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PMEL at Work
- Ocean to Atmosphere: Research and Innovation at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- The Ocean: Earth's CO2 Sponge YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Using Acoustics and eDNA Innovations to Study Blue Whales YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Western Boundary Currents and Spray Gliders YouTube & mp4 & script & website <Telly Award!>
- Atmospheric Chemistry Research at NOAA/PMEL YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Observing Technology YouTube & mp4 & script & website
Arctic
- Seas of Knowledge: What the Puzzle Reveals YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Seas of Knowledge: Putting the Puzzle Together YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Seas of Knowledge: The Expedition Storm, 1861 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Seas of Knowledge: Weather Patterns, 1850-2014 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Arctic Observing Technology YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Age of Arctic Sea Ice in March 1984-2016 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Old Weather: Citizen Scientists YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Oceanography from the Sky YouTube & mp4 & website
- Deploying an Alamo float in the Arctic from the NOAA Twin Otter YouTube & mp4 & website
- Saildrones explore the Bering Sea: Summer 2016 YouTube & mp4 & website & transcript
- Northern Polar Stratospheric Temperature Anomalies in March (1981-2016) YouTube & mp4 & website
- Saildrone at Sea: Summer 2015 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Old Weather: Our Weather's Past, the Climate's Future YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Age of Arctic Sea Ice in March 1987-2014 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Aerial Sea Ice Mission with the WP-3D Orion Research Aircraft YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Mackenzie River Plume 2008 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Rediscovery YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Sounds of the Arctic Sea Ice Pack YouTube & mp4 & script & Arctic Rediscovery website & RUSALCA website
- Ocean Sounds in the Arctic YouTube & mp4 & website
NOAA Arctic Report Card
- Arctic Report Card 2023 website
- Arctic Report Card 2022 website
- Full-length video YouTube & mp4 & script & script (Spanish)
- 30-second social media promo YouTube & mp4
- Wilson Justin Oral History (from essay entitled "Consequences of rapid environmental Arctic change for people") YouTube & mp4 & script
- Arctic Sea Ice Age at Yearly Minimum (Years 1984-2022) animation mp4 (credit: Eric Hackathorn, NOAA GSL)
- Greenland Surface Melt Extent animation mp4 (credit: Eric Hackathorn, NOAA GSL)
- Arctic Report Card 2021 website
- Arctic Report Card 2020 website
- Arctic Report Card 2019 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2018 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2017 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2016 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2015 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2014 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2013 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2012 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2011 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Arctic Report Card 2010 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
North Pole Web Cams
- North Pole Web Cam 2015 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- North Pole Web Cam 2014 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- North Pole Web Cam 2013 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- North Pole Web Cam 2012 YouTube & mp4 & website
- North Pole Web Cam 2011 YouTube & mp4 & website
- North Pole Web Cam 2010 - Highlights YouTube & mp4 & website
- North Pole Web Cam 2010 (full length) YouTube & mp4 & website
- North Pole Web Cam 2009 YouTube & mp4 & website
- North Pole Web Cam 2008 YouTube & mp4 & website
- First North Pole Web Cam (2002) YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Approaching the North Pole on an Icebreaker Aug-Sep 2011 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Voyage to the North Pole on an Icebreaker Summer 2007 YouTube & mp4 & website
Atmospheric Chemistry
- Mobile labs of the Atmospheric Chemistry Group - PMEL Behind the Scenes YouTube & mp4 & website
- Atmospheric Chemistry Research at NOAA/PMEL YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Remotely operated aircraft measure Arctic soot YouTube & mp4 & script & website
Buoys, Observations, and Engineering
- ATLAS Buoy in the Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array (GTMBA) - PMEL Behind the Scenes YouTube & mp4 & website
- Western Boundary Currents and Spray Gliders YouTube & mp4 & script & website <Telly Award!>
- Saildrone Mission to the Equator YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Explaining the 2015-2016 El Niño YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- El Niño is Predictable YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Explaining the 2014 "El Niño" YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Deploying a Climate Monitoring Buoy at Ocean Station Papa YouTube & mp4 & website
- Saildrone in San Francisco in 2015 YouTube & mp4 & website
- NOAA Ocean Station Papa Buoy Recovery YouTube & mp4 & website
- NOAA Ocean Station Papa Buoy Deployment YouTube & mp4 & website
- Evolution of the 2009-2010 El Niño YouTube & mp4 & website
- Carbon wave glider deployment YouTube & mp4 & website
- PICO: Flexible, Low Cost Ocean Observations YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- DART Easy to Deploy (ETD) YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Wave Gliders YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- DART® Tsunami Detection Buoy YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- PICO Moored Ocean Buoy YouTube & mov & script & website
