SciShow: Vikings, Volcanoes, and Sheep: How Geology Rewrites Ancient History

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Content of the Lesson: Vikings, volcanoes, and sheep don’t immediately seem like they should all be connected, but this unlikely trio is actually informing our knowledge of global history. Hosted by: Stefan Chen SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- 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: Bryan Cloer, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Jason A Saslow, Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Mckishen, Nazara, Ash, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Piya Shedden, Adam Brainard, charles george, Jeremy Mysliwiec, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Chris Peters, Harrison Mills, Silas Emrys, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow ---------- Sources: https://eos.org/articles/ancient-eruptions-reveal-earliest-settlers-on-the-faroe-islands https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/about/facilities/all/electronprobe/tephra/tephra-geochemistry https://eos.org/articles/the-art-of-volcanic-ash-modeling-10-years-after-eyjafjallajokull https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033589400921719 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379113002230 https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Distance_Between_Countries_Result.asp?fromplace=Faroe%20Islands&toplace=Iceland https://ncas.ac.uk/eyjafjallajokull-2010-how-an-icelandic-volcano-eruption-closed-european-skies/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/26686426 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00318-0 https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/map-week-%E2%80%93-sediment-accumulation-rates https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/climate-change/changing-ocean/evidence-sediment-cores https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2004/5184/pdf/sir2004-5184.pdf https://www.distance.to/Detroit/New-York#:~:text=The%20shortest%20distance%20 Image Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands#/media/File:Faroe_Islands_by_Sentinel-2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings#/media/File:Nicholas_Roerich,_Guests_from_Overseas_(corrected_colour).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faroe_Islands,_Eysturoy,_Funningsfj%C3%B8r%C3%B0ur_(fjord)_in_October.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley#/media/File:Barley_(Hordeum_vulgare)_-_United_States_National_Arboretum_-_24_May_2009.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/the-find-in-the-archaeological-excavation-is-a-piece-of-an-ancient-earthen-vessel-gm1021192082-274282089 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brown_Bluff-2016-Tabarin_Peninsula%E2%80%93Volcanic_tephra.jpg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/harvesting-machine-working-in-the-field-top-view-from-the-drone-combine-harvester-agricultural-machine-ride-in-the-field-of-golden-ripe-wheat-hdgiu5woqjn9sy3yq https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/an-amazing-aerial-shot-with-a-drone-in-kamchatka-in-2021-mutnovsky-volcano-hot-steam-and-sulfur-coming-out-of-the-crater-rzrr480lfkslmwblb https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MtStHelensAsh1980eruption.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tephra-Aufschluss_irgendwo_zwischen_Vorotan-Pass_und_Tsghuk,_Armenien.jpg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/red-orange-vibrant-molten-lava-flowing-onto-grey-lavafield-and-glossy-rocky-land-hojf8swyik4s95751 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tephra#/media/File:Icelandic_tephra.JPG https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/811985 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/aerial-drone-shot-flying-over-a-flock-of-sheep-walking-on-the-road-in-iceland-cloudy-day-low-altitude-flight-s_glvr7oqjnbmn1qb https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/paleontology-dig-fossicking-fossil-hunting-excavation-and-extraction-using-a-pick-to-spilt-rocks-to-expose-fossils-this-is-commonly-done-by-paleontologist-in-search-of-invertebrates-oekr4ud


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