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The formation of the Alps

The Alps are Central Europe's highest mountains, towering as high as 4800 meters. Today, mainly the harsh weather shapes the Alps. But the forces that formed these mountains came from within the Earth. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Bilderfest/Florian Breier, Christian Stiefenhofer/Michi Kern/Klaus Wache/Tob

Disibodenberg monastery

In 1143, a new three-nave monastery church was consecrated on the Disibodenberg in southern Hunsrück. Here, believers worshipped the tomb of Saint Disibod. The mountain's namesake had settled there in the seventh century and spread Christianity in the region. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Faber Courtial/Jör

Why is the ice shelf melting?

The Antarctic ice sheet is the world's largest permanently iced area. If the sea warms by only 0.5 degrees, the ice shelf melts from below and breaks at the edges. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert Coellen/Mirko Tribanek/Mandy Blaurock,Susan Kreher/Jochen Schmi

Regional differences in sea-level rise

Sea level can deviate regionally from the global mean. Wind and currents push the water masses differently against the coasts and influence the level there. In addition, the earth's crust moves. Some coasts rise, others sink. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert

Melting ice in Greenland

Greenland's ice sheet consists of about 2.7 million gigatons of ice. Until 1990, the ice mass remained about the same. Since the turn of the millennium, Greenland has been steadily losing ice to the sea. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert Coellen/Mirko Tribanek/

Tour of the Moon | NASA Planetary Sciences

Take a tour of the Moon's surface features in this video from NASA. Images and topographic maps show craters, rocks, mountains, basins, and valleys, including the Orientale basin, Shackleton crater, South Pole-Aitken basin, Tycho crater, Aristarchus plateau, Mare Serenitatis, Compton-Belkovich volca

Possible Ice Volcano on Titan

Learn how features derived from Cassini radar data indicate a possible ice volcano on Saturn's moon Titan in this video from NASA. Learn about Sotra Facula, a possible cryovolcano (ice volcano) on Saturn's moon Titan. Volcanologist Rosaly Lopes explains how topographic maps derived from Cassini rada