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Earthquakes simply explained

Causes of earthquakes

  • «Earthquakes: how, why, where and when?», British Geological Survey
  • «Plattentektonik: Die Wanderung der Kontinente», SimplyScience
  • «Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde», SimplyScience
  • «Wie entstehen Erdbeben?», GEOlino
  • «Plattentektonik und Kontinentaldrift», nanomaniac100 - YouTube
  • «Wie Erdbeben entstehen», SRF Kids – Clip und klar!
  • «Die Entstehung der Alpen», SimplyScience
  • «Origine et effets des séismes», L’ObservaTerre

General information

  • «Wissenswert: Erdbeben», SRF
  • «Naturgewalten: Erdbeben», Planet Wissen
  • «Erde und Naturkatastrophen»,  ZEIT ONLINE
  • «Wenn das Eis bebt», SimplyScience
  • «Aus der Geschichte über die Intensität von Erdbeben lernen», SimplyScience
  • «‘Einstein’ lässt es beben», SRF Einstein
  • «Naturgewalten besser verstehen: Wie Taifune Erdbeben beeinflussen», SRF Einstein
  • «Un séisme, c'est quoi ?», Kanton Wallis
  • «Dossier: Les tremblements de terre», RTS
  • «Les séismes», RTS Y’a pas école ?
  • «Quelles constructions quand la terre tremble?», SimplyScience
  • «Bien réagier pendant un séisme à l’école», HES-SO Valais-Wallis - YouTube
  • «Explaining earthquakes», KQED - YouTube

Geothermal energy

  • «Geothermie: Erdwärme erzeugt Energie», SimplyScience
  • «Geothermie: Schwierige Suche nach unerschöpflicher Energie», SRF Einstein
  • «La géothermie», RTS Kids
  • «Viaggio al centro della terra», RSI Il Giardino di Albert 

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