On Earth
126 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -There is a lot of diversity under the science umbrella and not all scientists wear lab coats. On Earth showcases the people behind the science — who they are, why they got into their field, with tidbits of advice for people considering a career in science. Daniel Gowryluk explores the unexpected & interesting sides of science through conversations with researchers and educators about their work On Earth & beyond!
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On Earth with Anton Santos — Combined Major in Science
October 11, 2023 20:33 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBAnton Santos is a BSc candidate from the University of British Columbia in a Combined Major in Science comprised of life sciences, chemistry, and environmental science. His experiences working in STEAM education and science communication have inspired him to pursue a career in knowledge translation hoping to equip others with the tools to make informed decisions.
On Earth with Spencer Goyette - Curatorial Assistant
September 01, 2023 19:10 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBSpencer Goyette is a curatorial assistant at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Herbarium in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. He helps maintain the botanical collections for use by researchers and students at UBC and abroad. Spencer holds a BSc in Biology with a concentration in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, a BSc in Plant Biology, and minor in Creative Writing from North Carolina State University, as well as an MSc in Biology from The University of Alberta. Before coming to UBC in...
On Earth with Elisabeth Giroud Proeschel — Planetary Scientist
August 02, 2023 18:24 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBSorry listeners, a few days late with this one — enjoy! Elisabeth (Ellie) is a Master student in Geophysics and a Planetary Scientist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she studies a landform unique to Mercury called hollows. She focuses on those occurring at impact craters and whether a relationship can be derived between relative crater age and hollow locations within their host craters in order to better understand how hollows form, grow and "die" on Mercury. Ellie complet...
On Earth with Chris Payne — Oceanographic Technician
July 07, 2023 19:33 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBChris Payne is an oceanographic technician at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences. He helps people accomplish their research successfully both in the field and the lab. In addition to maintaining a wide variety of oceanographic and lab equipment, he also maintains the departmental workboat and helps teach the yearly Methods in Oceanography Field Course. He holds a BSC. in Biology from the University of Ottawa and an MSC. in Biology fr...
On Earth with Fernanda Tomaselli — Environmental Communicator
June 01, 2023 15:00 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MBFernanda Tomaselli is a Lecturer at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Forestry and the coordinator of UBC’s Land One program. She teaches first- and second-year courses related to conservation, climate change and sustainability. Her research about the green economy and post-growth communication has been published in the Journals International Forestry Review and Ecological Economics. She holds a BSc. in Environmental Communication from San Francisco de Quito University (Ecu...
On Earth with Flavia Orrico — Project Manager for Experimente Cultura
March 06, 2023 21:28 - 45 minutes - 72.2 MBFlavia Orrico is a project manager and content curator at the social project Experimente Cultura, based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the last 2 years, her project has been connecting Brazilian students from the public school system and NGOs in Rio with museums and cultural and scientific institutes from all over the world, democratizing access to these institutions and combining technology, creativity, and management skills. Flavia studied business administration and marketing at ESPM (Rio) ...
On Earth with Kirstin Brink - Adjunct Curator and Assistant Professor
January 12, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes - 57.4 MBDr. Kirstin Brink is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Manitoba and Adjunct Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, MB. She is a vertebrate palaeontologist interested in the evolution and development of biomineralized tissues (teeth and bones). Ongoing projects in the lab involve dinosaurs, marine reptiles, non-mammalian synapsids (like Dimetrodon, an ancestor of mammals) and living animal models (lizards a...
On Earth with Oladimeji Ayo Iwalaye - Biological Oceanographer
January 05, 2023 16:00 - 50 minutes - 80.3 MBI am Oladimeji Ayo Iwalaye, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Professor Maite Maldonado’s laboratory in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (BC, Canada), in collaboration with the PlasticLab at OceanWise (https://ocean.org/pollution-plastics/plastics_lab/). I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Ekiti State University, Nigeria and a Master of Science degree in Zoology (major in Animal Physiology) from the Un...
