6 March 2022 Earth Science Sites of the Week

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Hello Everyone,

This week’s 6 March 2022 Earth Science Sites of the Week feature the following resources:

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Editor’s Picks: 1) Video: Tornado at base of La Palma Volcano, 2) Video: How Do Tornadoes Form? *2.5) Tactile Astronomy Projects: A Touch of the Universe, ****3) Interactive: Mapped: Food Production Around the World, ****3.5) Visualizing Global Per Capita CO2 Emissions, 4) Video: What Causes Brain Freeze?, 5) Video: Why Do Autumn Leaves Change Color? 6) Video: Why Stress Is Good for You.
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Geology and Geography
1. Perovskite Retrieved From the Lower Mantle

2. Video: Tornado at base of La Palma Volcano
Water
1. Video: Tsunami
Weather
1. Video: How Do Tornadoes Form?
Space
1. Video: Jupiter's Red Spot Is Red Hot

2. Tactile Astronomy Projects: A Touch of the Universe
Environmental
1. Mapped: Food Production Around the World

2. Visualizing Global Per Capita CO2 Emissions
General
1. Video: What Causes Brain Freeze?

2. Video: Why Do Autumn Leaves Change Color?

3. Video: Why Stress Is Good for You
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Geology and Geography

Site Name	Perovskite Retrieved From the Lower Mantle
Site URL	https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm4742?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Twitter
Site Author	Yingwei Fei
Suggested by	NESTA
Description	“No one has ever successfully retrieved a high-pressure calcium silicate from the lower mantle before. This is because the high-pressure CaSiO3-perovskite is “unquenchable,” meaning that it cannot retain its structure after being removed from its high-pressure environment. On page 891 of this issue, Tschauner et al. (1) report the first-ever silicate obtained from Earth’s lower mantle.”

Site Name	Tornado at base of La Palma Volcano
Site URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OJi7HE7TSI
Site Author	Tim C
Suggested by	NESTA
Description	Tornado at base of La Palma Volcano

Water

Site Name	Tsunami
Site URL	Link
Site Author	btwokband
Suggested by	Dave Kolodney
Description	TikTok of a tsunami arriving was really good for showing that it's not a massive wall of water like is often shown in movies. It looks fairly innocuous...until it doesn't.

Weather

Site Name	How Do Tornadoes Form?
Site URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bHSS1ImFQI
Site Author	Scientific American
Suggested by	Mark Francek
Description	“Every year tornadoes rip through the U.S. Midwest, leaving death, injury and billions of dollars of damage in their wake. Where do these twisters come from, and just how nasty can they get?”

Space

Site Name	Jupiter's Red Spot Is Red Hot
Site URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lHMjQn_-14
Site Author	Scientific American
Suggested by	Mark Francek
Description	“What Jupiter’s spot is not, is tranquil. New infrared images taken by Boston University scientists on a NASA telescope in Hawaii show that whereas Jupiter’s north and south poles are heated by strong magnetic fields, its large, stormy red spot generates its own heat by a different mechanism. Shock waves from turbulent winds in the spot and other storms help explain how the planet's upper atmosphere stays warm so far from the sun.”

Name	Tactile Astronomy Projects: A Touch of the Universe
Site URL	https://www.uv.es/astrokit/
Site Author	A Touch of the Universe by University of Valencia Astronomical Observatory
Suggested By	L. Mascotti
Description	“A Touch of The Universe” is a non-profit project for a tactile astronomy kit addressed to children with vision impairments.

Environmental

Site Name	Interactive Mapped: Food Production Around the World
Site URL	https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-food-production-around-the-world/
Site Author	Our world in Data
Suggested by	Mark Francek
Description	“From staple crops to exotic fruit, this interactive map from Our World in Data shows global food production using data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).”

Site Name	Visualizing Global Per Capita CO2 Emissions
Site URL	https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-global-per-capita-co2-emissions/
Site Author	Anshool Deshmukh
Suggested by	Mark Francek
Description	“Based on data presented by the Aqal Group and the IEA, here we visualize the countries and regions with the highest per capita carbon emissions from around the world.”

General

Site Name	What Causes Brain Freeze?
Site URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfx19-KACsI
Site Author	Scientific American
Suggested by	Mark Francek
Description	“Ah, summertime. The warm weather, the icy beverages and the splitting headaches you get from drinking them too fast. In this episode, Scientific American editor Ferris Jabr explains how brain freeze occurs and how best to avoid it.”

Site Name	Why Do Autumn Leaves Change Color?
Site URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvbl1mu7kM
Site Author	Scientific American
Suggested by	Mark Francek
Description	“Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti explains how the leaves of deciduous trees perform their annual chameleon act, changing from various shades of green to hues of bronze, orange and brilliant red.”

Site Name	Video: Why Stress Is Good for You
Site URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlAI_FN3r0k
Site Author	Scientific American
Suggested by	Mark Francek
Description	“Stress. It makes us sweat, gives us headaches and is blamed for all sorts of medical maladies. But did you know that stress, in small measure, can actually help us succeed? Scientific American MIND editor Ingrid Wickelgren explains.”