Alessandro Grippo, Ph.D. SCIENCE Videos GEOLOGY and EARTH SCIENCES OCEANOGRAPHY and MARINE BIOLOGY ASTRONOMY, ASTROBIOLOGY, and SPACE EXPLORATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OTHER SCIENCES     GEOLOGY and EARTH SCIENCES Last Updated  •  February 10, 2019     PLATE TECTONICS A general view of Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries A quick review of Plate tectonics (by M. Sammartano) A model for Plate Tectonics from the Cambrian to the present (by C.Scotese, 2016) A model for Plate Tectonics from the Early Mesoproterozoic to the present (by C. Scotese, 2017) Volcanoes on Earth and Life on Mars: Birth of an Island (from NASA) MINERALS and ROCKS Minerals A brief introduction to Minerals (by M. Sammartano) A brief introduction to Mineral Identification (by M. Sammartano) A quick review: from Minerals to Rocks (by M. Sammartano) A quick review: the Rock Cycle (by M. Sammartano) Rocks A quick review of Igneous Rocks (by M. Sammartano) A quick review of Sedimentary Rocks (by M. Sammartano) A quick review of Metamorphic Rocks (by M. Sammartano) Geologic Time A quick review of Relative Time and Dating (by M. Sammartano) Life history: First Life, part 1: Arrival (with D. Attenborough, BBC) Life history: First Life, part 2: Conquest (with D. Attenborough, BBC) - not available     OCEANOGRAPHY and MARINE BIOLOGY Last Updated  •  February 10, 2019     the 2011 Japan tsunami Perpetual Ocean: a NASA video about Ocean Currents in motion over a 2-years period Draining the Ocean Basin, a video from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (UC San Diego)     ASTRONOMY, ASTROBIOLOGY, and SPACE EXPLORATION Last Updated  •  February 10, 2019     Hunting down an asteroid and returning a space sample to Earth, a video from the New York Times Space exploration: Voyager's 40th anniversary, a video from the New York Times Space exploration: Cassini burns into Saturn, a video from the New York Times   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Last Updated  •  February 10, 2019       Other SCIENCES Last Updated  •  February 10, 2019    A NASA interactive image about The Scale of the Universe, from a Planck Length (10-35 m) to the size of the Universe (1027 m) An old (1977), classic video about scale: Powers of Ten Back to Top | Back to Home Page © Alessandro Grippo, since 1994 Los Angeles, California