What's happening to Earth's core? - Shannon Odell
What's happening to Earth's core? - Shannon Odell with tags earths core, earths atmosphere, exosphere, stratosphere, gravity, gravitational pull, atmospheric gases, atmospheric loss, oil resevoir, oil wells, methane, greenhouse gas, magnetic field, solar storms, cosmic radiation, plate tectonics, magmatic activity, hydrogen, emissions, abandoned wells, methane emissions, education, science, environmental science, animation, shannon odell, eva münnich, strange beast, ted, ted-ed, ted ed, teded, ted education
Explore the science of why Earth’s atmosphere is losing hydrogen, and find out what other leaks could affect life on our planet.
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A hydrogen atom is traveling high within the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere. This particular atom first entered the exosphere millions of years ago, but today it overcomes Earth’s gravitational pull and escapes, joining the roughly 90 tons of material that leak out of our atmosphere each day. Should we be worried about these leaks? Shannon Odell digs into our planet’s imperfect plumbing.
Lesson by Shannon Odell, directed by Eva Münnich, Strange Beast.
This video made possible in collaboration with Speed & Scale
A special thanks to Mary Kang and Jean-Baptiste Koehl who provided information and insights for the development of this video.
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