SciShow: The Freezing Dunes of Northern Canada

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Content of the Lesson: When you think "sand dunes" you probably wouldn't think to look up in the northern reaches of Canada, but there lies one of earth's most unique habitats. Hosted by: Hank Green 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: Sources: http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=710762 https://www.prairie.illinois.edu/shilts/pubs/Shilts_Aylsworth_Kaszycki_&_Klassen_1987_Canadian%20Shield.pdf https://www.livescience.com/40311-pleistocene-epoch.html https://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens1110/glaciers.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/see-most-northerly-sand-dunes-world-180964704/ https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/e81-022 https://bioone.org/journals/ecoscience/volume-19/issue-2/19-2-3525/The-Distribution-Abundance-and-Environmental-Affinities-of-the-Endemic-Vascular/10.2980/19-2-3525.short http://www.npss.sk.ca/docs/2_pdf/Endemic_Vascular_Plant_Taxa_of_the_Athabasca_Sand_Dunes_of_Northern_Saskatchewan_-_Digit_Guedo.pdf?bcsi_scan_2687365ababd2c82=0&bcsi_scan_filename=Endemic_Vascular_Plant_Taxa_of_the_Athabasca_Sand_Dunes_of_Northern_Saskatchewan_-_Digit_Guedo.pdf https://forages.oregonstate.edu/regrowth/how-does-grass-grow/developmental-phases/vegetative-phase/rhizomes-and-stolons https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=628 https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=634 Thumbnail Credit: DSyl https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sand_Dunes_at_Lake_Athabasca.jpg


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