- ARC Ocean Buoy YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- TAO EL Niño Observing System YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- High precision instruments monitor the ocean from the seafloor YouTube & mp4 & script & website
Ocean Acidification
- The Ocean: Earth's CO2 Sponge YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Tracking our changing oceans across political boundaries YouTube & mp4 & website
- A Day in the Life YouTube & mp4 & website
- Leaving San Francisco YouTube & mp4 & website
- Ring around the rosette YouTube & mp4 & website
- Dolphins at Sunset YouTube & mp4 & website
- The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Pteropod Shells YouTube & mp4 & website
- Tracking an Ocean of Carbon YouTube & mov & mp4 & script & website
- Excerpt from A Sea Change YouTube & m4v & script & website
Tsunami
- Hyuganada Sea, Japan (Kyushu) Tsunami propagation - August 8, 2024 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Taiwan Tsunami propagation - April 2, 2024 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Aquila, Mexico Tsunami propagation - September 19, 2022 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apa Volcano-generated Tsunami propagation - January 15, 2022 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- South Sandwich Islands Tsunami propagation - August 12, 2021 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Perryville, Alaska Tsunami propagation - July 29, 2021 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Kermadec Islands Tsunami propagation - March 4, 2021 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Loyalty Islands Tsunami propagation - February 10, 2021 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Sand Point, AK Tsunami propagation - October 19, 2020 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Tsunami Inundation Modeling of San Juan Islands, Washington, due to a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake website
- Alaska Peninsula, AK Tsunami propagation - July 22, 2020 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Oaxaca, Mexico Tsunami propagation - June 23, 2020 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Kuril Islands Tsunami propagation - March 25, 2020 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Kermadec Tsunami Propagation - June 15, 2019 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Sulawesi Tsunami Propagation - September 28, 2018 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Kodiak, Alaska Tsunami Propagation - January 23, 2018 - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Pijijiapan, Mexico Tsunami Propagation - September 8, 2017 YouTube (mercator) | YouTube (spherical) & mp4 (mercator) | mp4 (spherical) & website
- Kirakira, Solomon Islands Tsunami Propagation - December 8, 2016 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Amberley, New Zealand Tsunami Propagation - November 13, 2016 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Gisborne, New Zealand Tsunami Propagation - September 1, 2016 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Ecuador Tsunami Propagation - April 16, 2016 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Tsunami science: 10 years since Sumatra 2004 - YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Simulated Cascadia Event - U.S. West Coast propagation - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Simulated Cascadia Event - Global propagation - YouTube & mp4 & website
- Solomon Islands Tsunami Propagation - April 19, 2014 YouTube & mov & website
- Guerrero, Mexico Tsunami Propagation - April 18, 2014 YouTube & mov & website
- Solomon Islands Tsunami Propagation - April 13, 2014 YouTube & mov & website
- Solomon Islands Tsunami Propagation - April 12, 2014 YouTube & mov & website
- Iquique, Chile Tsunami Propagation - April 1, 2014 YouTube & mov (small) & mov (large) & website
- The Great Alaska Tsunami Propagation with model validation - March 28, 1964 YouTube & mov & website
- The Great Alaska Tsunami Propagation - March 28, 1964 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Honshu Tsunami Propagation - October 25, 2013 YouTube & mov & website
- Some coastlines are "Tsunami Magnets" YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Solomon Islands Tsunami Propagation - February 6, 2013 YouTube & mov & website
- Queen Charlotte Islands Tsunami Propagation - October 27, 2012 YouTube & mov & website
- Sumatra Tsunami Propagation - April 11, 2012 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Tsunami Generated by Earthquake Animation YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Kermadec Tsunami Propagation - July 6, 2011 YouTube & mp4 & website
- Underwater Microphone Captures Honshu, Japan Earthquake YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Honshu Tsunami Global Propagation - March 11, 2011 YouTube & mp4 & website
- "Killer Wave, Born of Fire" - Historical Tsunami in Okushiri, Japan - Jul. 12, 1993 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Narrated Honshu Tsunami Propagation - March 11, 2011 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Honshu Tsunami Propagation - March 11, 2011 YouTube & mp4 & website
- TsunamiTeacher - Tsunami Basics YouTube & mov & script & website & website
- Chile Tsunami Event - February 27, 2010 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- The Indian Ocean Tsunami Propagation - December 26, 2004 YouTube & mp4 & website
Acoustics
- Using Acoustics and eDNA Innovations to Study Blue Whales YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Challenger Deep: Ocean Noise YouTube & mp4 & script & website
Earth-Ocean Interactions
- Miniature Autonomous Plume Recorders (MAPR) - PMEL Behind the Scenes YouTube & mp4 & website
- Deep ash and hydrothermal plumes at West Mata submarine volcano, November 2017 YouTube & mp4
- Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 - Ironman YouTube & mp4 (.zip) & scripts (.zip) & website
