Found 40 - 50 results of 124 programs matching keyword " temperature of antarctica" |
Ice Stories: Life on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (Podcast)
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In this audio dispatch, correspondent Jack Walter describes his first week at the team's field camp on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Hear about their research on lakes under the glaciers and get a slice of life as a remote polar scientist.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice, glacier, west antarctic ice sheet, remote, camping, antarctica, deep field, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice, glacier, west antarctic ice sheet, remote, camping, antarctica, deep field, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Life on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Ice Stories: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome: Part 1 (Podcast)
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In this audio dispatch, correspondent Saffia Hossainzadeh describes her journey to her team's deep field site via a stop at Siple Dome station. In part one, hear about the difficulties involved in escorting 700 pounds of explosives through Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: siple dome, antarctica, explosives, seismic, deep field, camping, glaciers, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: siple dome, antarctica, explosives, seismic, deep field, camping, glaciers, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome |
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Ice Stories: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome: Part 2 (Podcast)
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In this audio dispatch, correspondent Saffia Hossainzadeh describes her journey to her team's deep field site via a stop at Siple Dome station. In part two, hear about our combat-style landing at Siple Dome’s remote air strip.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: siple dome, antarctica, explosives, seismic, deep field, camping, glaciers, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: siple dome, antarctica, explosives, seismic, deep field, camping, glaciers, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome |
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Ice Stories: Traverse across Frozen McMurdo Sound (Clip)
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This video captures the energy and excitement of traversing across the sea ice to the Offshore New Harbor Field Camp.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: traverse, mcmurdo sound, sea ice, skidoos, snowmobiles, antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: traverse, mcmurdo sound, sea ice, skidoos, snowmobiles, antarctica
| Links: | Dispatch: Journey to Our Field Camp |
Ice Stories: Interview with McMurdo Station's Waste Management Supervisor (Clip)
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Ice Stories correspondent Howie Koss interviews James Van Matre, Waste Management Supervisor at McMurdo Station. We talk about Antarctica's waste management practices of the past and present, and why it's important to recycle.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: October 27, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: trash, recycling, waste, antarctica, mcmurdo station, environment
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: October 27, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: trash, recycling, waste, antarctica, mcmurdo station, environment
| Links: | Dispatch: Antarctic Waste Management |
Ice Stories: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers (Clip)
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To understand how Earth’s climate system has changed over time, scientists need to find, develop and use natural recorders of temperature and precipitation. One natural thermometer comes in the form of alkenones: trans-fats produced by certain algae.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
| Links: | Dispatch: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers |
Ice Stories: Live from Both Poles on the Solstice (Webcast)
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Join us as we celebrate the beginning of summer in the Arctic and the long, cold winter in Antarctica. We'll connect live to two polar field sites: Summit Camp atop Greenland's vast ice sheet, where the sun will be shining 24 hours a day, and the South Pole Research Station, now in the middle of 6 months of darkness.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 20, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, greenland, poles, polar science, winter, ice sheets, summit camp, south pole
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 20, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, greenland, poles, polar science, winter, ice sheets, summit camp, south pole
Ice Stories: Ice Core Lab Tour (Clip)
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At the National Ice Core Lab in Denver, Colorado, scientists study ice cores in a Class 100 clean room lab kept at minus 7 degrees F.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: ice, ice core, climate history, climate change, antarctica, arctic, nicl, atmosphere
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: ice, ice core, climate history, climate change, antarctica, arctic, nicl, atmosphere
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Ice Stories: Penguins, Part II (Webcast)
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Join us for more conversation with David Ainley and other researchers studying Adelie penguins in Antarctica’s Ross Sea.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 24, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: antarctica, penguins, adelie, ross sea, david ainley
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 24, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: antarctica, penguins, adelie, ross sea, david ainley
| Links: | Project: Ross Sea Penguins |
Ice Stories: South Pole Telescope: Data Collection and Distant Galaxies (Webcast)
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Scientist working on the South Pole Telescope explain data collection, focusing on the telescope's receiver, a precise instrument with a thousand "eyes" pointed to the distant universe.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, south pole telescope, astronomy, space, south pole, university of chicago
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, south pole telescope, astronomy, space, south pole, university of chicago
| Links: | South Pole Telescope home page |
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