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 | This series of webcasts highlights scientific projects near the North and South Poles. Included are presentations that focus on global warming, the construction of the huge South Pole Telescope, and Ice Cube, an under-ice telescope that searches for neutrinos.
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Browsing 20 - 30 results of 30 programs from project - Science from the Poles |
Science from the Poles: South Pole Telescope: A Virtual Tour of the Station (Webcast)
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00:28:45
00:28:45
South Pole scientists Tom Crawford and Jeff McMahon take us on a virtual tour of the South Pole Station, then discuss working in the polar environment.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science
Keywords: south pole, telescope, antarctica, space, dark energy
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science
Keywords: south pole, telescope, antarctica, space, dark energy
| Links: | South Pole Telescope Homepage |
Science from the Poles: Once & Future Climate, Part 2: The Present (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:25:43
00:25:43
Join Exploratorium physicists Paul Doherty and Stephanie Chasteen as they examine the past, present, and future of climate change. Watch as Paul and Stephanie demonstrate how you can look at a slice of climate from the past, what a sediment core might look like, and the secrets hidden in an ice balloon!
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, global warming, temperature, atmosphere, tree rings, sediment cores, ice cores, oceans, sedimentation, ice balloon, cake, ping pong balls, sand
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, global warming, temperature, atmosphere, tree rings, sediment cores, ice cores, oceans, sedimentation, ice balloon, cake, ping pong balls, sand
Science from the Poles: Drilling Back to the Future: Live from McMurdo Station, Antarctica (Webcast)
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00:31:49
00:31:49
Exploratorium physicist Paul Doherty chats with Richard Levy, a geologist, and Ross Powell, who’s the co-director of the ANDRILL project. They are drilling beneath the Antarctic seafloor, and pulling up sediment cores. By looking at the layers of the past, they hope to help us predict our future.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists,
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists,
| Links: | ANDRILL Homepage |
Science from the Poles: Understanding the Gulf Stream (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:27:47
00:27:47
Exploratorium biologist Charles Carlson talks about why climate change is causing a crisis with the Gulf Stream.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 1, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: gulf stream, climate change, global warming
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 1, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: gulf stream, climate change, global warming
Science from the Poles: Global Warming 101: More Questions and Answers (Webcast)
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00:09:55
00:09:55
More quick answers to the most frequently asked questions about global warming.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 30, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: global warming, climate change, ice, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 30, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: global warming, climate change, ice, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide
Science from the Poles: Live Chat from McMurdo Station (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:28:33
00:28:33
What do the kids want to know? Join Kirk Bell's fifth grade class (from Children's Day School in San Francisco)as they chat with Holly Troy in Antarctica. Mr. Troy has spent many seasons at McMurdo station working with scientists.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 30, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, penguins, kirk bell, holly troy, ice
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 30, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, penguins, kirk bell, holly troy, ice
| Links: | Holly Troy Website |
Science from the Poles: How Climate Change Impacts Penguins (Webcast)
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00:33:33
00:33:33
Join Pamela Schaller from the California Academy of Sciences as she discuss penguins and how climate change impacts them.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: penguins, climate change, environment, oceans, adelies, emperors, gentoos, chinstraps and macaronis.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: penguins, climate change, environment, oceans, adelies, emperors, gentoos, chinstraps and macaronis.
Science from the Poles: Penguins in Antarctica (Webcast)
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00:26:39
00:26:39
Penguin researcher David Ainley joins us via telephone from his tent at Cape Royds, Antarctica. Dr. Ainley has been studying Adelie penguins for many seasons from his remote encampment.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: penguin, antarctica, cape royds, ainley, adelie, climate change, global warming
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: penguin, antarctica, cape royds, ainley, adelie, climate change, global warming
| Links: | For more information about penguins |
Science from the Poles: South Pole Telescope: Getting There & Starting to Build (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:34:45
00:34:45
After years of preparation, scientists from the University of Chicago are making the long journey to the South Pole to begin construction on the new 10-meter telescope. Join us as we talk to scientists at the pole about their long journey, learn about the pre-building of the telescope in Texas last summer; and find out what challenges they face in constructing a major scientific instrument in freezing conditions.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: south pole, antarctica, telescope
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: south pole, antarctica, telescope
| Links: | South Pole Telescope Homepage |
Science from the Poles: Once & Future Climate, Part 1: The Past (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:31:41
00:31:41
Watch as Exploratorium physicists Paul Doherty and Stephanie Chasteen play around with the leading greenhouse gas: carbon dioxide. What is it? How much is there in our atmosphere? What does it do that is so harmful to the environment?
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, global warming, north pole, south pole, ice, snow, oceans
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, global warming, north pole, south pole, ice, snow, oceans
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