EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Science from the Poles: Understanding the Gulf Stream (Webcast)

Running Time:
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

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Windows Media: 256K

Science from the Poles: Global Warming 101: More Questions and Answers (Webcast)

Running Time:
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

Real: 256K

Windows Media: 256K

Science from the Poles: Live Chat from McMurdo Station (Webcast)

Running Time:
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

Links:

Holly Troy Website

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Science from the Poles: How Climate Change Impacts Penguins (Webcast)

Running Time:
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.

Real: 256K

Windows Media: 256K

Science from the Poles: Penguins in Antarctica (Webcast)

Running Time:
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

Links:

For more information about penguins

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Windows Media: 256K

Science from the Poles: South Pole Telescope: Getting There & Starting to Build (Webcast)

Running Time:
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

Links:

South Pole Telescope Homepage

Real: 256K

Windows Media: 256K

Science from the Poles: Once & Future Climate, Part 1: The Past (Webcast)

Running Time:
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

Real: 256K

Windows Media: 256K

Transit of Mercury: Transit of Mercury Pre-Program (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:24:36

Join Exploratorium staff Paul Doherty and Robyn Higdon as they discuss the Transit of Mercury.

Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All

Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy

Keywords: mercury, transit, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare

Real: 225K

Transit of Mercury: Transit of Mercury (Webcast)

Running Time:
05:12:09

On November 8, 2006, Mercury slowly slid across the face of the sun during a relatively rare event known as a transit. The Exploratorium's Live@ crew was at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona to cover the event. This webcast includes a brief history of Kitt Peak and its 21 telescopes.

Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All

Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy

Keywords: mercury, transit, kitt peak national observatory, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare

Real: 225K

Extremophiles in Kamchatka: Kamchatka Mosaic: Camp Construction (Clip)

Running Time:
00:00:35

Setting up camp at the Kamchatka Microbial Observatory.

Project: Evidence: Extremophiles in Kamchatka | Browse All

Date: September 20, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: evidence, kamchatka, russia, extremophiles, hot springs, biology, geology, origin of life, evolution, microbiology


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