Thank you so much for sharing this series. I feel lucky to have found this gem among all the youtube/AI dross, just wish I'd happened across it sooner. This is going to be a great way to spend some upcoming winter afternoons.
It's amazing to be able to see how much science has managed to fill in of our planet's story, since I was just reading about the gradual acceptance of the idea of continental drift, as a schoolboy in the 1960s! And to watch it all in video of lectures from a university I never heard of, an ocean away, and on a wireless phone too! Much more than sci fi ever promised! Can't help noticing that we now have our own 'Gondwana' as Antartica, with its melting icecap over the south pole, a warming climate, acidifying seas, and an extinction event that looks like it might end up as a repeat of The Great Dying, under way. Dinosaurs could be back soon (geologically)!
This is a super good lecture. I wanted to learn more about the Silurianan and all there was were clickbaity videos only a few minutes long. Ussally lectures have poor audio quality or are super basic or super complex. This was super helpful.
these lectures are so good. the content is super interesting but the clear presentation really helps too. so many similar lectures on youtube are made less involving and accessible by constant ums and ahs and restarted or broken sentences.
I have enjoyed viewing your lecture series. I have become a novice student in the fields of geology and paleontology. On every walk one can view and touch recent to billions of years in the making. The recorded world’s natural history.
It's true. If you haven't already, I'd recommend checking to see if there are geological field guides for your area. Sometimes these are popular guides, but even where these are not available, there are often technical guides created by local colleges to support field trips/conferences. These really help add extra value to walks and day trips. I use resources like this myself all the time! Keep exploring. :)
Beautiful. The Ordovician is so underrated as a period, no? So many discussions of evolution seem to skip directly from the Cambrian Explosion to the colonization of land. Graptoliths and nautiloids need love, too!
In the Mississippi drainage system there's 2 natural barriers, one is on the Mississippi at Minneapolis, water falls, and the other is at Louisville, Kentucky on the Ohio River, called the Falls of the Ohio, it is hard bottom Devonian corral beds which caused cargo to be portaged around until lock technology became used. The corral beds is now protected and can be easily seen.
Thank you teacher...where I grew up in St-Jean, QC the dark shales of the Iberville formation are veined with pure white calcite. It's such a beautiful rock that some artisans make jeweleries of it. Now I know why that rock is almost black !
This is such an incredible series, If you did more like this, with theyre own thumbnails and in a names series organized into playlists for the search algorithm to pick up on easier i think you could really be onto filling out your own niche on youtube...please?
Thanks! These were honestly just my lectures desperately recorded during the start of COVID last year. I didn't intend them for public consumption but figured I'd open them up because... why not! Really glad people are enjoying them.
@@jasonloxton2785 CoViD has accidentally done an amazing service to education of the masses, when so many learned people are sharing their knowledge with us all, though they never had time even to think of the possibilities before. it's really fabulous to have access to so much up to date and detailed information, and even to ask questions live in real time in some cases. Check out Prof Vincent Racaniello's channel for lots more ideas for your own lectures. He's even opened his own studio, to handle his growing suite of microbiology spin off webcasts.
For most people, probably because dinosaurs strike the right balance between familiar enough to be straightforward but different enough to be exciting.
Im an Electrician but as a kid my dream job was "scientist." I wish I had come across someone who taught this way when i got older. Being forced to memorize to pass a class meant science felt a chore.
Never too late to learn. I didn't get my PhD till 40. Spent years in forestry before going back to school. :) Of course, it's cheaper to get your content here than a university. Wish I had the TH-cam of today a decade ago (there's everything here now!).
What "grade" of students are these aimed at? Never studied geology ever but it is one of a small number of academic subjects that interest me. I like having a detailed academic approach rather than a random documentary.
At 1st year university, but mostly arts and education students. These lectures were from the end of a semester though, so we'd spent a couple of months building towards them.
This has nothing to do with the subject of the video , but w hen you started speaking, for a brief few seconds, my brain went to... "Bob Hope is narrating".??? There was something in your voice. I don't know what it was, but what ever it was reminded me of Bob Hope. Brains do funny things.
Thank you so much for sharing this series. I feel lucky to have found this gem among all the youtube/AI dross, just wish I'd happened across it sooner. This is going to be a great way to spend some upcoming winter afternoons.
It's amazing to be able to see how much science has managed to fill in of our planet's story, since I was just reading about the gradual acceptance of the idea of continental drift, as a schoolboy in the 1960s! And to watch it all in video of lectures from a university I never heard of, an ocean away, and on a wireless phone too! Much more than sci fi ever promised!
Can't help noticing that we now have our own 'Gondwana' as Antartica, with its melting icecap over the south pole, a warming climate, acidifying seas, and an extinction event that looks like it might end up as a repeat of The Great Dying, under way. Dinosaurs could be back soon (geologically)!
Respect from Usf geoscience! Your passion for teaching just as amazing as your research thank you for posting these amazing lectures
I love lectures & I just found this video, I'm excited to see what else you have to offer!
