Professor Cynthia de Wit of Stockholm University explains the concept of biomagnification of persistant organic pollutants in arctic marine ecosystems.
This video comes from the APECS (Association for Polar Early Career Scientists) webinar library.
This visual field guide covers organisms found at Ross Island and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It aims to facilitate underwater/topside field identification from visual characters. The National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs sponsored Norbert Wu on an Artist's and Writer's Grant and this Field Guide is a direct result of that sponsorship and Norbert Wu's efforts.
Ever wonder why ice cubes float? I can tell you why ice floats in two words. Archimedes' Principle. Of course, Archimedes' Principle takes a bit more explaining. Let's make sense of it with science! This has been presented by Bayer Corporation's national education program, Making Science Make Sense.
This YouTube video lecture discusses the seasonal stratification and destratification of the world ocean, in other words, the formation of the seasonal thermocline!
This is a one hour presentation and satellite phone call with a Seasons and Biomes Xpedition on Mt Kilimanjaro. The presentation is part of the GLOBE program to educate the world on biome diversity and our biomes at home. This is an archive of the event from 11:30am-12:30pm ADT.
This is a one hour presentation and satellite phone call with a Seasons and Biomes Xpedition on Mt Kilimanjaro. The presentation is part of the GLOBE program to educate the world on biome diversity and our biomes at home. This is an archive of the event from 10-11ADT.