Why We Study Earth's Past & How We Apply This Knowledge | GEO GIRL

[@noitalfed]

Thanks! As a retired person I am interested in geology because this Earth is our home I want to know as much of the facts about what went on in our past. I see educating the interest public outside of formal schools is a valuable mission for geology( Earth Sciences) and the other sciences.

[@TrentSpriggs-n7c]

Knowledge of earth's history should be considered an essential subject. Knowing how we got here is key to forecast where we are going (and how fast). Great work!

[@Geo_Seph]

Cant wait for a "Geology in everday life" video. I recently went to the NHM and although the exhibits have been there all my life, they still do a good job telling folk where their life comes from.

[@robertthallium6883]

IT'S GEO GIRL LECTURE DAY!

[@wtywatoad]

I’m currently working at the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheater west of Denver, Colorado. One day this rough and tumble blue collar type guy walked up to me, and asked, “Hey, how’d these rocks get here?” So I replied, “ During the Pennsylvanian Period about 315 mya, there was a mountain range here that eroded. Those remnants became buried and compressed into red sandstone. Then, when the latest mountain building event began just to the west of us, the sandstone was uplifted, tilted, exposed, then eroded into the formations you see today.” He looked at me with astonishment and said. “Get the fu*k outta here!”

[@emiliobono8916]

The DEFINITIVE pitch for studying earth history, I dare to say :-)

[@philochristos]

People always emphasize the practical reasons for doing science, but I think we should admit that a lot of science (maybe even most) is done for curiosity's sake.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@philochristos No. You are totally wrong. Curiosity yes, but there is A LOT of practical reasons to study so much of science. Discoveries are made... and then the question is asked, How can this be put to practical use? Maybe not by the initial explorer, but someone will look and see the practical uses. The Nobel prizes are given for explorations that are practical! I believe it was last year, 2022, that the NP was given for the creation of a chemical pathway that could produce a single enantiomer of a compound and not a racemic muxture. Look it up if you don't understand what that is. Just LISTEN to what she is saying. If you don't understand what she is saying, then perhaos you have a very poor grasp of science in general.

[@barbaradurfee645]

I agree, I think nice thought about the material scientists who invented Velcro almost everyday!

[@Insightfill]

' "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!" (I found it!) but “That's funny" ' Attributed to Asimov, but little evidence that it was him.

[@nayr151]

Agreed

[@TerryGloer]

As usual, you rock! 😊

[@georgefspicka5483]

Hi there Geo Girl :), Earth History is my most favorite subject to read about in geology. It's like, there's always something new being discovered. Recently I learned something about the Ediacaran Period - that some of the creatures show evidence of a mouth, intestines, or more - or maybe things like Porifera were already there. Before, it had seemed as if there were a mystery of sorts, regarding them and the later Cambrian animals. Now it seems as if there indeed were connections.

[@Anuchan]

I've been watching this channel so long I think your voice is changing.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Because we want to know HISTORY (in the widest possible sense of the word, from the origin of the Universe even): only understanding the past we get a sense of where the present comes from and what to do about it, about the present. Even in the pre-scientific past people had an obsession with "knowing" the past, even if it was legendary in nature and thus often quite false or misleading. Now we try to do better and get to the truth (or as close to it as it is possible) with empirical methods and that we call "science" (which ultimately means nothing else than "knowledge" or "wisdom").

[@Edgarbopp]

Curiosity doesn’t require justification. Imo. Love your channel

[@JKTCGMV13]

Funding does though

[@MrSiwat]

Sure, I think it's VERY useful to study this. Good work. So, you are specialised in ocean seafloor tectonics? I always remember being on the coast of Bahia Brazil and thinking how amazing it is that this was once joined to Angola Africa. I love the Central Atlantic magmatic province history. Keep up the good work. All the best from Avalonia. (Western UK).) Next week I will be in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus and I'm sure you are aware of their importance in Geology. Check them out if not. Big thanks for your great channel.

[@jonwashburn7999]

I really enjoy how you present these topics. You're going to make a great professor.

[@jimthain8777]

Paleo seismology sounds pretty cool. If I were in charge of science funding you'd be getting that grant after this presentation! So many wonderful reasons for people such as yourself to study these things! I hope this video inspires more young people to follow their passion for Earth science.

[@Anuchan]

I'd give her a billion.

[@nirorbach8046]

As an answer to the question of "why studying the past?", reminds me the saying of a past Israeli leader Yigal Alon: "People who don't respect their past, their present is scarce, and their future is uncertain"

[@szyada-ev]

Outstanding materials about the history of life on earth. It is always nice when a scientist can boast about the work she or he has done or mention the successes of his own community. In any case, the right form of promotion and presentation to a wide audience is important. Good job.

