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Join Lianna Nixxon aboard the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Expedition. This planetarium film was rendered in 2D to be viewed on YouTube.
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This webinar is part of a 4-part series on life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Watch this stand-alone video on seasons in the polar regions or watch all four webinars.
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This webinar is part of a four-part series on life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Watch this stand-alone video on the upper atmosphere or watch all four webinar recordings.
Recorded Science Talks, Science Show and Share
This webinar is part of a 4-part series on life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Watch this stand-alone video on seasons in the polar regions or watch all four webinars.
Recorded Science Talks, Science Show and Share
This webinar is part of a four-part series on life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Watch this stand-alone video on the upper atmosphere or watch all four webinar recordings.
Recorded Science Talks, Science Show and Share
This webinar is designed to be stand alone resource.
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Videographer Lianna Nixon presented about her experiences on the MOSAiC Expedition and filming a planetarium show in the Arctic Circle.
Recorded Science Talks, Science Show and Share
In this stand alone webinar, videographer Lianna Nixon presents about her experiences on the MOSAiC Expedition and filming a planetarium show in the Arctic Circle.
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In this stand-alone video, Dr. Walt Meier presents on Sea Ice (What it is and why we study it).
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Learn about Greenland and Ice Dymanics with Twila Moon in this stand alone video part of the Science Show & Share program.
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In this stand-alone webinar, Dr. Ryan Cassotto presents on: Radars and Remote Sensing of Glaciers.
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How does one repair a buoy frozen in sea ice? Click and drag in this 360-degree video from the MOSAiC expedition to find out!
Virtual Field Trip
Watch MOSAiC researchers work near a meteorological tower on Arctic sea ice in this 360-degree video experience. Click and drag for a full 360-degree view!
Virtual Field Trip
What's it like working in a remote lab on board a ship in the middle of the Arctic? Click and drag in this 360-degree video to find out.
Virtual Field Trip
Watch one of the most extreme soccer games you'll ever see being played on sea ice in the Arctic during the 2019-2020 MOSAiC research expedition. Click and drag for a full 360-degree view!
Virtual Field Trip
Watch as scientists climb a meteorological tower on the ice to repair instruments that collect atmospheric data during the 2019-2020 MOSAiC research expedition. Click and drag for a full 360-degree view!
Virtual Field Trip
In this 360-degree video, scientists park a large weather balloon nicknamed "Miss Piggy" in a tent during the 2019-2020 MOSAiC Arctic research expedition. Click and drag for a full 360-degree view!
Virtual Field Trip
CU Boulder photographer and videographer Amy Richman spent months in the Arctic last year on leg 1 of MOSAiC. This planetarium show allows viewers to experience what Amy witnessed: finding the initial ice floe, setting up the network of instruments and science research camps on the ice, and the seasonal transition from daylight into 24 hours of polar night.
Planetarium Film
Watch a helicopter land on sea ice near MOSAiC researchers in this immersive video captured by scientist Chris Cox. Click and drag for a full 360-degree view!
Virtual Field Trip
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Gunilla Svensson explains how important Earth system models are to understanding where both global and Arctic climate systems are headed. You'll also learn about the key role MOSAiC's modeling team plays in the expedition.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Hauke Flores describes sea ice as an important driver in Arctic food webs. You'll learn about the serious threats climate change poses to biodiversity and key species dependent on ice cover.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Amy Solomon will teach you about her role in MOSAiC in coordinating international forecasting efforts. Data collected in the Arctic during the expedition form the basis of more accurate regional and global models in the future.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Wieslaw Maslowski explains the process of formulating regional models of the Arctic. You'll learn about the relative benefits of such models compared to those at the global scale.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Marika Holland will teach you about climate models. She also asks the question: How will climate extremes and environmental changes in the Arctic reverberate around the world?
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Amy Solomon defines process modeling as an iterative process between observations and theory. You'll learn with specific examples how scientists in both the SHEBA and MOSAiC expeditions move through this process in their work.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. John Walsh discusses how climate change is apparent throughout the Arctic (air, land, ice, and ocean) and that these changes are already impacting humans, wildlife, and the environment.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. James Overland discusses how sea ice loss can cause major changes in the Arctic climate — and more specifically, in the polar jet stream.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Scott Stephenson focuses on the link between climate change and human activities. You'll learn how melting sea ice contributes to economic transformation of the Arctic.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Katrin Vorkamp describes the Arctic as a recipient of global pollution. You'll learn how man-made pollutants contaminate sea ice and the food chains Arctic communities rely on and how governing bodies tackle the issue.
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In this lesson, Dr. Jessica Cross discusses ocean acidification and the dangers it poses to areas like marine life and food security. She'll also teach you about steps communities can take to better understand and face the challenge of climate change.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Kaare Sikuaq Erickson discusses the Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) and its role in nearly twenty-five thousand research sites in/around Barrow, Alaska. You'll also learn about Arctic indigenous populations that live in areas affected by climate change.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Alysa McCall and Dr. Steve Amstrup talk all things polar bear! You'll learn how climate change affects them and hear from Trude Hohle about their role in the MOSAiC expedition.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this video, Drs. Anne Gold and Matthew Shupe conclude the series "Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic" with a summary of the course's major lessons.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Brice Loose covers the topics of microbial carbon cycling and ocean circulation. He poses the question: What happens to ecosystems and to ocean biogeochemical cycles in the new Arctic?
