The Skin of the Earth - Where Life Meets Rocks (Short Version)
Channel: Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
Date: 2019-10-09

What forms the landscapes of the Earth with its mountains, rivers, soils, the places we live in? Is Earth’s surface shaped when rocks are uplifted by geologic forces, and are then destroyed by rain, ice, and wind; or do plants with their roots, animals that dig into soil and the vast number of microorganisms shape the landscapes? 
Watch the scientists of the German-Chilean “EarthShape” project study these questions along a fascinating landscapes in Chile, and in their home laboratories. 

This movie was produced within the DFG-funded research network “EarthShape – Earth Surface Shaping by Biota” which is coordinated by Todd Ehlers (Universität Tübingen) und Friedhelm von Blanckenburg (GFZ Potsdam).

A science movie designed and produced by:

Friedhelm von Blanckenburg, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences Potsdam 
Wolfgang Dümcke, Filmbüro-Potsdam
Kirstin Übernickel, Universität Tübingen


Watch the full version of this movie under https://youtu.be/4dIU8v9ulRo

DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.3.3.2019.005