Browsing 130 - 140 results of 211 programs from 2008 |
Ice Stories: Tagging Seals (Clip)
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Watch Dr. Brendan Kelly, Micaela Ponce, Kevin Bakker and Dan Carlson as they measure and tag a female ringed seal on the frozen Chukchi Sea. Follow them as they return the seal by snowmobile to her breathing hole in the Elson Lagoon - and get a little seal slap in the process.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: seals, ringed seals, tagging, chukchi sea, arctic, alaska, barrow
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: seals, ringed seals, tagging, chukchi sea, arctic, alaska, barrow
| Links: | Dispatch: Tagging Seals |
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: Live from the Greenland Ice Cap (Webcast)
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00:36:37
00:36:37
Join us for this special Webcast from Summit Camp, which sits atop nearly 2 miles (about 3200 m) of ice on the Greenland ice cap. We'll talk with Zoe Courville, an Ice Stories blogger and snow researcher from the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, about life on top of an ice sheet. She'll also discuss her research into how snow becomes glaciers.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, greenland, scientists, dispatches, climate change, ice, snow, summit camp, ice sheets
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, greenland, scientists, dispatches, climate change, ice, snow, summit camp, ice sheets
| Links: | Project: Reading Snowflakes |
Ice Stories: Herc C-130 Flight to Greenland (Clip)
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To get to Greenland, scientists fly with the 109th Air National Guard in a Hercules C-130 aircraft. It is definitely not your typical airline experience.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 11, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: transportation, greenland, c-130 aircraft
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 11, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: transportation, greenland, c-130 aircraft
| Links: | Dispatch: Herc C-130 Flight to Greenland |
Ice Stories: Permafrost and Climate (Webcast)
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Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky is researching permafrost geophysics: the relationship between the frozen ground (permafrost) and climate. Join host Julie Konop as she asks Vladimir about his most recent data.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 10, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, permafrost, geology, biology, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 10, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, permafrost, geology, biology, ice
TV and Radio Spots: Radio PSA: Tempt Fate at the Superstition Obstacle Course (Podcast)
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A witty public service announcement for The Superstition Obstacle Course, where visitors were invited to challenge some superstitions. Superstition Obstacle Course was part of the Mind exhibit collection.
Project: TV and Radio Spots | Browse All
Date: June 10, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: mind, superstition, obstacle course
Project: TV and Radio Spots | Browse All
Date: June 10, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: mind, superstition, obstacle course
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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
| Links: | Project: Ancient Bones and Iñupiaq Culture |
Ice Stories: Snow Chemistry (Webcast)
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00:22:08
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As the Arctic continues to warm, chemicals locked in the snow can be released-either into the seas or evaporated into the air. Dr. Glenn Rowland studies the chemicals locked in the ice to help us understand what is there now and how it will react when released into the environment.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 6, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology, Chemistry
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, chemistry, oceanography, ice, snow, glen rowland
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 6, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology, Chemistry
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, chemistry, oceanography, ice, snow, glen rowland
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