On Earth with Kallie Moore - Science Communicator
December 22, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBKallie Moore is an enthusiastic paleontologist and science communicator. She is the Collections Manager, or ‘Fossil Librarian’, of the paleontology collection at the University of Montana and co-host the YouTube channel PBS Eons (youtube.com/eons). Her debut children's book, "Tales of the Prehistoric World", was released in the fall of 2022.
On Earth with James Blewman - Geology Undergrad
December 15, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBAt the time the podcast was recorded (November, 2022) James was a 4th year geology undergrad at UBC. James worked as a work-learn student in EOAS from Sept to December, 2022. As a student, James is heavily involved in his classes by asking lots of questions, running mineralogical & petrological review sessions for his peers & loving the process of learning. In his spare time, James enjoys discovering new concepts, chatting with people of different perspectives & expanding his worldview.
On Earth with Derek Tan - Manager of Exhibitions
December 08, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes - 68.8 MBDerek Tan is the Manager of Exhibitions at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. He has worked in collections and on public engagement in museums as a multimedia designer, photographer, and illustrator. Derek studied biology and art history at UBC. His projects combine his scientific background with visual creativity to encourage people to investigate the world around them and their place within it.
On Earth with Madison Mancusa - Archaeologist
December 01, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes - 57.9 MBMadison is currently enrolled in her second year of the Masters of Archaeological Science program at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is studying ancient bison mobility at Promontory Caves, Utah using strontium isotope analysis. Promontory is an exceptional opportunity to explore variability in the strontium isotope compositions of multiple substrates (including dung!) to create an effective and reliable strontium baseline. Madison is also a chemistry and microbiology analyst...
On Earth with Lindsay Nelson - Earth Science Educational Field and Laboratory Coordinator
November 24, 2022 21:44 - 29 minutes - 48 MBLindsay is the Earth Science Educational Field and Laboratory Coordinator at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She recently joined the university, previously working as a field geologist in private industry. After spending many years in field camps across the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, and Ontario, she is now focused on using those experiences to support undergraduate students. While she was completing the Masters of Land and Water Systems program at UBC ...
On Earth with Dorian Drolet - Seismologist
November 17, 2022 16:00 - 33 minutes - 53.8 MBI am a PhD student in geophysics in the seismology field. I am developing a novel automatic numerical approach to recover the rupture mechanisms of small earthquakes. The identification of rupture mechanisms of a large number of earthquakes is then used to identify potential hazardous faults and gain a better understanding of the forces governing the tectonic plates.
On Earth with Brooke Hoppstock-Mattson - Environmental Geochemist
November 10, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 52 MBBrooke is an environmental geochemist that studies metal cycling by analyzing animal tissues and byproducts, known as biomonitors. By measuring lead isotopes and metal concentrations in biomonitors a more detailed picture of how metals move through the environment can be seen. Brooke works with honey from Vancouver, chum salmon from the Pacific ocean, and bowhead whale baleen plates from the Hudson Bay, all of which tell a unique story about metals in the various settings.
On Earth with Connor Heise - Materials Engineer
November 03, 2022 15:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MBConnor Heise completed his Undergraduate degree in Materials Engineering at UBC in 2019. That same year he started a Masters of Applied Science in the same department under Dr. Edouard Asselin in the Hydrometallurgy Group. Connor's research focuses on variability in mineral electrochemistry, exploring methods to combat it, and the most appropriate ways of reporting on it to allow future research to properly utilize information. The research uses chalcopyrite as its exemplar mineral as industr...
On Earth with Anne-Martine Doucet - Environmental Scientist
October 27, 2022 15:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBAnne-Martine (Marti) Doucet is a Research Technician at the University of British Columbia currently working with the CarbMin laboratory supervised by Dr. Greg Dipple and Dr. Uli Mayer. Her research focuses on measuring and monitoring CO2 exchange at the sediment-atmosphere interface in natural and engineered environments that enable carbon mineralization reactions (where CO2 from the atmosphere or water reacts with cations (Ca, Mg) and precipitate a carbon mineral). She completed her Bachelo...
