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

Ice Stories: Searching for Life in the Ice (webcast)

Running Time:
00:22:45

The Census of Marine Life is a growing global network of researchers in more than 70 nations engaged in a ten year (2000-2010) mission to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans. Rolf Gradinger is an expert in Sea Ice Communities, studying the tiny animals that actually live inside the ice and those that live on the bottom of the ice sheets. We'll chat with Rolf about his current work, drilling ice cores just off Barrow, and looking for some of the world's most unique fauna.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: May 24, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: The Tundra and Climate Change (webcast)

Running Time:
00:16:26

Meet Barrow scientist and Ice Stories blogger Steve Hastings, who is investigating how the tundra responds to climate change. What exactly is the tundra? How can vegetation, no more than 3 inches tall, play such an important role in the world's climate? Why does the tundra release so much CO2?

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: May 23, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Live from the Arctic (webcast)

Running Time:
00:16:16

The Exploratorium's remote crew has landed in Barrow, AK, to showcase the vast array of science being conducted at this northernmost tip of the continent. Join us for this introduction to Barrow: where is it? why are so many scientists here? why are May and June such important times?

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: May 22, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Pi Day: 20th Anniversary of Pi Day at the Exploratorium (webcast)

Running Time:
01:53:32

The Exploratorium celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pi Day with a pie-throwing contest, Pi Day exhibits in Second Life, and more activities honoring everyone's favorite mathematical constant.

Project: Pi Day | Browse All

Date: March 13, 2008
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science, History

Ice Stories: Penguins, Part II (webcast)

Running Time:
00:39:23

Join us for more conversation with David Ainley and other researchers studying Adelie penguins in Antarctica’s Ross Sea.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: January 24, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Return to Mars: Mars Update: Of Asteroids and Craters (webcast)

Running Time:
00:28:06

Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he gives us an update on Mars and examines the possibility of an upcoming asteroid collision with the red planet!

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: January 23, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Ice Stories: South Pole Telescope: Data Collection and Distant Galaxies (webcast)

Running Time:
00:29:28

Scientist working on the South Pole Telescope explain data collection, focusing on the telescope's receiver, a precise instrument with a thousand "eyes" pointed to the distant universe.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: January 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Ice Cube Telescope, Part II (webcast)

Running Time:
00:31:28

Hear more from scientists working on the Ice Cube telescope at the South Pole.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: January 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science

Ice Stories: Glaciologists at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (webcast)

Running Time:
00:46:36

Meet glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk and his team, who work in the fast-emerging field of ice sheet dynamics. They speak to us just after returning from a month at a remote camp on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: January 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Balloon Research (webcast)

Running Time:
00:23:54

Watch as three giant helium balloons are launched above Antarctica to study climate history; listen as scientists talk about balloon research.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science