Videos

Tutorials, webinars, interviews, and other video resources.

 

Data Tutorials

Animations

Workshop Presentations

Interviews

Data Tutorials


GO-BGC Data Access Tutorial

Dr. Alison Gray presents what data is available from GO-BGC floats and how to access it through various Data Access Centers (DACs) as well visualization tools linked through the GO-BGC website.

GO-BGC Data- MATLAB Tutorial

Dr. Alison Gray presents how to use GO-BGC data in MatLab.  Code from the tutorial is available at: Github.com/go-bgc.

GO-BGC Data- Python Tutorial

Ethan Campbell, Katy Christensen, and Ryan Anderson walk users through using Python with GO-BGC float data.  Code from the tutorial is available at: Github.com/go-bgc.

GO-BGC Data- R Tutorial

Drs. Marin Cornec, Yibin Huang, Raphaelle Sauzede, Quetin Jutard, and Catherine Schmechtig lead data users through using R with GO-BGC float data. Code from the tutorial is available at: Github.com/go-bgc.

Animations

How much is the ocean heating up?

Extreme weather events and sea level rise are increasing, intensified by a warming ocean. Understanding heat in the ocean can help better predict extreme weather and long-term climate shifts. A network of robotic instruments called Argo is helping scientists track warming beneath the surface and it’s showing us the ocean’s heat content is increasing dramatically. This video shares just how much the ocean is warming, and how the Argo program needs more support to continue to provide the full picture of ocean warming.

The Carbon Superhighway: The route from atmosphere to deep sea.

The ocean is one of Earth’s biggest carbon dioxide storehouses, soaking up about 25% of the total human carbon emissions per year. The carbon superhighway, also known as the “biological pump”,  transports carbon dioxide from the atmosphere down into the deep sea. 

Oceans Breath: Robotic floats measure seasonal cycles in the ocean

Just like land, the ocean has seasons when things grow and seasons when things decay. We know this thanks to hundreds of robotic floats equipped with sensors collecting data about ocean health and transmitting it back to scientists on shore.

Ekman Transport

As wind blows over the surface of the ocean, energy from the wind is transferred into the ocean. 

Diatom Nutrient Uptake

Nutrients are used by diatoms and other plankton.

Workshop Presentations

GO-BGC + OCB Webinar Series

GO-BGC + OCB Webinar Series

GO-BGC hosts quarterly webinars focusing on early career researchers about emerging science using GO-BGC or BGC-Argo data.  The webinar series is hosted by the US Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) program.  Recordings are also available on the OCB website.
COP 28: Observing the Changing Ocean: Heating, Salinity, Carbonization, Acidification, Deoxygenation

COP 28: Observing the Changing Ocean: Heating, Salinity, Carbonization, Acidification, Deoxygenation

The ocean takes up more than 90% of the extra heat and 30% of the excess carbon dioxide produced by human activity that is exacerbating climate change. As a consequence, marine oxygen levels are dropping and marine environments are acidifying. These changes stress ecosystems and reduce valuable ice sheets, contributing to sea level rise. Global deep ocean observations are used to track these changes.
The Global Biogeochemical-Argo Fleet: Knowledge to Action Workshop

The Global Biogeochemical-Argo Fleet: Knowledge to Action Workshop

A virtual workshop building on the priorities of the G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative to explore the applications of a global data-stream from the Biogeochemical-Argo array in fisheries, carbon budget verification, and environmental forecasting.
Workshop on the New Global Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Array

Workshop on the New Global Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Array

Building a community of biogeochemistry float data users.

Interviews

Science Selfies

MBARI Oceanographers and Data Scientists Tanya Maurer and Ben Davis, provide critical data about the world’s oceans through the GO-BGC program.

Dr. Mariana Bif on the Carbon Cycle and Robots

Just like plants on land, tiny phytoplankton use photosynthesis to consume carbon dioxide and convert it into organic matter and oxygen. This biological transformation is called marine primary productivity, and it ebbs and flows in response to changes in our climate. In a study in Nature Geoscience, MBARI Senior Scientist Ken Johnson and MBARI Research Specialist Mariana Bif demonstrated how a fleet of robotic floats are revolutionizing our understanding of ocean primary productivity and, ultimately, ocean health.

SOCCOM

Like GO-BGC that deploys floats globally, the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) Program deploys robotic floats only in the Southern Ocean.  Drs. Ken Johnson (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Insititute (MBARI)), Lynne Talley (Scripps Insitution of Oceanography), Steve Riser (University of Washington), Joellen Russell (University of Arizona), Jorge Sarmiento (Princeton University) and Heidi Cullen (MBARI) all provide insight into why robotic floats are revolutionizing oceanographic monitoring.