Synopsis
An informal, long-format podcast capturing conversations between climate scientists on their lives - how they became scientists, how they navigate their daily lives, and what drives them.
Episodes
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Milan Klöwer: the Julia language, posits, and virtual conferences
19/04/2020 Duration: 01h34minUniversity of Oxford PhD student Milan Klöwer on virtual conferences, the emerging Julia programming language, and "posits", an efficient way to represent numbers in computational models
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Jonathan Lilly (Part 2 of 2): Building Understanding from Ocean Observations
12/04/2020 Duration: 01h30minMore from Jonathan Lilly: learning from ocean observations | pathway into science
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Jonathan Lilly (Part 1 of 2): Meditation for Scientists
05/04/2020 Duration: 01h48minMeditation | Tools for building resilience | Oceanographer, dancer, and "artist in a scientist's body" Jonathan Lilly shares his personal practice.
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Susan Lozier: North Atlantic Heat Transport
19/03/2020 Duration: 01h39sNorth Atlantic heat transport! Leadership! The future of online conferences! Physical oceanographer and president-elect of the American Geophysical Union Susan Lozier joins me to discuss these topics and more.
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Elizabeth Barnes: Artificial Intelligence in Atmospheric Science
16/02/2020 Duration: 01h54minAtmospheric scientist Elizabeth Barnes (a.k.a. Libby Barnes) talks about how she uses artificial intelligence to better understand atmospheric and climate dynamics. We also discuss leadership/mentoring and her pathway into science.
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Mike Meredith: Communicating Science (IPCC SROCC)
19/01/2020 Duration: 01h27minThe IPCC Coordinating Lead Author on the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC).
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Dave Munday Returns
22/12/2019 Duration: 02h01minA very informal conversation with oceanographer Dave Munday
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Anna Harper
29/10/2019 Duration: 01h58minLecturer Anna Harper on vegetation, climate change, and her pathway into science.
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Ethan Campbell
15/09/2019 Duration: 39minPhysical oceanography PhD student Ethan Campbell joins me to discuss enormous holes in Antarctic sea ice, his recent Nature article on the topic, and (briefly) his pathway into science.
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Joellen Russell
22/08/2019 Duration: 01h56minProfessor Joellen Russell joins me to talk about her pathway into oceanography, the SOCCOM project, and life as a professor of biogeochemistry at the University of Arizona.
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Anna Jones
19/07/2019 Duration: 01h56minTropospheric chemist Anna Jones joins me to talk about her pathway into science, the interplay between ice, snow, ocean, and climate in the polar regions, and her extensive Antarctic fieldwork.
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Michael White
09/06/2019 Duration: 01h33minHow is the field of climate science going to change in the future? Michael White joins me to discuss his role as climate science editor for Nature magazine, his pathway into science, and his continued pathway into publishing.
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Eric Wolff
12/05/2019 Duration: 01h56minWhat's it like to drill ice cores in Antarctica? Eric Wolff joins me to discuss ice cores and past climate, the ups and downs of fieldwork, and his pathway into science.
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Sam Illingworth
12/04/2019 Duration: 37minHow can scientists and science communicators be more engaging and effective when discussing climate change? Science communication expert Dr Sam Illingworth joins me to discuss the results of The Climate Communication Project (theclimatecommsproject.org).
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Laure Zanna
03/03/2019 Duration: 01h51minClimate scientist / oceanographer Laure Zanna on how machine learning is changing her field, how the ocean redistributes heat and carbon under climate change, and her pathway into science.
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Joanna Depledge
20/02/2019 Duration: 01h54minInternational climate politics expert Joanna Depledge on the Paris agreement, global environmental negotiations, and the Climate Policy journal.
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Michael McIntyre
03/02/2019 Duration: 02h24minAtmospheric scientist and mathematician Michael McIntyre on clear and effective science communication, the fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics, and how science is driven by "model fitting".
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Christine Lane
16/12/2018 Duration: 01h49minGeochronologist and geographer Christine Lane on the intersection of volcanoes, archaeology, and climate/environmental change, and her pathway into science.
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Michelle Cain
02/12/2018 Duration: 02h35minClimate scientist and Oxford Martin School fellow Michelle Cain joins me to discuss methane, an updated metric for global warming potential, and her pathway into science.