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88-South Antarctic Traverse: Year Two
For the second straight year, NASA researchers (Kelly Brunt and Adam Greeley) endured low temperatures, biting winds, and high altitude to conduct another 88-South Traverse. The 470-mile expedition in one of the most barren landscapes on...
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IMPACTS 2022: NASA Planes Fly into Snowstorms to Study Snowfall
NASA’s Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Storms (IMPACTS) mission, which began in January and is planned to wrap up at the end of February, has seen upwards of 10 flights so far. Ultimately,...
Curated Video
How the Phrasal Verb “Get To” Can Earn You 7 on IELTS
How the Phrasal Verb “Get To” Can Earn You 7 on IELTS
Visual Learning Systems
Migration and Hibernation: Animals Adjusting
Geese flying south is a sign that winter is arriving. Through numerous fascinating examples, this colorful program illustrates the migration of animals. Also explored is the amazing process of hibernation.
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Water Isotopes Leave Fingerprints For Climate Scientists
This project observes and analyzes the stable isotope composition of water vapor and precipitation, primarily at the 300 meter Boulder Atmospheric Observatory tower. The measurements are made using an optical measurement technology which...
Professor Dave Explains
Italian Vocabulary: Gelato Just Means Ice Cream!
What is Italian ice cream like?
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NASA | GPM Wraps Up Cold Season Field Campaign
For six weeks in Ontario, Canada, scientists and engineers lead a field campaign to study the science and mechanics of falling snow. The datasets retrieved will be used to generate algorithms which translate what the GPM Core satellite...
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NASA | Making Science Fun For Kids Through Comics
To get young students reading about science, NASA is trying something different. Instead of a press release or a scientific paper, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission has launched a Japanese manga-style comic book. GPM, a...
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NASA | GROVER in Greenland
From May 6 to June 8, 2013, GROVER was in Greenland. GROVER, the Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, also known as the Greenland Rover, was based at Summit Camp on the ice sheet of Greenland. NASA's Dr. Lora...
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NASA | GROVER Heads to Greenland
NASA is ready to test a new student-designed rover at the Summit Camp in Greenland, a research station sitting on a two-mile thick sheet of ice. The Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, or GROVER, carries...
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Greenland's Extreme Melt, 1 Year Later
Last spring, NASA’s Operation IceBridge flew over one of Greenland’s earliest melt seasons on record. This year, the melt is progressing more typically, despite warm temperatures in the Arctic. Brooke Medley reflects on the differences...
Curated Video
AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 - Hands-On! - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Snow Family
This video focuses on the AWS Snow family. This clip is from the chapter "Domain 1: Collection" of the series "AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 "Hands-On!".In this section, you will learn to build up a system to populate an S3...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Rainfall Patterns
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of prevailing winds and their impact on rainfall. Using Death Valley, California, and Panama as examples, the teacher highlights the significant difference in precipitation due to...
NASA
Fine-Tuning the James Webb Space Telescope on This Week @NASA – February 11, 2022
Fine-tuning the James Webb Space Telescope, a different view of Venus, and the science on an upcoming space station resupply mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Producer: Andre Valentine Editor: Sonnet...
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6 Things You Don’t Know About Snow
Thanks to a half-century of snow observations, NASA scientists have learned a number of amazing facts about snow, which are crucial to understanding what’s necessary to advance snow measurements. Scientists are in the field right now,...
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NASA Investigates Water Supply in Snow
This February, a NASA-led research campaign called SnowEx kicked off in Colorado. The five-year study will advance global measurements of how much snow is on the ground at any given time and how much liquid water is contained in that...
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NASA | Return to PIG
Though NASA researcher Bob Bindschadler had hoped to return to Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf and continue his research during the 2009 season, this video explians how plans hit a snag. Sometimes science takes time, especially when it...
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NASA | GPM's Stormy New View
On March 10, the Core Observatory passed over an extra-tropical cyclone On March 10, the Core Observatory passed over an extra-tropical cyclone about 1055 miles (1700 kilometers) due east of Japan's Honshu Island. Satellite data shows...
Curated Video
ENGLISH VOCABULARY LESSONS: Ski & Snowboarding Equipment #1
Join Anna on the mountain side to go through the English words for some of the equipment you would use if you were skiing or snowboarding.
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Mary Had A Little Lamb
Mary Had A Little Lamb is a popular nursery rhyme that will have you singing along and tapping your feet to the catchy music. This song, a favourite of babies, toddlers and preschoolers, makes learning a lot of fun.
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Snowflake - Build and Architect Data Pipelines Using AWS - Introduction to Continuous Data Ingestion in Snowflake
This video provides an introduction to continuous data ingestion in Snowflake. This clip is from the chapter "Snowflake – Data Loading/Ingestion and Extraction" of the series "Snowflake - Build and Architect Data Pipelines Using...
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Fun At Snow World
Ria and Romi are visiting Snow World with Daddy Rabbit. They're having a lot of fun. But will they get to go down the snow slide? Watch this fun video to find out.
Science360
Western Water
The Colorado River provides water for seven states, and it's stretched thin. Water rights exceed the actual volume of the river by more than ten percent. NASA scientists are studying the source of this water.
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Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Alpine Skiing and Vibration Damping
Kam Leang, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Tom Watson, of Watson Performance in Hood River, Ore., describe how advanced materials and engineering help reduce unwanted vibration, optimizing the performance of athletes....