SciShow Tangents is the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every other Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz as they try to one-up and amaze each other with weird and funny scientific research... while not getting distracted. There will be tangents about video games, music, weird smells, surprisingly deep insights about life, and of course, poop, but it always comes back to the science.
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episode 16: Oceans
Oceans: they cover 70% of the planet, but what do we really know about them? Like what’s with all the salt, huh? And just what is the difference between a ‘sea’ and an ocean anyway?! I have questions!
This one has a real doozy of a Stefan poem. I cut out a lot of us interrupting him with raucous laughter!
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Boat cloak
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227101-500-explorers-dont-forget-your-inflatable-cloak/?ignored=irrelevant
https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/boat-cloak-or-cloak-boat
https://web.archive.org/web/20120425161825/http://resource.canadashistory.ca/media/pdf/34-4-Spr-955-p46-51.pdf
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18511220.2.5
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Halkett_Boat_Cloak.jpg
Water chair
https://archive.org/details/watercurejournal12newy/page/1/mode/2up
Images: https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/this-ridiculous-victorian-era-rocking-bath-wasnt-just-f-1515091109
Modesty barrel
https://www.messynessychic.com/2014/04/15/victorian-prudes-beachside-bathing-machines/
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/1715-Lethbridges-diving-barrel-John-Lethbridge-1678-1759-of-Newton-Abbot-Devon_fig2_228397874
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-strange-and-wonderful-history-of-diving-suits-from-1262529336
https://devonassoc.org.uk/devoninfo/john-lethbridge-and-his-diving-machine-1880/
Image: https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_470/18zb0i2fswtkxjpg.jpg
[Fact Off]
Pumice rafts
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-believe-the-hype-the-pumice-raft-wont-save-the-great-barrier-reef/
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145490/a-raft-of-rockhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/dbnl-hxh052317.php
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/25/754190347/giant-pumice-raft-floating-towards-australia-could-help-replenish-great-barrier-
Albatross tracking system
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/31/albatross-marine-poaching/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/albatrosses-outfitted-with-gps-detect-illegal-fishing-vessels-180974054/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Salty ocean
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whysalty.html
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/why-ocean-salty?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects