Ice Age Floods - A Common Thread for Agriculture

From 2015: CWU's Nick Zentner speaks at the Direct Seed Association Conference in Kennewick, Washington. Filmed by Washington State University Extension. Tom Foster photographs featured.

[@douginorlando6260]

I knew Nick was going to be well worth 53 minutes of undivided attention. I really appreciated his live youtube videos during the pandemic lockdown. Nick Zentner makes me want to be a geologist.

[@Thick_Cut_Bacon]

It must be so frustrating to look out during a lecture and see people on their phones. Good on you Nick for calling that out.

[@briane173]

One of the many things I like about Nick is that he suffers no fools. This may be a public lecture or at least an audience of agriculturalists, but Nick is, first and foremost, a *_teacher;_* and he expects that if he's going to give an hour of his time to offer his expertise the least the audience can do is listen. No different than what he's entitled to expect from his 101 or 351 students at CWU. I'd feel the same way but I'd probably be reluctant to call these people out; but that's what makes Nick such a presence. He has the bona fides to command the attention of his audience -- the least that should be expected as a common courtesy -- and is not afraid to call these people out if they're being disrespectful of Nick's time.

[@RichardRickettsAtty]

"let's lock in here" I wish I would have had you for a professor when I was in college. You rock.

[@briane173]

That was my favorite part of this lecture when he first did it. And I was like hell yeah bro -- treat it like a classroom. These people are out here to learn something about the soil they're tilling and growing wine grapes on; the least the audience could do is pay attention to the lecturer instead of having their faces buried in their friggin' phones. You can do that anywhere. Nick was giving of his time and expertise and it wasn't for his heatlh. So he said that and I was like you go, bro.

[@farmermark2067]

Can never get enough of Nick! Looking forward to more awesome content in the coming weeks and months.

[@paulmcmanus6222]

I'll have to say that this is one of the most delightful lectures I've heard Nick present, so far... And, not one Sorry Patrick in the entire hour!

[@markp.9707]

Best part of my day is when Nick posts a new video! He has me hooked on Bretz. Mark from AZ

[@hobbyfarmer62]

😂 first off nice shut down on the cell phone troll sad folks need reminded they are being rude. Also as usual a great presentation making it clear the simply massive amounts of water that was released by the floods. Thank you again for enlightening all of us geological amateurs about the world around us.

[@Utahdropout]

Nick..... You did it again. I thought I'd drop in for a quick glance at what you had to say and, as usual, you sucked me in and grabbed me with some excellent visuals and a fascinating lecture . Next thing i knew and hour had passed and I was left wanting more. Such a interesting topic. Our earth and all that has happened over the millennia is such a great puzzle to put together. You and all those dedicated people who have and are working to find all the pieces of that puzzle and put them together is a way that is understandable by laymen like me are to be congratulated on what has been done so far. I will continue to be amazed by your presentations of the "stories" and science as it becomes available. Thanks again.

[@nwAmerican]

Nick YOU'RE THE BEST 👌 This lecture has completed my Sunday afternoon.

[@oscarmedina1303]

Very enjoyable presentation. Thank you Nick.

[@Albopepper]

Such a great presentation! I looked up Tom Foster after watching this. So sorry to see that he passed away. It's nice to see that his work lives on! Thanks so much for helping us to visualize all of this. I can't believe that some people have the gall to try to conflate the evidence of these floods with some sort of singular global event. 🙄

[@billmurray4895]

Wow, Nick, you make geology come alive. Shawn Willsey has done a very good job on the Bonniville flood. Each lecture compliments the other. Very easy to follow and retain that knowledge. Thank you.

[@mybookfacetube]

Yes, Shawn's videos are excellent.

[@jeffbybee5207]

Looking forward to this

[@briangarrow448]

Thank you for sharing this with us! Another classic presentation of our favorite stories on Ice Age Floods. The photographs were spectacular!

[@ADAMJWAITE]

I've watched several of Nick's lectures on this subject and yet there were several bits of new information presented here that I'd never heard before. You're a fantastic and entertaining teacher Mr. Zentner!

[@richardbailey7964]

Nick thank you so much for these lectures! As a person who is going into a different field of science and hopes to become a professor one day, your lectures are an amazing inspiration. They are by far some of the best science lectures I've seen not just from a content perspective but also compositionally. I think your ability to convey a narrative(s) within a lecture is such a necessary aspect of getting people engaged. I hope to one day be able to convey neuroscience in a similar enthralling way!

[@skittles5347]

Shucks...I missed the live stream. I promise...My excuse is that I'm cleaning my house! HA! Watching the playback now. Always wonderful content from an awesome communicator. Thank you for sharing with us this wonderful content, Nick!

[@cindyleehaddock3551]

Thanks again, Nick, for letting us listen in on one of your public lectures! Liked the tie ins with local agriculture, and of course, your guest photographers! Sounds like they also might like a lecture on calcrete farming (we have to do that in Central Texas) and what to do before and after the next volcanic ashfall....Loved your putting in the hammer incident twice!

[@jackbuster5618]

You have a way of making college level geology fun... much appreciated! Especially the field trips!!!!!