It's late late late and I can't stop watching but I must lol ! Very well presented very interesting
Thanks!
This is a super good lecture. I wanted to learn more about the Silurianan and all there was were clickbaity videos only a few minutes long. Ussally lectures have poor audio quality or are super basic or super complex. This was super helpful.
these lectures are so good. the content is super interesting but the clear presentation really helps too. so many similar lectures on youtube are made less involving and accessible by constant ums and ahs and restarted or broken sentences.
I have enjoyed viewing your lecture series. I have become a novice student in the fields of geology and paleontology. On every walk one can view and touch recent to billions of years in the making. The recorded world’s natural history.
It's true. If you haven't already, I'd recommend checking to see if there are geological field guides for your area. Sometimes these are popular guides, but even where these are not available, there are often technical guides created by local colleges to support field trips/conferences. These really help add extra value to walks and day trips. I use resources like this myself all the time! Keep exploring. :)
Brilliant !!!
Outstanding explanation & details. Great visual slides & info...
🖤🖤🖤 = black shales
Excellent lecture! One question,please: when did the first jelly fish appear? Is there any good evidence about the early ancestors of the jelly fish?
It’s debated, but the first ancestors of jellyfish could have lived anywhere from 500 million to 700 million years ago
Beautiful. The Ordovician is so underrated as a period, no? So many discussions of evolution seem to skip directly from the Cambrian Explosion to the colonization of land. Graptoliths and nautiloids need love, too!
Agreed!
Fantastic......Super job ...Communication is the key...MUCH LUV FROM N.AUGUSTA S.C
In the Mississippi drainage system there's 2 natural barriers, one is on the Mississippi at Minneapolis, water falls, and the other is at Louisville, Kentucky on the Ohio River, called the Falls of the Ohio, it is hard bottom Devonian corral beds which caused cargo to be portaged around until lock technology became used. The corral beds is now protected and can be easily seen.
Great stuff! Early animals are so weird and cool.
Just terrific, thanks for making this lecture public. Is there somewhere where one can download some of those major graphs? TY!
Thank you teacher...where I grew up in St-Jean, QC the dark shales of the Iberville formation are veined with pure white calcite. It's such a beautiful rock that some artisans make jeweleries of it. Now I know why that rock is almost black !
I enjoy the free lectures
This is such an incredible series,
If you did more like this, with theyre own thumbnails and in a names series organized into playlists for the search algorithm to pick up on easier i think you could really be onto filling out your own niche on youtube...please?
Thanks! These were honestly just my lectures desperately recorded during the start of COVID last year. I didn't intend them for public consumption but figured I'd open them up because... why not! Really glad people are enjoying them.
th-cam.com/play/PLXJ4dsU0oGMLnubJLPuw0dzD0AvAHAotW.html
@@jasonloxton2785 CoViD has accidentally done an amazing service to education of the masses, when so many learned people are sharing their knowledge with us all, though they never had time even to think of the possibilities before. it's really fabulous to have access to so much up to date and detailed information, and even to ask questions live in real time in some cases. Check out Prof Vincent Racaniello's channel for lots more ideas for your own lectures. He's even opened his own studio, to handle his growing suite of microbiology spin off webcasts.
Did you see my other questions about Prototaxites?
Very interesting lecture
Is there a place where one can view the chart at 2:03?
Right here! www.geosociety.org/GSA/Education_Careers/Geologic_Time_Scale/GSA/timescale/home.aspx
@@jasonloxton2785 Thank you so much! Is there any out-of-date information I should know about, or is it accurate for the most part?
Commenting for Al Gore's rhythm.
why people are so obsessed with Dinosaurs, Paleozoic was so much more interesting.
I'm a Paleozoic marine life fan.
For most people, probably because dinosaurs strike the right balance between familiar enough to be straightforward but different enough to be exciting.
Creationists be like "NUH UH!"
.... so, is the offer of a fossil still valid? 😊💕🍒
Building to one of those global anoxic events right now.
Im an Electrician but as a kid my dream job was "scientist." I wish I had come across someone who taught this way when i got older. Being forced to memorize to pass a class meant science felt a chore.
Never too late to learn. I didn't get my PhD till 40. Spent years in forestry before going back to school. :) Of course, it's cheaper to get your content here than a university. Wish I had the TH-cam of today a decade ago (there's everything here now!).
Why are you so awesome?!?!
Just born this way. :)
amazing thankyou
What "grade" of students are these aimed at? Never studied geology ever but it is one of a small number of academic subjects that interest me. I like having a detailed academic approach rather than a random documentary.
At 1st year university, but mostly arts and education students. These lectures were from the end of a semester though, so we'd spent a couple of months building towards them.
Looks like sponges became corals✌️❤️🇬🇧
This has nothing to do with the subject of the video , but w hen you started speaking, for a brief few seconds, my brain went to... "Bob Hope is narrating".???
There was something in your voice. I don't know what it was, but what ever it was reminded me of Bob Hope. Brains do funny things.
Hmmmm missed several ecosystems. For example predatory Gastropods, jawless fishes.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_impact_crater
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth