The Place Hotter Than Death Valley & Other Extreme Locations
When you think of an extreme climate, Death Valley might come to mind. But with acidic puddles, lava lakes, and one of the most important early hominid discoveries, the Danakil Depression is an even more shocking spot that will leave your mind spinning! Join Hank Green for this fascinating new episode of SciShow. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1023.8204&rep=rep1&type=pdf [PDF] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6380227/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44440-8 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/41/6/635/131210/mantle-upwelling-and-initiation-of-rift https://www.britannica.com/place/Denakil-Plain http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160614-the-people-and-creatures-living-in-earths-hottest-place http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141127-lucy-fossil-revealed-our-origins http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170803-in-earths-hottest-place-life-has-been-found-in-pure-acid https://www.ajol.info/index.php/mejs/article/view/134809 https://www.wired.com/story/ethiopia-datakil-desert-photos/ https://www.sciencealert.com/weird-microbes-in-the-crusted-salt-on-a-volcano-show-how-life-could-survive-on-mars http://www.thestoryinstitute.com/danakil https://www.thoughtco.com/the-danakil-depression-4154294 https://matadornetwork.com/read/hottest-place-earth-uncomfortable-dangerous-beautiful/ https://geology.com/below-sea-level/#6 https://geology.com/stories/13/dallol/ https://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:5945/Selamawit.pdf [PDF] https://courses.washington.edu/tesc243/rift_valley/Main_Page.shtml https://iho.asu.edu/about/lucys-story https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781942658344 https://www2.palomar.edu/anthro/hominid/australo_2.htm
