Asian Carp: Threat to Great Lakes
The invasive Asian carp has wreaked havoc in the Mississippi River system. The voracious plankton eaters have out-competed native fish and have become the dominant species in many locations. If the carp reach the Great Lakes, they pose a threat to its $7 billion fishery, so a battle against them is taking place on many fronts.
Video on Nov 01, 2011 by Andy Soth from QUEST Wisconsin
Cool Critters: Lake Erie Water Snake
Within and along the waters of Lake Erie (one of the five Great Lakes), there is a daily struggle for survival between natives and unwelcomed invasive species.
Video on Nov 01, 2011 by Toivo Motter from QUEST Ohio
Science on the SPOT: The Science of Salt Glaze Pottery
The art and science of salt glaze pottery requires skills and techniques acquired over generations of trial and error. Ben Owen III combines his family’s experiential knowledge of ceramics and additional scientific knowledge to create and improve his unique works of art.
Video on Oct 27, 2011 by Colleen Vasu from QUEST North Carolina
Berkeley Lab Physicist Shares Nobel
Meet one of the three winners of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, Lawrence Berkeley Lab astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter. He explains how dark energy, which makes up 70 percent of the universe, is causing our universe to expand.
Video on Oct 04, 2011 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
One Fish Two Fish: Monitoring Marine Protected Areas
QUEST takes to the high seas with researchers Dirk Rosen, James Lindholm and their crew to study the underwater world off the California coast. In recent years, the state has established a network of marine protected areas to help fragile habitats and struggling fish populations bounce back. But are they working?
Video on Sep 27, 2011 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
QUEST Lab: Engineering Fire
In a dark lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, engineers and mathematicians are developing new burners and studying different flames in hopes of better understanding the power of fire and how to make the most efficient flame possible.
Video on Sep 27, 2011 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Induced Seismicity: Man-Made Earthquakes
In California, more renewable energy comes from geothermal energy than solar and wind, combined. Today, a new technology known as Enhanced Geothermal Systems has the potential to extract even more heat and consequently energy to power steam turbines, but it’s not without challenges.
Video on Sep 20, 2011 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
QUEST Lab: The Shaking Table at UC Berkeley
Khalid Mosalam and his colleagues at the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center's Shaking Table Laboratory are helping to make communities safer in an earthquake.
Video on Sep 20, 2011 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
Megathrust Earthquakes
Experts warn that an offshore quake powerful enough to kill thousands and discharge a tsunami could hit the West Coast any time. QUEST Northwest talks with geologists and seismologists about cutting-edge research in earthquake prediction, and what it would look like if the next “Big One" hits close to home.
Video on Sep 20, 2011 by Lesley McClurg from QUEST Northwest
Airborne Wind Energy
On the windswept tarmac of the former Alameda Naval Air Station, an inventive group of scientists and engineers are test-flying a kite-like tethered wing that may someday help revolutionize clean-energy. QUEST explores the potential of wind energy and new airborne wind turbines designed to harness the stronger and more consistent winds found at higher altitudes.
Video on Sep 13, 2011 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Your Videos on QUEST: Dan Griffin of GG Films
"Ocean Babies on Acid" focuses on an experiment that Stephen Palumbi and UC Davis marine biologist Eric Sanford are doing to study the effects of ocean acidification on sea urchin larvae off the California and Oregon coasts.
Video on Sep 13, 2011 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
Web Extra: Orca Sounds vs. Underwater Noise
When listening for orca whales underwater, researchers distinguish their sounds from other noises such as boats, ships, and other sea animals with hydrophones. Learn how these instruments work in this web extra from QUEST Northwest.
Video on Sep 12, 2011 by Kevin Bang from QUEST Northwest
Sidelined: Sports Concussions
Studying the effects of a concussion at its source, inside the brain, is no easy feat. Says Dr. Geoffrey Manley, Chief of Neurosurgery at San Francisco General Hospital, "What we’re dealing with is one of the most complicated injuries in the most complicated organ in the body."
Video on Sep 06, 2011 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Your Photos on QUEST: Bryant Austin
Scotts Valley photographer Bryant Austin swims eye-to-eye with the world's largest animals in order to bring attention to the plight of these intelligent ocean denizens.
Video on Sep 06, 2011 by Joshua Cassidy from QUEST Northern California
Science on the SPOT: Dark Matter: Inside the Compost Cycle
How does San Francisco’s 600 tons of compostable waste become a nutrient-rich material that improves the quality of our local wines? Agronomist Bob Shaffer, Northern California’s “compost guy,” takes QUEST into the composting process.
Video on Sep 06, 2011 by Kate Szrom from QUEST Northern California
Science on the SPOT: Salt Creek Tiger Beetles
The Salt Creek tiger beetle is one of the most endangered species in the United States, with only 200 to 500 beetles left. They're found only in a small saline wetland area just north of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Video on Aug 26, 2011 by Perry Stoner from QUEST Nebraska
Science on the SPOT: Northern Pacific Rattlesnake Tracker
Katie Colbert, a naturalist at the Sunol-Ohlone Regional Wilderness, shares with us how she tracked dozens of Northern Pacific rattlesnakes and what surprised her about their movements and behaviors.
Video on Aug 17, 2011 by Michael Goode from QUEST Northern California
Science on the SPOT: Rendezvous With Horseshoe Crabs
Watch as thousands of prehistoric horseshoe crabs take over a beach in Delaware.
Video on Aug 10, 2011 by Todd Vachon from QUEST Philadelphia
Science on the SPOT: Bats Beneath Us
Every summer, 250,000 bats take up residence under a freeway bridge in California's Central Valley. And each night, they exit the bridge in a stunning ribbon-like formation.
Video on Aug 03, 2011 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Science on the SPOT: Green Eggs By The Gram – Sustainable Caviar
Once an exotic product associated with royalty and overfishing, caviar is now being farmed sustainably right here in California.
Video on Jul 27, 2011 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
