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

Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus: Webcast Highlights (webcast)

Running Time:
00:09:58

Watch highlights from our live webcasts with the E/V Nautilus as she explored the Mediterranean and Black Seas searching for shipwreck, deep sea vents and the communities of organisms that live in these extreme environments.

Project: Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus | Browse All

Date: January 6, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Exploratorium Science at America's Cup: Green Sea Turtles (clip)

Running Time:
04:55

There are green sea turtles in San Diego Bay? Where did they come from? Do they really live over 100 years? Why is it important for scientists to keep track of these giant creatures, and how on earth do they do it? In this interview with ecologist Tomoharu Eguchi (NOAA Marine Fisheries Service) and ecology graduate student Sheila Madrak, we meet the sea turtles and explore these 'big' questions.

Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All

Date: November 25, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus: 2011 Mission Highlights (webcast)

Running Time:
00:27:35

Join the Exploratorium for our final webcast with researchers on board the Nautilus. We discuss the highlights of their three month expedition to the Mediterranean and Black Seas, as well as to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Learn about hydrothermal vents, organisms living in extreme environments and ancient shipwrecks.

Project: Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus | Browse All

Date: November 11, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus: Shipwreck Discoveries (webcast)

Running Time:
00:23:58

The Nautilus has discovered several well-preserved shipwrecks on their mission, from ancient Greek trading vessels to modern sailboats. Join us as we talk with chief scientist Katy Croff Bell live aboard the Nautilus and see the latest video of their discoveries.

Project: Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus | Browse All

Date: October 18, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus: Exploring the Gorringe Bank Seamounts (webcast)

Running Time:
00:25:03

Located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal, the seamounts of Gorringe Bank rise nearly 5000 meters from the sea floor -- as tall as Europe's Alps. Join us as we talk live with scientists aboard the Nautilus as they explore these geologically active and biologically rich submarine mountains.

Project: Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus | Browse All

Date: October 14, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus: Live from the Ship (webcast)

Running Time:
00:24:58

Join the Exploratorium as we connect live for the first time with the E/V Nautilus as it sails the Mediterranean Sea south of Spain. We talk with scientists on the ship and learn about the ship's amazing capabilities and the 2011 exploration mission.

Project: Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus | Browse All

Date: September 30, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Science in the City: Journey to the Farallones (clip)

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00:04:07

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

After Dark: Nomadic Communities (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:43

This After Dark event explored the diverse nomadic communities that thrive in the Bay Area including a mobile diner, food carts, an annual arts event in the desert, urban foragers, and Bay creatures that arrived by ballast water.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: August 8, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Polynesian Navigation: Website Preview (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:04

Video teaser for the upcoming launch of the new Exploratorium website, 'Never Lost'. Learn a little bit about Polynesian Navigation in anticipation of the full website

Project: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation | Browse All

Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Ice Stories: A Day in the Life of the DISC Drill (clip)

Running Time:
00:03:15

This short video summarizes all of the steps in collecting an ice core using the Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill. Thomas Bauska, of Oregon State University helped Heidi Roop put together this video.

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

Date: February 4, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science