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Ice Stories: Live from the Wilkes Land Expedition (Webcast)
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On March 1st, we connected live with scientists aboard the scientific drilling vessel the JOIDES Resolution off the coast of Antarctica. Meet geologists Rob Dunbar, Carlota Escutia, and Christina Riesselman and learn about their historic expedition to Antarctica that is helping reveal the history of Earth's climate and teaching us about our climate future.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology
| Links: | Project Page: Wilkes Land Expedition |
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Ice Stories: Looking at Climate History for Clues to Our Future (Clip)
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Geologist Chistina Riesselman explains how studying 3-million-year-old sediment from Antarctica is providing a glimpse of what our planet's climate might look like if atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to rise as projected.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 5, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sediment cores, climate change, climate history, diatoms, glaciers, sea level rise
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 5, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sediment cores, climate change, climate history, diatoms, glaciers, sea level rise
Ice Stories: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers (Clip)
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To understand how Earth’s climate system has changed over time, scientists need to find, develop and use natural recorders of temperature and precipitation. One natural thermometer comes in the form of alkenones: trans-fats produced by certain algae.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
| Links: | Dispatch: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers |
Ice Stories: The Road to ANDRILL (Clip)
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In this video, ride in a special Mattracks truck across the ice sheet with geologist Christina Riesselman as she travels with ANDRILL Staff Scientist Richard Levy from McMurdo Station to the ANDRILL drill site. They investigate the truck’s special wheels, observe beautiful panoramas of the Transantarctic Mountains, and hear the drill running at the drill site.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 29, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: andrill, geology, sediment coring, sea ice, mcmurdo sound, mcmurdo station, climate history, mattracks
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 29, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: andrill, geology, sediment coring, sea ice, mcmurdo sound, mcmurdo station, climate history, mattracks
| Links: | Dispatch: The Road to ANDRILL |
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Ice Stories: ANDRILL: Wrapping Up (Webcast)
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Today we wrap up our conversations with the ANDRILL scientists (including project leader Dave Harwood) and hear about what lies ahead for the project.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 9, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists, ice, drilling, scientists
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 9, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists, ice, drilling, scientists
| Links: | Project: Drilling through Time | ANDRILL homepage |
Ice Stories: ANDRILL: Sediment Core & Ancient Diatoms (Webcast)
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Watch ANDRILL scientists examine a sediment core, find out about new developments, and discover ancient diatoms (single-celled marine organisms).
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists, ice, drilling, scientists, global warming, climate change
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists, ice, drilling, scientists, global warming, climate change
| Links: | Project: Drilling through Time | ANDRILL homepage |
Ice Stories: ANDRILL: How and Why They Drill (Webcast)
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How do ANDRILL scientists drill and retrieve sediment cores from under the ice and sea, and why do they do it?
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 30, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists, ice, drilling, scientists, global warming, climate change
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 30, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists, ice, drilling, scientists, global warming, climate change
| Links: | Project: Drilling through Time | ANDRILL Homepage |
Ice Stories: ANDRILL: An Overview (Webcast)
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Join us for an overview of the ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) Project, a multinational collaboration among 200-plus scientists, students, and educators from five nations, to recover sediment cores (layered sections of earth) from under the Antarctic ice and seas.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 28, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists, ice, drilling, scientists, global warming, climate change
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 28, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, andrill, sediment cores, geologists, ice, drilling, scientists, global warming, climate change
| Links: | Project: Drilling through Time | ANDRILL Homepage |
Ice Stories: Christina Riesselman Explains Her Work on ANDRILL (Clip)
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Christina, a geologist from Stanford University, investigates climate history by scouring sediment samples for diatoms, microscopic marine creatures that lived long ago in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 26, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: andrill, antarctica, biography, christina reisselman, sediment cores, mcmurdo
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 26, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: andrill, antarctica, biography, christina reisselman, sediment cores, mcmurdo
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Science from the Poles: The ANDRILL Project (Webcast)
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Join us as we talk to scientists from the ANDRILL (ANtarctica DRILLing) project, who are currently on a geological drilling expedition in Antarctica.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: geology, drilling, antarctica, ice, ice cores, climate change, sediment cores
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: geology, drilling, antarctica, ice, ice cores, climate change, sediment cores
| Links: | ANDRILL Homepage |
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