SciShow: How the Ocean Floor Got Filled with Riches

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Content of the Lesson: Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Knowledge and Uncertainty course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Deep below the surface, the ocean floor is full of riches. There’s gold, iron, and lots of other rare, precious metals. What kind of geochemical processes can leave loot all over the seafloor? Hosted by: Michael Aranda 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: Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- 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: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00418/full https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/mid-ocean-ridge.html https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/ocean-resources/seafloor-mining/ https://www.unrv.com/economy/copper.php https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70203448 http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad69.htm https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/global-ocean-mineral-resources?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1075701506020036 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0027-0 https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1504/background/crusts/welcome.html https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/global-ocean-mineral-resources?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects https://worldoceanreview.com/en/wor-3/mineral-resources/manganese-nodules/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es504930v https://divediscover.whoi.edu/history-of-oceanography/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200425171236/https:/www.isa.org.jm/mineral-resources/55 https://www.isa.org.jm/frequently-asked-questions-faqs Image Sources: https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/5014975679/in/photolist-8Da4xV-93kmya-8Da4F6-8DdaCd-8Da4te-8Da4jH-8DdaKu-8Ddauf-2geMc7j-2gEDFKx-2h3MYvd-2gEDHDN-8LSxDL-8D9Ahk-fG26wV-8D9AxR-fQaKan-8D9AAz-K2odQo-oorr9E-fHYj7H-8D9zAa-8D9zMK-fJfYEo-fHYV43-8Da47D-ozpxQn-8Da4cr-8DdayA-JYKAfn-8QvfFL-qgCJnZ-8MYmYw-8Da41p-ZEmQqe-YzBrVf-uFruq5-CzTZpH-uHKV1D-R9FfJe-ZEmo22-2jofUU7-yHFGP1-it9TqW-YzBAYf-4v2QuU-WTxk5j-phvDd1-ZEmxFH-27fHumM https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distribution_of_hydrothermal_vent_fields.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_Sea_Vent_Chemistry_Diagram.svg https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/9667396864/in/photolist-93kmya-8Da4n2-fJgWhh-8KdQ3K-9gmzNP https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/5014975047/in/photolist-8Da4n2-eugp4q-de6dFF-26gCzJN-2exREBH-igEchH-5NE8YT-deCE15-4JWyZ5-9HEqGX-7VEZ8K-qvC45W-wUtRL-2f4rr5C-2gdwzJ4-2gbVhF8-2gdwzaJ-2gdwgxF-2gbVwmJ-omrQxq-fkP613-o7mHxE-djZ2SN-8L8aBW-qKgLY4-ozpxQn-6dT81a-dennfV-ciZAiC-oCoxNT-fJgWhh-NU9Er5-oCpsRe-oUBVT4-KR6CU7-2h3MYvd-oCpsYt-5h5svv-8KdQ3K-UAYoRQ-2iwWZ1h-9gmzNP-vgfXt-2geLK8w-6xG1xk-2geM27K-2geM3HF-2geLKwN-2geLv9Y-aqe8TT https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geology_of_Cyprus-SkiriotissaMine.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Expl8354_(11465456736).jpg https://www.grida.no/resources/8000 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manganknolle.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Konkrecje_na_dnie_oceanu.JPG https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0027-0/figures/3 https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/27671693814


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