[@daytonlights-peterwine468]

Any day with a video from Nick is a good day. :) Thanks, and enjoy your summer! Love the Tom Foster pictures. Like Nick, I think we all miss him a lot.

[@wendyspicer8588]

I have been watching your lectures out of sequence but this video brought together all that I had learned previously. Like others I appreciate the effort that you make.

[@peacenow4456]

GEO NICK CLASSIC! 2015 -- He must be on vacation... but re-runs of anything Nick is so great. I love his hike videos too.

[@tinfoilhatscholar]

Love it! Great work Nick. I'm here in Taos NM, southern end of the San Luis valley.. the entire area is on a bedrock of basalt, and the mountains are comprised of a grey granite, but.. at the southern end of town, all the way through Pilar, the hills are filled with hundreds of varieties of stone, tons of colored granite and lots that appears to be river stone. Looks like flood deposit to me!

[@jacotacomorocco]

That's fascinating is there anymore specific location information for this?

[@bjdefilippo447]

Great visuals! Thanks to Tom Foster. And Nick, thanks for another fascinating talk.

[@kayafternoon9045]

A classic this is my favorite tangent

[@Ilikeorchids]

An incredible story told that leaves me even more in awe that I have always been about my back yard. Just mind blowing!

[@davec9244]

You had it then as you have it now. Better, and better you are. thank you stay safe ALL

[@maryamcclain1556]

I tell so many people about your wonderful, amazing teachings. I love everything you tell us!!

[@Hanbitwc]

I had participated in a Geomorphology class at Portland State University Fall of 1992. Prof. Larry W Price. A field trip of the Channeled Scabland was part of the course. For 3 days we traveled 1000 miles through Eastern Washington. You will not regret the experience if you have the opportunity to witness the scale of these sites.

[@cerberus2881]

Got it Coach! I never miss these and thanks to Nick and many others, I know more about his area than my own.

[@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515]

Great presentation Nick! The ag connection really gives your talk relevance.

[@eloycastellanos4023]

Thanks Nick, Greetings!!

[@julescaru8591]

Thanks to the organisers and of course to Nick , it’s all just so fascinating! All the best Jules 👏

[@kevins8434]

Appreciate it Nick!! Love from Stanwood!

[@tracygallaway36]

Awesome, Nick! Thank you!!

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

Beautiful Nick, thank you✌🏽

[@e.k.4508]

Nick the Storyteller at his best ❤

[@jkgardner1933]

Once again an impressive talk with plenty of information and pictures. Thank you for posting this. During your vacation your words are welcome.

[@DonnaCsuti-ji2dd]

Very enjoyable talk Nick thank you for sharing 😊

[@briankepner7569]

Glad to see this post. On a hot Sunday afternoon with strange overcast down here in Oregon

[@larryjohnson1776]

Thanks Nick

[@craighoover1495]

I wonder if some of those guys got the idea that deep ripping, or plowing so to really create a deeper root zone might help reduce those unproductive areas in fields. When I was active in agriculture in the area 30 years ago no till was all the rage. Beautiful photography and visual content, thank you. I wouldn't have been looking at my phone.

[@neilgavin5752]

I always enjoy listening to your videos! You make geology fun!

[@hestheMaster]

A truly fantastic presentation about IAFs ( Ice Age Floods) that really sums up past recent videos you have done on Bretz's work from earlier in the last century. Tom's photography was excellent in referencing all the evidence that he wrote about. It still amazes me the circular cuts dug up by giant whirlpools of water with rock and or ice boulder material in those flood events that are present in the scablands.

[@timblack6422]

Sir, you never fail to deliver interesting info!

[@Rachel.4644]

So enjoyable!!! Excellent.

[@gladebrosi6587]

Absolutely loved this. Thank you

[@_Michiel_]

Excellent lecture as always! I loved every second of it. 😊

[@GoldenSkullProspecting]

I've learned so much about washington from Nick, and I live in michigan lol 🤷‍♂️ I might go there some day lol

[@iviewthetube]

Wow, that was great!

[@alpineflauge909]

excellent

[@BlueInOrangeAgain]

Nick is such a good presenter and knowledgeable geologist. I've watched all his youtubes vids, including the at home, the at the office and even the early ones where he still held the mic ;)

[@mikecoffeen7991]

Fantastic as usual.

[@toma5153]

A great watch for a Sunday morning. Lots of good up to date information. Glad to hear there are many locations for Mima mounds - that's completely new to me.

[@janzaluda9558]

Mima mounds are not mysterious, but are a type of thermokarst that forms when permafrost melts. They can be viewed forming in real time today in Yakutia.

[@curtisjones6368]

As usual, great information. Please keep up the good work.

[@montanawardog]

Great bit of history there with this one. I'm interested to see with 8 more years of research and data if a lot of the questions can/will be answered in greater depth than they were in this presentation.

[@boatstrips]

Cool video Nick. Love your content.

[@Donna_G]

This was really interesting.

[@mikeryan2388]

Wow, the clock tower in Montana gave me deja vu like I was looking at a castle along Germany’s Mosel river. Makes wonder if Germany had a glacial history. The steep slopes with steps might just be related to the grapevines though

[@hallmanager6491]

High octane Zetner!