- The Discovery of the West Mata Volcano YouTube & mp4 & script & website
EcoFOCI
PMEL Events
PMEL Strategic Themes
- Climate-Weather Research YouTube Playlist & mp4 files (zip file) & website
- Marine Ecosystem Research YouTube Playlist & mp4 files (zip file) & website
- Oceans and Coastal Processes Research YouTube Playlist & mp4 files (zip file) & website
- Research Innovation YouTube Playlist & mp4 files (zip file) & website
PMEL Seminars
- Taking the temperature of the abyss: Observations of the deep ocean warming YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- MBARI's coastal profiling float: progress, science opportunities and tech transfer YouTube & mp4 & script
- Three decades at the interface between ocean science and technology YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Super Climate Extremes YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Planktonic associations / Record Arctic cyclone of January 2022 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Net Community Production rates at M2 / 29 years at M2 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Oceanographic conditions shape rockfish survival / Biogeochemical modeling of the NE Pacific YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Juvenile snow crab habitat and response to warming in the Chukchi Sea YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Musing on the recent state of the North Pacific climate system / The 5th National Climate Assessment Alaska Chapter: Communicating YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- AFSC's Recruitment Processes Alliance: Putting ecosystem data to works / Automating the RZA for ecosystem based management YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Atmospheric circulation anomalies / Phytoplankton bloom timing vs zooplankton diapause YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- The importance of using zooplankton as ecosystem indicators / How do we identify fish larvae? / Wave measurements from saildrones YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Seasonal Ice and Changes in the Chukchi Sea: A Decade of Ice Draft Observations YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Assessing Niche Conservatism and Niche Packing Patterns in African and Southeast Asian Communities of Cyprinoidei YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Strategic mooring placement for monitoring water mass exchange through channels YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Synechococcus abundance and biomass in the Northern Bering and Chukchi seas YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- The zooplankton community in the north Bering Sea responds differently to contrasting warm and cold periods YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Monitoring ocean acidification in Alaska's marine ecosystem YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Diurnal cycle of sea surface temperature in frontal regions and reflections on an Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Changing spring phenology in the Gulf of Alaska and implications for fish and fisheries YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- The connection between physiology, ecology, and life histories from a macroecological perspective YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- More rare events in the Arctic YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Ocean, ice and atmosphere in the changing Arctic YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Upper ocean carbon cycle dynamics YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- A dive into Chukchi Sea nutrient cycling YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Snow crab in a rapidly changing ocean YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Climate Change and Alaska Marine Ecosystem YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Effects of Climate Change on Zooplankton Communities YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- The Science of Sea-Bird Scientific YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Winter in the Changing Arctic: Overwintering Onboard RV Polarstern YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- An Old, New Threat: Increasing Fisheries and Seabird Bycatch in the Canadian Arctic YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- The Contribution of Diet to the Dramatic Reduction of the 2013 Year-Class of Age-0 Pollock in the Western Gulf of Alaska YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Lightning Talks Fall 2020-Labrador Sea Freshening, Summer pCO2 Dynamics, Ocean Acidification Indices YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Communities: Finding Courage, Compassion, and Commitment to Act in the Arctic and South Pacific YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- From the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Alaska: Impacts of oceanography on fish early life stages YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Improved Biophysical Observations from a Profiling Moored Observing Platform in the SE Bering Sea YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Chukchi Sea Ice Draft: multiple years and changing seasons near Icy Cape, Alaska YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Warm anomalies at depth in the northwestern Gulf of Alaska in summer 2019 YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Phylogenomic analysis of flatfishes based on exon-capture data YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- The Big Arctic Melt... YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Runaway Change in the Arctic? Extreme 2016 Temperatures YouTube & mp4 & script & website
- Was the record warm winter 2016 another Arctic Surprise? YouTube & mp4 & RunawayArcticAbstract.pdf & website & video description pdf & script
Note: Information in the videos is available from PMEL's web pages, indicated by the website link for each video.