New Media Studio

When the film "The Day After Tomorrow" was coming out, NOAA called the New Media Studio with an urgent need for an animation of their climatological data.
The Studio responded within days, and NOAA had its visualization:
Modeling an abrupt climate change- Animation of surface air temperature change

However, the NCDC was not allowed to make this science public for weeks. You can read the controversy over this delay here:
Not "The Day After Tomorrow": Did the Bush White House try to block a new Web site devoted to educating the public about climate change?