also has an interesting story I think

  • @calibre4863

    @calibre4863

    6 жыл бұрын

    True ! Jijiji , it was worth it. 🤣

  • @mccloysong
    @mccloysong2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sarahp6512
    @sarahp65124 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 .

  • @emmamay3820
    @emmamay38207 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Zaire82

    @Zaire82

    6 жыл бұрын

    I need information like this to further my plan.

  • @bmemike
    @bmemike7 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bushmasterflash
    @bushmasterflash4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ExcitedPunch
    @ExcitedPunch6 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @jurian0101
    @jurian01017 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @CrankyPantss
    @CrankyPantss7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @janicebagley7359

    @janicebagley7359

    6 жыл бұрын

    CrankyPants kk

  • @rafaelalewis3137

    @rafaelalewis3137

    6 жыл бұрын

    CrankyPants h

  • @hoanghanh2802

    @hoanghanh2802

    6 жыл бұрын

    CCMTLLUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLL,,,, JPJPLOKnbgvfffffffffvccvvcvcc.,mnbggvfcxdzsaaaaaa

  • @gracespray5906

    @gracespray5906

    6 жыл бұрын

    CrankyPant

  • @vinylguy26

    @vinylguy26

    6 жыл бұрын

    CrankyPants to

  • @bethjane1582
    @bethjane15826 жыл бұрын

    Loved that, I was curious because of the recent volcanic eruptions ongoing in Hawaii and now Guatamala. Subscribed from UK

  • @ffggddss
    @ffggddss6 жыл бұрын

    + 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

  • @aislyndelarosa1583

    @aislyndelarosa1583

    2 жыл бұрын

    The name is Lo'ihi :)

  • @KellyPhong
    @KellyPhong6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kdogg1372

    @kdogg1372

    6 жыл бұрын

    He would be a great teacher.

  • @peterconway3646

    @peterconway3646

    6 жыл бұрын

    IF she let him speak be great x

  • @4herstory

    @4herstory

    6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    She is. She is teaching on youtube.

  • @seriousthree6071

    @seriousthree6071

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @photonoceon1794
    @photonoceon17946 жыл бұрын

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

  • @OurHourglass

    @OurHourglass

    4 жыл бұрын

    Talk about tension and buildup.

  • @morningstar3437

    @morningstar3437

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @falconflylow

    @falconflylow

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sixuangong5275
    @sixuangong52752 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @earthnote
    @earthnote3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aliservan7188
    @aliservan71886 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pidginmac
    @pidginmac6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Donoprez
    @Donoprez6 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE YOUR VIDEO!!!!! So simple but SUPER easily to understand and by the way you remind me of Phoebe from friends 😂😂😂😂😉

  • @robbinsanford714
    @robbinsanford7142 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @b04rder4life
    @b04rder4life6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnnicholson8811
    @johnnicholson88115 жыл бұрын

    Ask Noah why Iceland is more unusual.

  • @jebes909090

    @jebes909090

    5 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SevenPr1me

    @SevenPr1me

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnnicholson8811

    @johnnicholson8811

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ericanderson4801

    @ericanderson4801

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lordieshepherd
    @lordieshepherd5 жыл бұрын

    So cool. Thanks for putting that up. Subscribed!

  • @306champion
    @306champion3 жыл бұрын

    Now this is a truly great episode, I'll have to watch it again and absorb more.

  • @kamalu80
    @kamalu806 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @racheldowling9633

    @racheldowling9633

    6 жыл бұрын

    No comment,

  • @mrigeshpalav2808
    @mrigeshpalav28087 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @tatotiteta

    @tatotiteta

    6 жыл бұрын

    do you drink magma?

  • @coliedeekenzo
    @coliedeekenzo2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @adituta8660
    @adituta86604 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @queenbulova5682
    @queenbulova56826 жыл бұрын

    This was educational and taught me something new.

  • @sleepsleeper4466

    @sleepsleeper4466

    6 жыл бұрын

    CHERISE SCANTLEBURY why learn when you can think? 😎

  • @SueDunMc-
    @SueDunMc-6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    She lives in CA, I believe.

