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How Many Trees Are There?
S4 E78 / 4m 15s
It may be an impossible questions, but we can at least get close.
Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.
Video description: Why do Africa and South America fit together? Anyone who’s ever looked at a map can see that Earth’s continents are kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. The idea that continents are constantly moving and weren’t always in their current spots is a pretty obvious idea, right? You might be surprised to learn that geologists only accepted that idea recently in the past few decades.