On Earth with Dante Lauretta - Cosmochemist
October 20, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBDante Lauretta is a Regents Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He is an expert in near-Earth asteroid formation and evolution. He is the leader of NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return mission. OSIRIS-REx is the United States' premier mission to visit one of the most Potentially Hazardous near-Earth Asteroids, survey it to assess its impact hazard and resource potential, understand its physical and chemical prope...
On Earth with Davi De Ferreyro Monticelli - Ph.D. Student in Atmospheric Sciences
October 13, 2022 15:00 - 59 minutes - 81.8 MBDavi holds a Bachelor's and Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES, Brazil), and is also an alumnus of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he studied for two semesters through the Sciences Without Borders program. At the University of British Columbia, Davi is a Ph.D. Student in Atmospheric Sciences, at the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS), supervised by Dr. Naomi Zimmerman. He received the Preside...
On Earth with Dave Daquioag - Research Technician
October 06, 2022 16:54 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBDave Daquioag is a research technician for the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at the University of British Columbia where he assists students and researchers with isotopic analysis of their samples. His main tasks include the separation and purification of radiogenic isotopes from whole rock or mineral samples using ion exchange column chemistry and the analysis of Sr isotopes with the Nu Instruments Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (Nu TIMS). He completed his BSc in...
On Earth with Elise Legarth - Hydrometeorologist
September 29, 2022 18:29 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBElise is a PhD student in Atmospheric Science at the University of British Columbia. Her research is in hydrometeorology and seeks to understand the relationships between extreme rainfall events, flooding and climate change. Specifically, her research aims to develop an improved methodology for estimating probable maximum precipitation and probable maximum flood using a coupled atmospheric-hydrological model and machine learning.Originally from New Zealand, Elise completed her Bachelor's Degr...
On Earth with Dr. Erik Eberhardt — Geological Engineering
September 23, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBDr. Erik Eberhardt is a Professor of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia, and the Director of their Geological Engineering program. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s Geological Engineering program. His expertise is in the integration of geology, geotechnical monitoring and numerical modelling to better understand the underlying mechanisms responsible for complex rock mass respon...
On Earth with Dr. Erik Eberhardt — Geological Engineer
September 23, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBDr. Erik Eberhardt is a Professor of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia, and the Director of their Geological Engineering program. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s Geological Engineering program. His expertise is in the integration of geology, geotechnical monitoring and numerical modelling to better understand the underlying mechanisms responsible for complex rock mass respon...
On Earth with Dr. Jim Evans - Mineralogist
September 15, 2022 17:08 - 1 hour - 102 MBDr. Jim Evans is a mineralogist/physicist who is interested in the structure of minerals at the atomic level. He is an instructor in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences and the Integrated Science program at UBC. At EOAS he studies the crystal structures of unusual minerals like dumortierite and harkerite. Dr. Evans received his PhD in Physics from the University of Ottawa in 2006, and did post-doctoral studies at the University of California, Davis in 2008, and at UBC wit...
On Earth with Yulia Egorova - Biological Oceanographer
August 25, 2022 15:37 - 41 minutes - 56.4 MBYulia Egorova is a PhD student (majoring in Biological Oceanography) at the University of British Columbia (Department of EOAS). She completed her Bachelor’s Degree at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in British Columbia, Canada, majoring in Environmental Chemistry. Prior to transferring to TRU, she was studying in Mendeleyev’s University of Chemical Technology (MUCTR) In Moscow, Russia (majoring in material engineering). Yulia also got a Diploma in Marine Biology at Oxford College of London....
On Earth with Ruth Moore - Geophysicist
August 18, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBRuth is an MSc student in Geophysics at UBC, under the supervision of Dr Anaïs Orsi. She is looking at the changing climate of the Western Canadian Arctic, with a particular focus on the changes to the atmospheric water cycle. Understanding how the Arctic is changing is relevant to to our overall understanding of atmospheric dynamics, Arctic climate and will bring a greater knowledge of climate change to the people of the region, informing adaptation strategies. Before coming to EOAS Ruth d...
