EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: ROV Highlights, July 3, 2010 (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:45

View some of the spectacular underwater footage captured by the Little Hercules ROV on July 3rd during the Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration Expedition.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: July 3, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: ROV Highlights, July 2, 2010 (clip)

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00:02:14

View some of the spectacular underwater footage captured by the Little Hercules ROV on July 2 during the Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration Expedition.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: July 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: ROV Highlights, July 1, 2010 (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:57

View some of the spectacular underwater footage captured by the Little Hercules ROV on July 1 during the Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration Expedition.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: July 1, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: Kawio Barat Submarine Volcano (clip)

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00:03:06

This video shows some of the stunning imagery captured by the high definition cameras on the Little Hercules ROV on June 30, 2010 during the vehicles second dive down to Kawio Barat volcano.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: June 30, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Science of Gardening: Any Little Patch of Dirt (clip)

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00:05:08

Annette Young Smith, along with her neighbors, transformed a littered patch of grass and weeds on a median strip in San Francisco's Bayview District into a lush neighborhood garden full of decorative and edible plants.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Science of Gardening: Grow to Show (clip)

Running Time:
00:06:18

Whether it's giant pumpkins or gorgeous orchids, people lavish attention upon these botanical marvels in the hopes of creating award-winning specimens. Orchid enthusiasts Trudy Hadler and Ray Vickers-Traft divulge why they devote themselves to cultivating for competition.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Live from the Wilkes Land Expedition (webcast)

Running Time:
00:20:39

On March 1st, we connected live with scientists aboard the scientific drilling vessel the JOIDES Resolution off the coast of Antarctica. Meet geologists Rob Dunbar, Carlota Escutia, and Christina Riesselman and learn about their historic expedition to Antarctica that is helping reveal the history of Earth's climate and teaching us about our climate future.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: A Day in the Life of the DISC Drill (clip)

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00:03:15

This short video summarizes all of the steps in collecting an ice core using the Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill. Thomas Bauska, of Oregon State University helped Heidi Roop put together this video.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: February 4, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Miscellaneous: A Close Look at Clouds (webcast)

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00:25:13

Have you ever wondered exactly what clouds are made of, or what the difference is between a cumulus and lenticular cloud? Clouds are an ever-present, ever-changing part of our natural landscape. They come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, and capture our imagination with their endless permutations. Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty for a live Webcast about cloud physics. Paul will discuss the basic makeup of clouds, and explore some of the aspects that make them such a rich part of our daily lives.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: January 16, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Physics

Ice Stories: Science at the South Pole (clip)

Running Time:
00:36:28

As a special event in conjunction with the 2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, we connected a live audience at the Exploratorium with scientists at the South Pole. Learn about atmospheric research at the South Pole from NOAA's Nick Morgan, the IceCube neutrino detector from Mark Krasberg and Laura Gladstone, and the South Pole Telescope from Bill Holzapfel.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 17, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Physics