2014-07-16

[public] 7.01M views, 66.9K likes, dislikes audio only

MinuteEarth

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Created by Henry Reich

Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, Kate Yoshida, and Henry Reich

Narrated by Emily Elert

Illustrated by Omkar Bhagat - https://www.youtube.com/user/c0defap

Music by Nathaniel Schroeder - http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder

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MinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment -- in just a few minutes!

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References

England, P. C., Molnar, P., & Richter, F. M. (2007). Kelvin, Perry and the Age of the Earth. American scientist, 95(4), 342-349. https://www.americanscientist.org/my_amsci/getFile.aspx?id=14035015574935

Perry, J. (1895). On the age of the earth. Nature, 51, 341-342.

Thomson, W. (1862). XV.—On the Secular Cooling of the Earth. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 23(01), 157-169. Excerpt: https://courses.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/Courses/EPS281r/Sources/Earth-age-and-thermal-history/more/Kelvin-1863-excerpts.pdf

Thomson, W. (1897). The age of the Earth as an abode fitted for life.