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Jessie Creamean discusses how aerosols affect clouds and precipitation in the atmosphere and why they're important to the Arctic.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Clara Hoppe sheds light on the small but mighty phytoplankton! You'll learn about MOSAiC's special interest in primary production, carbon export, and groundbreaking data scientists expect to glean from the expedition.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Jeff Bowman touches on differences between the adaptive strategies of warm vs. cold-bodied organisms. You'll learn about homeostasis and thermal equilibrium as they relate to the harsh Arctic environment.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Jeff Bowman will teach you about metabolic challenges and opportunities present for organisms living in Arctic sea ice.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Carin Ashjihan will introduce you to Arctic marine life by highlighting important organisms in the food chain. She'll take you through a 4-step process to answer the question: How can we protect, conserve, and manage Arctic ecosystems in the future?
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Marcel Nicolaus describes his role as MOSAiC's sea ice team leader and why their work is so crucial to the expedition. In studying sea ice, snow, and microorganism habitats, the team hopes to improve Arctic forecasts and better understand how drifting patterns/processes interact.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Donald Perovich discusses sea ice mass balance. You'll learn about the data collection tools used by MOSAiC scientists including stakes, temperature strings, and autonomous buoys that measure Arctic ice melt and growth through the seasons.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Jennifer Hutchings defines sea ice kinetics. Throughout the MOSAiC expedition, scientists will be monitoring the kinematics of ice motion and determining the forces involved in opening, shearing, and closing sea ice.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Jennifer Hutchings describes Arctic sea ice dynamics and how ridges and leads form during the transpolar drift.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Bonnie Light adds new meaning to her name! You'll learn about sunlight's vital role in the Arctic system — specifically, how it affects melting in the summer and how different albedos play into this.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Melinda Webster explains sea ice formation. You'll learn about its role in driving ocean circulation, different shapes the ice can take on, and what affects sea ice growth vs. reduction.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Julienne Stroeve explains her research with MOSAiC in studying Arctic sea ice thickness. Using 40 years of satellite observations, she can track how quickly sea ice volume is declining.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Sandy Starkweather discusses geopolitics concerning the "Arctic Eight" nations and the six indigenous peoples organizations that make up the Arctic Council.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Benjamin Rabe talk about the MOSAiC expedition as a whole and what kinds of things scientists will be studying. From observing tiny microorganisms to larger weather patterns, MOSAiC aims to better understand the Arctic system and how it affects change on a global scale.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Allison Fong discusses Arctic ice melt and what this means for the surrounding biological environment. You'll ponder the question: Will the Arctic be net primary productive or will it ultimately be a source of carbon?
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Allison Fong introduces you to nutrient biogeochemistry in the Arctic Ocean. You'll learn about nutrient distribution and how it influences primary production.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Tim Stanton discusses the role of ocean stratification in controlling the way heat interacts with sea ice in the Arctic.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Bill Shaw will teach you about ocean circulation driven by wind patterns and buoyancy.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Matthew Shupe breaks down the work of MOSAiC's atmosphere team. Following team goals and using such tools as lasers, radar technology, and weather balloons, scientists can better understand the Arctic system (air, ice, and sea) as a whole.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Drs. Jennifer Kay and Ariel Morrison introduce positive and negative albedo feedbacks that are important to the Arctic climate system (and polar bears!).
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Matthew Shupe explains the significance of clouds in the Arctic system and how they play important roles in precipitation, energy transfer, and climate modeling.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Chris Cox will teach you about Earth's atmosphere. You'll learn about its chemical composition, temperature structure, energy fluxes, and how MOSAiC scientists measure the atmosphere's energy budget.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. John Cassano describes the role of the Arctic in the Earth's energy budget and climate system.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Matthew Shupe broadly defines MOSAiC. From the very first expedition of Fridtjof Nansen to present day, Arctic research remains at the forefront of environmental science and developments in our world's changing climate.
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In this stand-alone webinar, Mylène Jacquemart talked about her research working to ID triggers of sudden glacier detachments: destructive glacial process that buried kilometers of Alaskan forest.
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In this stand-alone webinar, Dr. Noah Fierer presented on his recent work looking at the microorganisms living in soils of Antarctica, one of the driest and coldest places on Earth.
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In this stand-alone webinar, Dr. Lincoln Pitcher presented on recent research about meltwater production, transport and export from the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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In this webinar, Dr. Amy Butler talked about the Polar Vortex. She focused on why she became an atmospheric scientist, presented a brief overview of the stratosphere and the ozone layer, and discussed how we might use information about the stratospheric polar vortex to make extended-range weather forecasts.
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In this stand-alone webinar, Dr. Ted Scambos presented a 'science travelogue' for the continent of Antarctica.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Jonathan Griffith tells the story of Fridtjof Nansen's trailblazing journey through the Arctic in the 1893 Fram Expedition.
Science Content Video
This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.
In this specific lesson, Dr. Mark Serreze describes the Arctic as a highly varied environment undergoing some rapid changes. You'll learn that MOSAiC seeks to answer the questions: Why is the Arctic changing, and where are we headed?
Science Content Video
The conclusion to the Polar Visions series interviews citizens and climate scientists about how we can all make a difference in our world and slow climate change.
Science Content Video
This video is part of the Polar Visions series on climate change. This video details the process and the importance of ice core drilling to paleoclimatology.
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This video is part of the Polar Visions series on climate change. Learn about how changes in polar sea ice shift the Earth's climate.
This video is part of the Polar Visions series on climate change. Watch as climate scientists discuss how they track moving glaciers in the Arctic to better understand different layers in the ice.
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This video is part of the Polar Visions series on climate change. This video gives a short overview on the history of the poles, including the exploration of Antarctica.
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