Found 20 - 30 results of 42 programs matching keyword "sounds of antarctic glaciers and rock" |
Science from the Poles: Sea Ice Versus Land Ice (Webcast)
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Join Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he explains the difference between floating ice and land ice, and why they effect sea levels differently.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 29, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sea ice, land ice, glaciers, global warming, climate change
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 29, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sea ice, land ice, glaciers, global warming, climate change
Exploratorium at AGU 2006: Glaciers and Climate Change (Podcast)
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00:10:00
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Stephanie Chasteen speaks with Jerry Osborne of the University of Calgary about his work studying glaciers to understand how the climate is changing in recent years.
Project: Science from the Poles: Exploratorium at AGU 2006 | Browse All
Date: December 14, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: jerry osborne, stephanie chasteen, glaciers, climate change, agu
Project: Science from the Poles: Exploratorium at AGU 2006 | Browse All
Date: December 14, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: jerry osborne, stephanie chasteen, glaciers, climate change, agu
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Doctor Atomic: The Opera Singer and the Physicist (Podcast)
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How do opera singers sing loud enough to be heard over an orchestra? Can an opera singer's voice really break a wine glass? What's the difference between a baritone and a soprano? Discover the answers to these questions—and more!—in this presentation for families. Join physicist and composer Dr. Brian Holmes and San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald to explore how the art and science of singing combine in opera.
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: October 8, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: human vocal chords, science of singing, physics of singing, physics of opera, physiology of vocal sounds, vocal projection, projecting your voice, human vocal folds, opera physicist, science of opera, vocal frequency, vocal resonance, vocal tract, articulation, vocali
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: October 8, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: human vocal chords, science of singing, physics of singing, physics of opera, physiology of vocal sounds, vocal projection, projecting your voice, human vocal folds, opera physicist, science of opera, vocal frequency, vocal resonance, vocal tract, articulation, vocali
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Saturn: How Far Have We Gone? (Webcast)
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After a week of analyzing the data from the Huygens probe, do scientists think of Titan differently? What were the unexpected findings? Which hypotheses were wrong? Which were correct? Join us as we talk to mission scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and get the latest on this enigmatic moon.
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: January 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: titan, atmosphere of titan, cassini spacecraft, gravity on titan demonstration, ice balloon activity, weathering, surface erosion, dendridic rivers, sounds of titan
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: January 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: titan, atmosphere of titan, cassini spacecraft, gravity on titan demonstration, ice balloon activity, weathering, surface erosion, dendridic rivers, sounds of titan
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: Tales of a Martian Rock Climber (Webcast)
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Explore how Mars’s gravity and geology would affect rock climbers, with the Exploratorium's Dr. Paul Doherty.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 8, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, geology, rock climbers
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 8, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, geology, rock climbers
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Origins: Astrobiology: Looking for Mars on Earth (Webcast)
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00:32:24
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Chris McKay, Planetary Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, has traveled the world seeking Mars-like environments. In the Dry Valleys of Antarctica—his favorite Mars analog on Earth—Dr. McKay discovered a kind of algae living inside rocks porous to light and water. He’ll show us some of these rocks and talk about the physical conditions required for life.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: deserts, atacama desert of chile, life on mars, most lifeless place on earth, driest place on earth, ecosystems, algae, organisms in rock, photosyntheseis in rock, most mars-like place on earth, antarctica dry valleys, alum rock park, earth's extreme environments, mic
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: deserts, atacama desert of chile, life on mars, most lifeless place on earth, driest place on earth, ecosystems, algae, organisms in rock, photosyntheseis in rock, most mars-like place on earth, antarctica dry valleys, alum rock park, earth's extreme environments, mic
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Science Wire: Echo-Logic (Webcast)
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00:41:34
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Produced by students from San Francisco's Aim High Program. Today they ask, how do our ears work? Can we communicate without words? How do whales communicate under water? Why don't bats slam into trees as they fly? Middle school students will interview Exploratorium Educator Ken Finn and Biologist Dr. Karen Kalumuck, plus special surprise guests!
Project: Science Wire | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: sonar, human hearing, sound location, science of music, guitar science, paul dresher ensemble, chromatic quadrachord instrument demonsrtation, nocturnal animal sounds, underwater animal sounds, whale song, production of sound, animal echolocation, low-frequency sound
Project: Science Wire | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: sonar, human hearing, sound location, science of music, guitar science, paul dresher ensemble, chromatic quadrachord instrument demonsrtation, nocturnal animal sounds, underwater animal sounds, whale song, production of sound, animal echolocation, low-frequency sound
| Real: 256K |
Origins: Antarctica: Dive Under the Ice with Mary (Webcast)
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0:28:24
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Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 11, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science
Keywords: freezing avoidance in antarctic fish, antarctic teleost, ocular freezing, freezing avoidance polar fish, cold adaptation, antarctic marine environment, freezing point depression, thermal hysteresis, antifreeze proteins, ice growth inhibition, ice crystal gro
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 11, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science
Keywords: freezing avoidance in antarctic fish, antarctic teleost, ocular freezing, freezing avoidance polar fish, cold adaptation, antarctic marine environment, freezing point depression, thermal hysteresis, antifreeze proteins, ice growth inhibition, ice crystal gro
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Origins: Antarctica: Dry Valleys 2 with Paul (Webcast)
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0:37:24
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Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier research, glacier change, commonwealth glacier, mcmurdo dry valleys, glacier movements, glacier melting, glacier size, ice flows, taylor dry valley, glaciers in the desert, glaciers flow, wind erosion, katabatic wind, weather in antartica, life at extreme tempe
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier research, glacier change, commonwealth glacier, mcmurdo dry valleys, glacier movements, glacier melting, glacier size, ice flows, taylor dry valley, glaciers in the desert, glaciers flow, wind erosion, katabatic wind, weather in antartica, life at extreme tempe
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Origins: Antarctica: Dry Valleys with Paul (Webcast)
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0:29:50
0:29:50
Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 9, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Biology/Life Science
Keywords: life in extreme environments, glacier research, glacier change, mcmurdo dry valleys, glacier movements, glacier melting, glacier size, ecosystems in extremes, ice flows, taylor dry valley, glaciers in the desert, glacial flow, glacier flow, wiind erosion, waterfalls in
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 9, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Biology/Life Science
Keywords: life in extreme environments, glacier research, glacier change, mcmurdo dry valleys, glacier movements, glacier melting, glacier size, ecosystems in extremes, ice flows, taylor dry valley, glaciers in the desert, glacial flow, glacier flow, wiind erosion, waterfalls in
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