[@Scottabamos]

Great video! Very interesting!

[@richardkatz8713]

Geo girl is amazing

[@terenzo50]

Love your videos! Say, wasn't Squire Fundworthy one of Robert Louis Stevenson's characters in Treasure Island?

[@sparklytreesarecool]

Thank you, Geogirl!

[@pikmin4743]

I didn't need convincing, but this was presented very well!

[@michaeleisenberg7867]

Rachel 💐, Thank for this nice review. 2 ice ages 🌨 followed by 3 saunas ☀. Now we're in a 4th sauna 🔥. Outcome to be determined...

[@AnnoyingNewsletters]

But we're still in an ice age... ❄️

[@mikesully7212]

thank you!!! you rock 🤘

[@ptredhead]

Great video! Thank you

[@ganjisuresh3303]

Excellent video. Thank you. A wonderful information.

[@ianhorsham7751]

Plus it is the most interesting field of science in my humble opinion.

[@chassmith6778]

In your array of Earths at various points in history, your image of E(now) and E(+50My) are the same. Has anyone in the field created a model estimating the locations of the plates at various points in the future?

[@skyline6500]

Props for using Galaxy Life in the thumbnail!

[@Valjurai]

it worries me whenever someone approaches a topic with the 'we can only do and must only focus on one thing' attitude.

[@michaellimoges7655]

Geat stuff

[@kamath234]

Studying Earth's history is important because we live on it

[@francoislacombe9071]

We study Earth's past because it's interesting af, and we are curious af. What better reasons do we need?

[@pansepot1490]

Finding oil and gas? ;)

[@theiaminu5375]

That dendrochronology had me stumped ...

[@Intervaloverdose]

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[@wildmanofthenorth1598]

When i see al bedo I will ask him, other than that ,was nice video. Thank you 😊

[@eldorado5319]

Why we study earth's past? The short answer is because we are nerds

[@the_eternal_student]

I did not know embyos have a plant and an animal portion.

[@SerranoLourence]

GTS - GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE

[@PraiseDog]

Finding pragmatic justifications is fine, but knowledge for knowledge sake is sufficient to me. It is important for a mind to keep learning things, that is if you want to avoid the common fate of degenerating into a mindless gerbil over time. No offense intended there to gerbils.

[@ekinneolalekan]

What a nice video

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Thank you for an ew-id free experience.

[@robloggia]

I'm human, so I'm not capable of understanding this question. It's like asking: Why are Elvis?

[@EnRouteToMoon]

Don't forget a cultural aspect ! Now we can't imagine our life without dinosaurs and other ancient creations 🦕🦖🐊

[@Insightfill]

Me: "Why is this context thing here? The woman is just 'spittin facts.'" Me: (watching at 9:07 ) "Oh!"

[@george45620]

I KNOW she's Canadian by the way she said "about"

[@barbaradurfee645]

😂

[@nathanupchurch6594]

Read Steve Koonin's "Unsettled?" Great book breaking down climate change data. Plenty of his videos on KZbin.

[@DreadEnder]

Would you look at that! KZbin put a climate change disclaimer up!

[@TheloniousBosch]

Try to work the word “perturbations” into future videos, please.

[@johnvoelker4345]

we are in an interglacial of a major ice age what comes after an interglacial? that’s right, a glaciation 18,000 years ago there was a mile of ice over where i now live in Northern Ohio that glacier can, and will return you can expect the death of about 3 billion humans when it occurs efforts to cool the planet will hasten this glaciation carbon sequestration and storage will hasten this glaciation the biggest danger to our biosphere is Warming Alarmism we are in a major ice age now is not the time to be worried about global warming and some of the lowest CO₂ levels in 542 million years life is made out of carbon we need more CO₂ in the atmosphere not less

[@mosquitobight]

I told you before, if we consume all our fossil fuels now, the carbon will not stay in the air for thousands of years. It will go to the ocean floor as carbonate rocks, and there will be no carbon for us to put in the atmosphere when the next cold cycle arrives. By putting all the carbon in the air now we may be leaving future generations with no viable options to prevent glaciation. You also have no reason to expect 3 billion humans to be alive to experience the next ice age. By then the problems of overpopulation and inequality could be solved and the population could be at a more sustainable half billion or less. A smaller population could easily relocate to the ice-free zones and still have enough resources for a life free of poverty and disease.

[@barryfennell9723]

i took my adderol and ssri's and stared into my teachers' eyes.

[@n8mail76]

how much of Earth's history is dependent on assumptions that are politically motivated?