The Energy Cost of a YouTube Video

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:  Data: information, typically stored on computers via electrical signals Electrons: small elementary particles that flow through wires to transmit power and data Photons: small elementary particles of light that carry information from screens to your face Local Metro Network: computer network on the scale of a city, town, neighborhood, etc Live action video: a video recording of the real world (people, scenery, etc) created using a camera Data compression: storing data (pictures, video, text files, etc) in less space than the way it’s normally displayed. Kind of like a modern version of microfilm. Or words. Illustrated video: video created using computer software to generate still images, kind of like a fancy powerpoint slideshow MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth   - Buy our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth   - Buy our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com   - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the creators of the popular science show with millions of YouTube subscribers comes the MinuteEarth podcast. Every episode of the show dives deep into a science question you might not even know you had - but once you hear the answer, you’ll want to share it with everyone you know. Our team of scientists digs into the research and breaks it down into a short, entertaining explanation jam-packed with science facts and terrible puns. We’ll tell the incredible story of how monkeys crossed the Atlantic ocean on natural rafts, and we’ll explain why it gets hotter the deeper you dig underground.