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NASA Animation: Pollution from Russian Fires Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 40 seconds Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory generated an animation showing the spread of carbon monoxide pollution from Russia's spreading wildfires around the Northern Hemisphere. More on satellites and fires on Dot Earth blog: http://j.mp/FireMaps More on the animation: http://www.jpl.na sa.gov/news/news.cfm ?release=2010-265 |
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Invading Fungus Extinguishing Bat Populations Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 137 seconds A new paper in the journal Science concludes that a spreading fungus is poised to wipe out populations across the Northeast within 20 years. |
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Santa Claus's Summer Gig? Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 27 seconds At this year's Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Festival, ran across a remarkable ASL interpreter who sure looked like Santa Claus. What a great summer gig for such a jolly fellow. |
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A Humpback - Human Jazz Jam Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 101 seconds David Rothenberg, on clarinets, is an environmental philosopher and musician who brought together some performers in Cold Spring, NY, to jam with humpback whale sounds he recorded off Maui, Hawaii. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com/tag/wh ales |
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Woodpecker Pretends It's a Hummingbird Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 35 seconds A downy woodpecker in the Hudson River Valley learns how to drink hummingbird food. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com/tag/bi rds |
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Jaguars 'Obsessed' With Calvin Klein Cologne Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 48 seconds Researchers trying to attract elusive jaguars to cameras set in a Guatemalan preserve found that a popular men's cologne was a sure lure. |
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Scorpion Attack Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 30 seconds A scorpion tries to kill a big beetle on a rain forest tree at night in La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, May, 2010. More on the NY Times blog DOT EARTH: http://j.mp/AntMarch |
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Fresh Video of Oil Gushing from Kink in Well Riser Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 301 seconds This video, released by the office of Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, shows oil flowing from the kink in the well "riser" -- the collapsed pipe leading up from the well head on the sea floor. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com/tag/gu lf-spill http://billnelson .senate.gov |
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Some Oil Recovered As Gulf Stain Spreads Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 31 seconds The Discoverer Enterprise, part of a large fleet of vessels working to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, flared gas and captured some oil pumped to the surface from the damaged seafloor well on May 17th. (U.S. Navy video) |
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Why 'Stasists' Have it Easy; What Scientists Can Do? Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 189 seconds Some questions and answers on ways to improve science communication. Following earlier Revkin riff: http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=RR_5yu_e- bQ |
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Telling the Story of Science in a Post-Media World Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 596 seconds At a National Academies symposium on managing the living world 200 years after the birth of Charles Darwin, Andrew Revkin of The New York Times described ways to communicate the story of science even as conventional media shrink. More: http://j.mp/DarwS ymp09 http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com |
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Leafs Ants on Parade Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 45 seconds At the La Selva Biological Station on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, leafcutter ants work nonstop. More at: http://ots.ac.cr/ en/laselva http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com |
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On Trees, Timber and Making Stuff Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 116 seconds I swore to make a dining table out of old hickory planks from a neighbor's tree and finally got the job done. An Arbor Day appreciation of trees, and timber. More at Dot Earth: http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com/tag /local |
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Trying to Communicate on Climate Talks Above the Din Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 45 seconds The correspondent for CBS radio covering the climate-treaty negotiations in Copenhagen had to record his dispatches beneath a black shroud to cut out the noise from thousands of reporters in the cavernous press hall. More on the talks on the Dot Earth blog: http://j.mp/dotCOP15 |
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Bringing Back Bison Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 33 seconds A comprehensive report has been released proposing a road map for restoring bison populations to the North American plains. Video provided with permission by the Wildlife Conservation Society, http://www.wcs.org The report: http://www.iucn.o rg/?4750 More on Dot Earth: http://www.nytimes.c om/dotearth |
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Living the (Imposed) Low-Carbon Life In Blizzard's Wake Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 194 seconds For several hundred thousand households in the Northeast, an epic snowfall led to days without power, heat, water and mobility. Welcome to the involuntarily low-carbon life. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com |
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Snow Day Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 47 seconds Dogs, a boy, a sled and lots of wet snow. More video on Dot Earth: http://j.mp/dotVids |
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Hurricane Frances, 2004 (NASA) Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 14 seconds NASA imagery of Hurricane Frances, a category 4 storm that caused substantial damage in Florida in 2004. New climate studies suggest that the average number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the western Atlantic could double from the current norm of 1.4 such storms per year. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com/tag/hu rricanes |
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Hudson River Thaw Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 53 seconds As the unusual winter cold snap abated, the Hudson River's sheath of ice began to break up (1/16/2010). More on http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com |
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Collision in the Whale Wars Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 37 seconds The new anti-whaling speedboat deployed by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society collides with a vessel in Japan's whaling fleet. More on New York Times blog Dot Earth: http://j.mp/CrashVie w Video provided by Japan's Institute for Cetacean Research. More on Dot Earth: http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com http://www.icrwha le.org/gpandsea.htm< br /> http://www.seashe pherd.org |
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Computers and Kids in Istanbul Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 18 seconds Kids in a working class and poor neighborhood in Istanbul surf the Internet and join Facebook. Could a translation algorithm allow them to get to know peers in other countries? |
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