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Pod of the Planet Episode 16: World Oceans Day 2021
Today we’re celebrating World Oceans Day with a deep dive into an international project to map the entire seafloor.
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Pod of the Planet Episode 15: Flying Into the Eye of the Volcano
In this episode, Kevin Krajick talks with volcanologist Einat Lev about her recent trip to study and film Iceland’s spectacularly erupting Fagradalsfjall Volcano.
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Climate Change and Glaciers Affect Mountain-Building in Patagonia
Extensive field work in Patagonia confirms the theory that climate change and glaciers can affect the forces inside the Earth that build mountains.
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Melting Glaciers Have Shifted the Earth’s Axis
New research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that polar drift experienced in the 1990s was caused by a redistribution of water from glaciers to oceans.
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Hidden Within African Diamonds, a Billion-Plus Years of Deep-Earth History
Fluids trapped within the stones are helping researchers reconstruct the deep history of the continent, and eventually maybe others.
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All-ABOARD: Changing Minds and Hearts at Sea
Pilot project aims to build diversity, equity, and inclusion in the geosciences via a unique ship-based professional development model.
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Can a New Type of Glacier on Mars Aid Future Astronauts?
A recent publication identifies evidence of glacial activity and underground ice on Mars in an unusually flat and temperate area, which could serve as a future human landing site.
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Sidney Hemming, Paleoclimate Detective, Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
A Q&A with the geochemist, who plans to investigate a key climate interval millions of years ago.
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Age Newly Verified, One of Oldest Prehuman Fossils Leads to New Finds
Controversy over the age of an early fossil of Homo erectus has been settled, and has led to other specimens.