Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ocean Lab? Let's dive in! 🪸
Celebrate #WorldOceanDay with a tour of Goddard's Chemical Oceanography Lab, where scientists study samples collected during research voyages at sea. The instruments in this lab study the chemical composition of water samples and particulate matter to better understand ocean processes and changes to the ocean.
Music: "Popcorn Synth Manoeuvre," "SloMo Smiles," Universal Production Music
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS/AMA): Producer, Editor, Videographer
Kelsey Allen: Interviewee
Video description:
0:00: A woman walking around a lab. Text: “Studying the Ocean in a Lab.”
0:02: She points to a circular piece of equipment.
0:03: A sign reads “C237/Ocean Biogeochemistry/Laboratories/Code 614.2.”
0:05: The woman talks. Text: “Kelsey Allen/Senior Research Scientist/Ocean Biogeochemistry Lab.”
0:08: Kelsey places her hand on a piece of equipment.
0:15: An underwater angle of cloudy water and grassy seafloor. Text: “Particulate Organic Carbon (POC).
0:17: The screen split horizontally. Kelsey pours a container of water into a piece of equipment. A boat moves through a large body of water. Text: “*In the Field is on This Boat."
0:23: Kelsey’s arm opens a door on the cube-shaped equipment. Text reads: “950 Degrees Celsius (1,742 °F) *Quite Hot.”
0:31: Kelsey in the lab.
0:34: A computer screen.
0:38: Kelsey opens a small door on a piece of equipment.
0:41: A blue, green & purple design. Text: “Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM).
0:44: Open door of the large equipment.
0:46: A computer screen.
0:50: A different angle.
0:57: Kelsey rests her hand on an instrument.
1:01: A graphic displaying “Atmosphere,” “Runoff,” “Plankton” & “Dissolved Organic Carbon.”
1:03: Kelsey talks.
1:08: Kelsey points to a computer screen.
1:11: Kelsey in the lab.
1:14: Kelsey’s hand on a labeled bin.
1:15: Kelsey places her hand on another bin, then one more.
1:18: The screen split horizontally in 3. A white bin with text: “Liquid Detergent.” Another white bin with text: “Bleach.” Another white bin with text: “Hydrochloric Acid.”
1:20: Kelsey talks to the camera. Text: “To Wash One Dish is Four Days of Work” appears.
1:23: Kelsey’s arm opens the door of another large instrument and pointing to its simple inside.
1:25: A still of Kelsey working on a massive piece of equipment.
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Ocean Lab? Let's dive in! 🪸
Celebrate #WorldOceanDay with a tour of Goddard's Chemical Oceanography Lab, where scientists study samples collected during research voyages at sea. The instruments in this lab study the chemical composition of water samples and particulate matter to better understand ocean processes and changes to the ocean.
Music: "Popcorn Synth Manoeuvre," "SloMo Smiles," Universal Production Music
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS/AMA): Producer, Editor, Videographer
Kelsey Allen: Interviewee
Video description:
0:00: A woman walking around a lab. Text: “Studying the Ocean in a Lab.”
0:02: She points to a circular piece of equipment.
0:03: A sign reads “C237/Ocean Biogeochemistry/Laboratories/Code 614.2.”
0:05: The woman talks. Text: “Kelsey Allen/Senior Research Scientist/Ocean Biogeochemistry Lab.”
0:08: Kelsey places her hand on a piece of equipment.
0:15: An underwater angle of cloudy water and grassy seafloor. Text: “Particulate Organic Carbon (POC).
0:17: The screen split horizontally. Kelsey pours a container of water into a piece of equipment. A boat moves through a large body of water. Text: “*In the Field is on This Boat."
0:23: Kelsey’s arm opens a door on the cube-shaped equipment. Text reads: “950 Degrees Celsius (1,742 °F) *Quite Hot.”
0:31: Kelsey in the lab.
0:34: A computer screen.
0:38: Kelsey opens a small door on a piece of equipment.
0:41: A blue, green & purple design. Text: “Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM).
0:44: Open door of the large equipment.
0:46: A computer screen.
0:50: A different angle.
0:57: Kelsey rests her hand on an instrument.
1:01: A graphic displaying “Atmosphere,” “Runoff,” “Plankton” & “Dissolved Organic Carbon.”
1:03: Kelsey talks.
1:08: Kelsey points to a computer screen.
1:11: Kelsey in the lab.
1:14: Kelsey’s hand on a labeled bin.
1:15: Kelsey places her hand on another bin, then one more.
1:18: The screen split horizontally in 3. A white bin with text: “Liquid Detergent.” Another white bin with text: “Bleach.” Another white bin with text: “Hydrochloric Acid.”
1:20: Kelsey talks to the camera. Text: “To Wash One Dish is Four Days of Work” appears.
1:23: Kelsey’s arm opens the door of another large instrument and pointing to its simple inside.
1:25: A still of Kelsey working on a massive piece of equipment.
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14778/. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14778/. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/.
If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAGoddard
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
· Instagram: instagram.com/nasagoddard
· X: twitter.com/NASAGoddard
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASAGoddard
· Flickr: flickr.com/photos/gsfc