On Earth with Dr. Brenda D'Acunha - Ecohydrologist and Biogeochemist
August 16, 2022 01:11 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBBrenda was born and raised in Lima, Peru, and has a Chemistry degree from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. She also has a MSc and PhD in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia. Her PhD research focused on comparing water and carbon fluxes from different biomes (Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal) and land uses (natural, agriculture, pasture) in Mato Grosso, which is a Brazilian state that has experienced extensive deforestation and land use and land cover change to...
On Earth with Dr. Michael Bostock - Seismologist
July 31, 2022 06:21 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBMichael Bostock is a professor of seismology in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia (U.B.C.). He obtained his BSc (Applied Science) and M.Eng. at Queen's University in Kingston, PhD at the Australian National University. Prior to assuming his position at U.B.C., he held a postdoctoral fellowship at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Bostock's current research interests focus on seismicity and structure of the Cascadia subduction zo...
On Earth with Marghaleray Amini - Geochemist
July 22, 2022 00:43 - 1 hour - 147 MBMarghaleray Amini received a Master’s degree from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany (2003), and a PhD from Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany (2007), where she studied the chemical and isotopic compositions of marine hydrothermal systems. During her postdoctoral positions in the Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan, and in Mainz within the DFG-funded Geocycles program, she worked on the application of metal stable is...
On Earth with Oli Beeby - Media Designer
July 14, 2022 15:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBOli Beeby is a current undergraduate student in UBC’s Bachelor of Media Studies program and professional museum nerd located in Vancouver, BC. Never able to pick just one interest, Oli’s passions range from dinosaurs to the 19th-century pre-Raphaelite movement, from life in marine ecosystems to life in 18th-century America. When it comes to museums, he has serious a passion for everything design and outreach from exhibit design to video production to developing classroom resources and more. A...
On Earth with Rhiana Elizabeth Henry - Mineralogist
July 07, 2022 19:38 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBRhiana Elizabeth Henry is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia, department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, within the Mineralogical Research Group led by Dr. Lee Groat. Her specialty is gemstone mineralogy. Her Ph.D research is on the crystal-chemistry of beryl. She uses single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analyses to study the H2O content within the crystal structure of beryl, related to Na content, chemical differences between beryl varieties, and to ...
On Earth with Dr. Alice Chang - PCIGR Project Manager
June 23, 2022 18:49 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBAlice is an EOAS alumna, having obtained a BSc degree (Hon., First Class) when the department was called Geological Sciences, and a MSc degree when the department became Earth and Ocean Sciences. Her thesis projects involved the sedimentology and micropaleontology of diatomaceous marine sediments of Miocene age from southern California. She subsequently pursued a PhD at Carleton University (Ottawa), researching late Holocene diatomaceous marine sediments from Vancouver Island. This was follow...
On Earth with Ildiko Szabo - Ornithologist
June 09, 2022 17:27 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBAfter volunteering for several years, in 2012 I was hired as the Collections Curator of the Cowan Tetrapod Collection. Being the bird specialist at the BBM opens so many doors. From undergraduate involvement to participating in research projects with academics or government scientist my days and weeks are chock-a-block with unrelated projects. Professionally I travel back in time when using century old methods as well as jump forward when I supply samples for cutting edge technology. I love ...
On Earth with Lualawi Mareshet Admasu - Atmospheric Scientist
June 02, 2022 15:00 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBLualawi Mareshet Admasu is a PhD student of Atmospheric Sciences working at University of British Columbia. Currently, he is investigating why the Arctic region warms faster than other parts of the world under global warming and its effects on weather systems. Most of his work involves analyzing climate data from model outputs and observations. He also runs climate models to study how weather systems behave in response to the rapid warming of the arctic using idealized experiments. Before com...
On Earth with Dr. Scott Blumenthal - Paleoecologist
May 26, 2022 21:17 - 1 hour - 120 MBScott uses stable isotopes to study the evolution of mammals and terrestrial ecosystems, with a particular interest in human origins research in Africa. His research is focused on applying and developing isotopic proxies for investigating mammal diets, terrestrial vegetation, and climates in the fossil record. He also conducts isotopic studies of modern mammals, soils, plants for studies of the ecology and conservation of modern mammals and ecosystems as well as providing a foundation for pal...
