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Some recent visual stories I have written and produced at the American Museum of Natural History. They display in the museum's exhibition halls as well as the web.

Coral Reefs in Hot Water
DATA VISUALIZATION / May 2011
High temperatures in 2010 stressed corals around the world. (Animators: DuKode Studio)
Pandas Love Old Trees
VIDEO ANIMATION / March 16, 2011
Biologists discover that giant pandas need old-growth forests to survive. (Animator: Nick Karlovich)
Ozone's Slow Recovery
DATA VISUALIZATION / January 2011
Although the Antarctic ozone hole still occurs, Earth's ozone layer is on the mend. (Animators: DuKode Studio)
How Successful is Wildlife Conservation?
VIDEO ANIMATION / January 31, 2011
Conservation helps, but more must be done to reverse the decline of vertebrate species. (Animator: Nick Karlovich)
An Odd Ellipse
VIDEO ANIMATION / September 6, 2010
A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows a galaxy with a complex identity. (Animator: Nick Karlovich)
Scientists Radio-Track Orchid Bees
VIDEO ANIMATION / June 14, 2010
Tiny transmitters reveal that bees pollinate flowers far and wide. (Animator: Nick Karlovich)
Star Bolts from Crowded Nebula
VIDEO ANIMATION / May 31, 2010
In a nebula packed with stars, not all stay with the crowd. (Animator: Nick Karlovich)

Below is a 8-minute narrated piece for NOAA's Science on a Sphere®—a 6-foot-diameter illuminated globe that is quite breathtaking in situ. (The YouTube version pales in comparison, and the sound is particularly awful.) I was the writer and producer for this collaborative project.

Robot "Johnson" image courtesy of Gordon Bennett, Bennett Robot Works
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