[@BM-qi4ig]

Excellent

[@laurafolsom2048]

You look so youthful

[@robsimer9296]

The agriculture around the Wallowas and Elkhorns benefit today from the smaller iceage floods evidenced throughout their corresponding valleys.

[@lorrainewaters6189]

that picture at 9.09 shows how that rock was so readily swept away: it was those basalt columns whose cleavage planes made it easier for water to pluck the pillars away!!!!. easy peasy! So. cool.

[@ziggstah5307]

Interesting to look back and realize some or more is wrong with our present thinking. I m looking at the map 10:39 timestamp and thinking if Spokane is covered How far into Missoula lake would also be covered? Would it be possible for that "Lobe" to back into Snake river outlet?

[@dianeworley7968]

Plug was at Cabinet Gorge. 😊

[@myster_goodbar2845]

Yay, rocks!

[@Showboat_Six]

Is it possible that the Wallula gap was far narrower during the Ice Age floods than it is today and that today’s width is because the erosion has caused it to become as wide as it is and that it was far far narrower than that it is today?

[@mountainmanwannabe9495]

That's an interesting thought, and IMO, it sure seems plausible.

[@churlburt8485]

you are correct, this was addressed in a talk, sorry, do not know when. Bruce will know.

[@scottcox9108]

Fairly famous music group - Lake Missoula feat. Mt. Joy (Official Audio) - KZbin

[@willisfouts4838]

Too early on for them to get the hammer joke! lol Man, that hammer was down there awhile.

[@kidmohair8151]

8 years ago, but still as informative and entertaining as ever. 20:49 well. it used to be that one bathed near the stove, so, once, bathtubs were in kitchens. and then. 26:34 because it bears a more than passing resemblance to the Grand Canyon, is the Grand Canyon itself, a similar glacial feature? 28:44 still moaning about that rock hammer huh? 40:29 how many years ago? still? (it’s nice to see the outtake though)

[@dennistate5953]

Nick=superhero televangeologist! Bergenbach approves no doubt! Dixie fried!❤

[@RICDirector]

Great stuff, Nick, as always...but as usual, I have to wonder if a skilled magnet fisherman could perhaps retrieve your hammer....??

[@vtrack1963]

Are there any known “scablands” in the Eastern USA that were caused by ice age floods that are similar to those in WA State? If not, why not? I would think glacial lakes should have formed in the central and eastern USA. If they did, where did the water go? Did it have an easier path to the ocean?

[@johnagazim4199]

Curious, at this (2015) time did you give any thought to the Bretz's observation of a far earlier flood? Lecture is a nice tie in with your current activity. Thanks

[@hirundine44]

Trying to imagine that hammer being found sometime... the finder may wonder of its function when found..?

[@churlburt8485]

It was found and returned.

[@rmsrmsrmsrms]

Hello! General question here on video vs podcast content, I hope someone can answer: I've just finished Podcast EP#29, where Nick says he's covered G101 content, and is switching to other topics (like Bretz, e.g.). Does the video content on the channel cover everything in the remaining podcasts? I.e., should I stop listening to the podcast and switch to watching the videos on this channel instead to avoid repetition? I'm already planning to watch the Geo101/35X/BajaBC etc groupings, but is there exclusive content on the podcast not covered in videos? Thanks!!

[@nelssorenson5073]

we listen to his podcast and watch his videos for the insights, behind the scene glimpses, and upcoming announcements. Worth it 👍 0:01

[@GeologyNick]

Thanks for your interest. I do my best not to repeat content between audio podcasts and videos on KZbin.

[@rmsrmsrmsrms]

@@nelssorenson5073 yeah haha i'll end up doing that i'm sure. almost through all the G101 series. I watch & listen at 2x speed, which helps in keeping focus

[@susandoerr3896]

the food theorist on utube has something out recently about "rocks for dinner?" yes. i thought you would enjoy it.

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Lookin' in from australia.

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❤

[@spottedmarley]

Weird. I've always pronounced it like "Zoe - Die - Yickle" but your way works too I guess 👍

[@justmenotyou3151]

👍👍

[@jacotacomorocco]

Wish the audience had a geology question lol

[@giorgiogambino8333]

Eccellente, molto Eccellente. Encomio. 🌎📌🍀👏👁👁👁👁👁

[@apr3807]

It’s so natural for a scientist to get too excited to tell his discovery that he totally disregard how the audience will connect with the never-seen-before drawings and splatters on screen. Most of the audience have no clue of current geographical drawings rest aside Ice Age topographical map drawings. That’s like showing a land survey map to a middle schooler. 😂😂

[@richarderickson8840]

Love how you called out the cell phone zombie.

[@chloehennessey6813]

4:00 That wasn’t too bold at all. You are doing this for free!!! Where else can you get stuff like this for free in the world? The least they can do is put their phone down for an hour.

[@chrisb2499]

I’m 15 minute in and still on my phone. Oops

[@RICDirector]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davebewshey1549]

I'm sorry your child has been in an accident... I can't talk right now the geologist is pissed