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Science at Burning Man: Investigating Alkali (Clip)
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Senior Exploratorium scientist, Paul Doherty, unlocks the mystery behind the corrosive dust that coats the Black Rock Desert.
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 29, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: paul doherty, burning man, alkali, alkaline, mountains, basin, playa, desert, investigate, ph level, acidity
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 29, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: paul doherty, burning man, alkali, alkaline, mountains, basin, playa, desert, investigate, ph level, acidity
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Science at Burning Man: Vortices (Clip)
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Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty discusses the science of dust devils and describes how vortices are created in the Black Rock Desert.
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 20, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: vortices, dust devils, desert, tornado, paul doherty
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 20, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: vortices, dust devils, desert, tornado, paul doherty
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Science at Burning Man: Triangle of Fire (Clip)
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Burning Man is a literal hotbed of explosions and fire. Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he looks at the properties that make up fire through the lens of the Burning Man event.
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 11, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: burning man, fire, detonation, gas, air, black rock desert
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 11, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: burning man, fire, detonation, gas, air, black rock desert
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Science at Burning Man: Double Rainbows (Clip)
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Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty explains a double rainbow sighting at Burning Man 2010!
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 10, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: burning man, rainbows, light, prisms, color, black rock desert
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 10, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: burning man, rainbows, light, prisms, color, black rock desert
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Ice Stories: Looking at Climate History for Clues to Our Future (Clip)
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Geologist Chistina Riesselman explains how studying 3-million-year-old sediment from Antarctica is providing a glimpse of what our planet's climate might look like if atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to rise as projected.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 5, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sediment cores, climate change, climate history, diatoms, glaciers, sea level rise
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 5, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sediment cores, climate change, climate history, diatoms, glaciers, sea level rise
Ice Stories: POLENET (Polar Earth Observing Network) (Webcast)
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Our Exploratorium team talks to scientists from POLENET (Polar Earth Observing Network).
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 2, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: glaciers, dry, desert, snow, mcmurdo, antarctica, ecology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 2, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: glaciers, dry, desert, snow, mcmurdo, antarctica, ecology
| Links: | Project: Pulse of the Poles |
Ice Stories: Glaciers and the Simple Life in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys (Clip)
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In this interview from in front of the Canada Glacier in Antarctica’s Taylor Valley, Hassan Basagic from Portland State University describes the essential role of polar glaciers in supporting the bare-bones ecosystems in the Dry Valleys.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 31, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: dry valleys, antarctica, ecology, ecosystem, glaciers, canada glacier, taylor valley, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 31, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: dry valleys, antarctica, ecology, ecosystem, glaciers, canada glacier, taylor valley, ice
| Links: | Dispatch: Glaciers and the Simple Life in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys |
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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Alternative content download MP3 (1.4 MB) |
Ice Stories: Interview with Geologist Paul Bierman (Clip)
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On his team’s first day out in the field near Kangerlussuaq, geomorphologist Paul Bierman of the University of Vermont explains what kind of rocks they look for to help determine the last time Greenland was free of ice.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 16, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice sheet, glaciers, rocks, cosmic rays, isotopes, isotope geochemistry, age dating
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 16, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice sheet, glaciers, rocks, cosmic rays, isotopes, isotope geochemistry, age dating
| Links: | Dispatch: How Old is the Greenland Ice Sheet? |
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