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Science in the City: Sea Debris (Clip)
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You've probably heard about the Texas-sized island of plastic trash swirling in the center of the Pacific Ocean. But did you know we have our own pockets of floating trash right here in San Francisco Bay? Join us on a trash safari with Sealife Convervation—a research and education group studying the volume, distribution, and sources of trash in the San Francisco and Monterey Bays.
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: May 11, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: oceanography, conservation, sealife, albatross, marine life, sailing, carbon, toxins, plastic
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: May 11, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: oceanography, conservation, sealife, albatross, marine life, sailing, carbon, toxins, plastic
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Science in the City: Journey to the Farallones (Clip)
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Twenty-seven miles beyond the Golden Gate, the craggy Farallon Islands have been home to fur-seal hunters from Russia, a gold-rush-era egg business, and even a nuclear waste dump. Today they’re home to 250,000 sea birds, not to mention seals, sea lions, whales, and sharks. What makes these stark-looking islands so attractive to wildlife?
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: January 26, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: oceanography, farallones islands, noaa, whales, sharks, seals, birds, bay, sea life, grey whale, blue whale, great white, harbor seal, elephant seal,
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: January 26, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: oceanography, farallones islands, noaa, whales, sharks, seals, birds, bay, sea life, grey whale, blue whale, great white, harbor seal, elephant seal,
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NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: Exploring the Depths with ROVs (Webcast)
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Learn about exploring the deep sea with ROVs. The Okeanos' ROV Operations Coordinator Dave Lovalvo shares the expedition's latest discoveries, including video of what is believed to be several completely new species.
Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: rov, ocean, exploration, okeanos explorer, oceanography, scientist, oceans
Look over the shoulders of ocean explorers as they map and send their ROV into the little-known and unknown regions of the deep sea. "Voyages of Discovery" connects the Exploratorium with NOAA's newest ship, the Okeanos Explorer, currently in the Pacific Ocean near Indonesia, as it carries out its first exploration voyage.
Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: rov, ocean, exploration, okeanos explorer, oceanography, scientist, oceans
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NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: Live from the Ship (Webcast)
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Join the Exploratorium as we connect live for the first time with NOAA's newest ship, the Okeanos Explorer. The Okeanos is on its maiden voyage, traveling from Hawaii to Indonesia. We will talk with scientists on the ship and discover what kind of research they are conducting.
Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All
Date: June 17, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: oceanography, oceans, scientists, research, noaa, okeanos explorer
Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All
Date: June 17, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: oceanography, oceans, scientists, research, noaa, okeanos explorer
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Ice Stories: Energy Dynamics within Alaska's thaw lakes (Webcast)
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Alaska's coastal range is covered in literally thousands of thaw lakes. Ken Hinkel, Yongwei Sheng and John Lenters are embarking on a project to reveal the subtle energy dynamics that take place within these lake systems.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Ice Stories: Tracking Endangered Bird Populations (Webcast)
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Dr. Jewel Bennett, an endangered species biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Fairbanks field office, is in Barrow leading a survey team tracking the endangered Steller's and Spectacled Eiders' populations.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 19, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 19, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Ice Stories: Inupiaq knowledge meets science on Alaska's North Slope (Webcast)
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Inupiaq elders, local experts and scientific researchers partner on the North Slope to study and understand the changing environment. Wendy Eisner and Chris Cuomo join us to talk about their project: Indigenous Knowledge and Landscape in Northern Alaska.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 17, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice, inupiaq, elders, local knowledge
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 17, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice, inupiaq, elders, local knowledge
| Links: | Big Idea: Pairing Scientific and Traditional Knowledge |
Ice Stories: Shorebirds in the Arctic (Webcast)
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In today's program Dr. Bart Kempenaers, a behavioral ecologist from the Max Planck Institiute of Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany, talks about the research he and his team are doing on arctic breeding shorebirds in Barrow, Alaska.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 14, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 14, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Ice Stories: Impact of Pollutants on Snow and Ice (Webcast)
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Amanda Grannas' research group at Villanova University studies a wide range of topics under the umbrella of "analytical environmental chemistry", including the impacts of pollutants in the snow and ice. We'll chat with Amanda about her current research in the Arctic.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 13, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 13, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Ice Stories: First Day in the Field (Webcast)
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Weather permitting, correspondents Anne Jensen and Laura Thomas will have just returned from their first day at their field location at Nuvuk (a.k.a. Point Barrow). We'll take a look at conditions after the long winter, and watch as these scientists, and their students, prepare for a summer of digging.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, archeology, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, archeology, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
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