  • @alison4316
    @alison43166 жыл бұрын

    So glad I found your channel! Thank you 😁

  • @midewesternintermediate4956
    @midewesternintermediate49566 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Zloner
    @Zloner6 жыл бұрын

    A more interesting question is about the "engine" behind plate tectonics. You might think it would be because of the spreading of the ocean floor but there is also a subduction mechanism at the plate boundaries which forces older more dense oceanic crust to be subducted under a less dense continental crust. but then again a plate HAS to be created by the mid-ocean ridge in order for it to be subducted. The chicken and the egg.

  • @lobotomized7020

    @lobotomized7020

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alon Elhadad one side of a subduction zone is light rock..the other is heavier rock..

  • @danicatempleton6745

    @danicatempleton6745

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mantle convection, yo

  • @pedroheck3667
    @pedroheck36677 жыл бұрын

    That ending though 😂

  • @EmmaHollen

    @EmmaHollen

    7 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @woodfur00

    @woodfur00

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mskittysraiinbowpass

    @mskittysraiinbowpass

    6 жыл бұрын

    Pedro Heck right😂😂😂

  • @blakcero

    @blakcero

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gfoster600
    @gfoster6004 жыл бұрын

    great video explained simply very enjoyable to watch.

  • @aalaa9449
    @aalaa94492 жыл бұрын

    This was awesome! Thank you for sharing

  • @ericanderson4801
    @ericanderson48015 жыл бұрын

    TWO glaring exceptions. The other is Yellowstone.

  • @user_mac0153

    @user_mac0153

    5 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZXdmqriIcpDNZdY.html for more on that.

  • @NebbieNZ

    @NebbieNZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @111jkjk
    @111jkjk6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BlackSheep1
    @BlackSheep16 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks for dropping the knowledge

  • @DancinRose
    @DancinRose6 жыл бұрын

    Loved it. As a retired Earth Science teacher, this was a fun & interesting presentation. Thanks physics girl.

  • @MsCrazyGirlx
    @MsCrazyGirlx7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @davidwells9982
    @davidwells99826 жыл бұрын

    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

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @paulamarie43
    @paulamarie436 жыл бұрын

    You’re awesome ! Thank you for sharing your passion!

  • @Cardgar
    @Cardgar6 жыл бұрын

    Very cool and well made. Thanks!

  • @AyindesSeacret
    @AyindesSeacret6 жыл бұрын

    Dope video! Can't wait to show my little scientists.

  • @mixey01
    @mixey016 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lvmuen9807

    @lvmuen9807

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yah. Me too haha

  • @sofearichielgbtq9430

    @sofearichielgbtq9430

    6 жыл бұрын

    0:40

  • @AA123TD

    @AA123TD

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @marsflee3815

    @marsflee3815

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JID01

    @JID01

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @josesequerosvalle
    @josesequerosvalle4 жыл бұрын

    I found this channel by accident, and it's the best. Congratulations Diana!

  • @miguelyamantak6976
    @miguelyamantak69766 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for sharing! I'm subscribed.

  • @borjojo
    @borjojo6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @missingremote4388

    @missingremote4388

    6 жыл бұрын

    borjojo like some Hawiian Pot Pie.

  • @Heskenclark
    @Heskenclark5 жыл бұрын

    6:02 *Y E L L O W S T O N E*

  • @georgenesisk412
    @georgenesisk4126 жыл бұрын

    This was so cool! Thanks!

  • @theredrover3217
    @theredrover32176 жыл бұрын

    Great presentation, you are a very entertaining educator.

  • @jonathasnyder
    @jonathasnyder6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @physicsgirl

    @physicsgirl

    6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    At least it seems that the speed has varied.

  • @BillFromTheHill100

    @BillFromTheHill100

    6 жыл бұрын

    None of your business.

  • @_Keith_
    @_Keith_6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @smiley3012
    @smiley30123 жыл бұрын

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

  • @victorching6278
    @victorching62782 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @whynottalklikeapirat
    @whynottalklikeapirat6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @John-ev3rm

    @John-ev3rm

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because of that, they earned a thumbs down.

  • @stevie2112
    @stevie21127 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jonawhite17

    @jonawhite17

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Triumvirate888

    @Triumvirate888

    7 жыл бұрын

    It realized it was going the wrong way. Duh.

  • @Stephanbitterwolf

    @Stephanbitterwolf

    7 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @libeshbalakrishnan8840

    @libeshbalakrishnan8840

    7 жыл бұрын

    thank you...

  • @bikedawg
    @bikedawg4 жыл бұрын

    Very cool educational video---blew my mind!

