Episodios

  • 38. Kathy Kasic: Mysteries from Greenland’s Cold War base
    May 5 2025

    Kathy is an award-winning cinematographer and director for natural history documentaries and an Associate Professor at California State University Sacramento.We talk about the Greenland ice sheet, a secret Cold War Base, if documentaries are the best way to inspire action against global warming, and much more.Her new documentary is called The Memory of Darkness, Light and Ice. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @coepod or X @thecoepod Enjoy the episode!Image - Herz Frank

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  • 37. Prof. Brendan Buckley: the wonders of tree rings
    Apr 21 2025

    Professor Brendan Buckley is a dendrochronologist at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.

    We discuss what tree rings can tell us about past climates, how to read a tree stump, how they have been used to identify the rise and fall of civilisations, and much more.

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    #geology #podcast #science #earthscience #climatechange #trees #treerings

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  • 36. Dr Kate Marvel: fear and courage in the face of climate change
    Apr 7 2025

    In this episode, we interview the amazing Dr Kate Marvel.

    We cover her background from drama to physicist to climate modeler and travel back in time to discuss how fear of the changing climate gave rise to witchcraft and religious phenomena.

    We finish with the present-day and future climate, including the role of fear but also courage, hope and above all, love.

    Kate is an Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. She has appeared on numerous podcasts and TV shows, as she famously gave a Ted Talk in 2017 discussing Can clouds save us from Climate Change?


    Pre-order her new book, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet now!! See below:

    https://a.co/d/etDAhns

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  • 35. Elizabeth Kolbert: ingenious solutions to climate change
    Mar 24 2025

    In this episode, we are privileged to interview Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert.

    We talk about her style of writing and why it is engaging for so many readers and discuss her book Under a White Sky, which tells stories of human solutions to climate change that have not quite gone to plan. In essence, we chat about people trying to solve problems created by people trying to solve problems.

    We finish with a reference to the new restrictions in climate funding by the Trump administration and what hope there is for our future fight against global warming. Elizabeth is an American journalist, author and staff writer at The New Yorker. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2015 for her book The Sixth Extinction. Her book Under a White Sky was one of the Washington Post’s ten books of 2021. Her new book is H is for Hope, in which she investigates climate change from A to Z.

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    See below for Elizabeth's new book, H is for Hope

    https://a.co/d/iAoPmUv

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    35 m
  • 34. Yellowstone: How likely is a catastrophic event?
    Mar 13 2025

    In this episode, we discuss the supervolcano that is Yellowstone.

    We uncover how it formed, massive eruptions in the past and, if it were to erupt today, what would we be facing?

    We also discuss the likelihood of a supermassive eruption in the future.

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  • 33. Human evolution: the East African Rift Valley, early hominin ancestors, and the Dunbar number
    Feb 27 2025

    In this episode, we discuss the fundamentals of human evolution stemming from Africa, in particular the East African Rift Valley. We talk about our first ancestors up to six million years ago, ancient hominins, interbreeding with Neanderthals, and the Cognitive Revolution.

    We also discuss why our brains expanded and how we know this expansion occurred through fossil records.


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    #human #evolution #humanevolution #fossils #geology #Lucy #eastafrica #Dunbar #africa #geology #archeology #science #earthscience #podcast

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  • 32. Fulgurites: Lightning rocks and sailing stones with Mark Boyd
    Feb 13 2025

    In this episode, we welcome back Mark Boyd. He tells us about fulgurites and what happens to rocks when lightning strikes the Earth. We also discuss how pebbles leave trails behind them BUT no one has ever seen them move!

    Mark is currently working in the meteorites section of the Natural History Museum in London. He's also writing up his PhD thesis at Imperial College London.

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  • 31. Prof. Kris Karnauskas: the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin, and ocean currents
    Nov 28 2024

    Professor Kris Karnauskas researches atmospheric science and physical oceanography at the University of Colorado Boulder.

    In this episode, we talk about the Galapagos Islands, which were made famous by Charles Darwin’s expedition on the HMS Beagle in 1835, aiding the development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.

    We discuss why the serendipitous location of the Galapagos Islands, in relation to ocean currents, has led to its incredibly diverse wildlife. Not only this, but this small archipelago is crucial in dictating the global climate.

    Link to Kris’s book

    https://www.amazon.com/Physical-Oceanography-Climate-Kris-Karnauskas/dp/1108423868

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    33 m