  • @rolfw2336
    @rolfw23366 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nekoill
    @nekoill5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Mr59Kenzo
    @Mr59Kenzo6 жыл бұрын

    fantastic video love what your doing

  • @joanwoodson8535

    @joanwoodson8535

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ken

  • @Mr59Kenzo

    @Mr59Kenzo

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mosespray4510
    @mosespray45106 жыл бұрын

    That's a nice video. It prompted me to subscribe.

  • @midlifezenmidlifezen1500
    @midlifezenmidlifezen15006 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Lens98052
    @Lens980526 жыл бұрын

    Volcanic activity under Yellowstone Park in Montana is moving and used to be under Idaho and Idaho has a vast lava field in its badlands.

  • @Stacey67320able

    @Stacey67320able

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lens98052 The volcanic activity is Not moving. The North American Continent is.

  • @alicemak6719

    @alicemak6719

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lens98052

  • @Lens98052

    @Lens98052

    6 жыл бұрын

    Your fixed point of reference being?

  • @jamesroseii
    @jamesroseii7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @puffalump76

    @puffalump76

    6 жыл бұрын

    James Rosenblum the villian from the books.

  • @HotLoveGarbage

    @HotLoveGarbage

    6 жыл бұрын

    James Rosenblum The Walking Dude.

  • @rationalmartian

    @rationalmartian

    6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh, I did too! Lol

  • @dontaskmeimjustagirl...5798

    @dontaskmeimjustagirl...5798

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tinamariefair
    @tinamariefair6 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I lived on the Big Island for 3 years. Crazy activity now!!

  • @foosmonkey
    @foosmonkey6 жыл бұрын

    That's really cool to think about. Thanks for sharing!

  • @damionmurray8244
    @damionmurray82446 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @damionmurray8244

    @damionmurray8244

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ananthpai6479
    @ananthpai64796 жыл бұрын

    When you’re taking earth science your like I KNOW THAT😝

  • @richardwebster1192
    @richardwebster11926 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video!!! Thanks for the education

  • @wesmatron
    @wesmatron5 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant vid. Thanks.

  • @elijahvanvlack3704
    @elijahvanvlack37047 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MysteryHendrik

    @MysteryHendrik

    7 жыл бұрын

    Elijah Van Vlack I’m doing it at 2:33 am.

  • @tylernass6263

    @tylernass6263

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hey, 1:20 am here

  • @BrettonFerguson

    @BrettonFerguson

    6 жыл бұрын

    Your life can go is worse directions at 1:30 am. Trust me.

  • @queenbulova5682

    @queenbulova5682

    6 жыл бұрын

    Elijah Van Vlack and history

  • @AmadeuShinChan

    @AmadeuShinChan

    6 жыл бұрын

    :nothing?

  • @ctrhenry
    @ctrhenry5 жыл бұрын

    Make a story about gps tracking the moving tectonic plates

  • @brittalbach416
    @brittalbach4166 жыл бұрын

    great I found this Video, thank you and God bless you from Germany

  • @minogoda
    @minogoda6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @silvermediastudio

    @silvermediastudio

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @alecmyers9709
    @alecmyers97095 жыл бұрын

    Could this plume thing happen at Yellowstone? Feel like that plume might be on the more devastating side

  • @wonkothesane3482

    @wonkothesane3482

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is not the exact same process on the grand scale but the basic idea is there. Yellowstone is caused by a hot spot of sorts(keep in mind this is all hypothetical, you think studying the ocean is tough, geologist can't actually look at the mantel) though the source for the hot spot is a bit different, we believe that it is largely caused by the melting of the subducted Juan de Fuca plate off of the west coast around Washington.

  • @shenaniganstoo
    @shenaniganstoo6 жыл бұрын

    After years of denying I want to see Hawai'i, (fear of flying), I am intrigued by the volcanic activity and would love to see actual lava activity. At a distance of course. Thanks for and awesome tutorial about the islands history and activity. Certainly resolved some questions on how it continuously flows. Thanks.

  • @b.s.adventures9421
    @b.s.adventures94214 жыл бұрын

    I love that hike. Thanx for keeping it to yourself.

  • @seanrickman7541
    @seanrickman75416 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @arnoio8355

    @arnoio8355

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @redwolf4611

    @redwolf4611

    4 жыл бұрын

    “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