On Earth with Alexis Bahl - Oceanographer
May 19, 2022 15:00 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBA. Bahl is a Ph.D. candidate in the Earth, Oceanic, and Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of British Columbia. Her dissertation, “An improved understanding of Salpa thompsoni diel vertical migration and its influence on Southern Ocean ecosystem structure and function” examines the behavior of one of the most abundant zooplankton species in the Southern Ocean with an effort to interpret its importance on fisheries management and biogeochemical processes. Her motivation to addre...
On Earth with Krystal Xiao - Economic Geology Student
May 12, 2022 15:50 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBOn Earth with Krystal Xiao - Economic Geology Student by Pacific Museum of Earth
On Earth with Farhad Bouzari - Economic Geologist
April 28, 2022 15:00 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MBFarhad Bouzari is Research Associate at MDRU - Mineral Deposit Research Unit - at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where he conducts industry-sponsored research projects that focus on porphyry copper deposits and mineralogical and geochemical techniques in exploration targeting. He has expertise in establishing the anatomy and evolution of the porphyry deposits, particularly their distal and deep features, and their application in vectoring towards mineralization. He leads MDRU’s inve...
On Earth with Catriona Breasley - Mineralogist
April 21, 2022 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBCatriona Breasley is a first year PhD student at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr Lee Groat. Her research focuses on the lithium mineralization, remobilization and metasomatism at the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba. Before moving to Vancouver in September 2021, she completed a MGeol Earth Science degree at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
On Earth with Becca Beutel - Physical Oceanographer
April 14, 2022 17:44 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBBecca Beutel is a MSc student in Physical Oceanography at UBC, working with Dr. Susan Allen in the Mesoscale Ocean and Atmospheric Dynamics research group. She is looking into which water masses make up the flow into and out of the Salish Sea (the body of water between Vancouver Island and the BC and Washington Mainland) by applying water parcel tracking simulations to two ocean models. Knowing more about where the water is coming from, and how this changes throughout a year and between years...
On Earth with Daniel Adria - Civil Engineer
April 07, 2022 16:10 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBDaniel Adria is a MASc student in Geological Engineering within the EOAS department at UBC, under Dr. Scott McDougall in the Geohazards Research Team. He is investigating tailings dam failures and their subsequent runout characteristics, to reduce uncertainties in risk assessments and emergency planning for mine projects and communities. Daniel completed his bachelor degree in civil engineering at UBC and worked in the consulting industry for a few years before returning to academia. When not...
On Earth with Sam Anderson - Geophysicist
March 31, 2022 16:31 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBSam Anderson is a PhD candidate in geophysics working with Dr. Valentina Radic at the University of British Columbia. He is curious about the relationships between ice, water, and people. His research seeks to understand how community-scale water supplies in Western Canada will be shaped by climate change through experiences such as the loss of glaciers and heat waves, and he is interested in applying data science techniques such as deep machine learning to investigate environmental problem...
On Earth with Anthony Wilson - Climate Scientist
March 24, 2022 20:12 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBAnthony Wilson is a PhD student in climate science, currently working with Dr. Art Miller at the University of California San Diego - Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He is interested in climate variability and how heat fluxes from the mid latitudes will impact polar regions. Before joining Scripps, Anthony completed a Bachelor of Sciences at Central Michigan University, attaining a degree(s) in: Geographic Information Systems and Math. He has a passion for communicating science and truly m...
On Earth with Cara James - Geophysicist
March 18, 2022 15:00 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBCara James is a new Geophysics PhD student within the EOAS department at UBC, investigating the fluid dynamics of particle clouds produced during deep-sea mining and modelling how they may impact ocean health. Cara moved to Vancouver in January 2022, having completed her undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences and masters in Earth Sciences in the UK.
On Earth with Dr. Garry Clark - Glaciologist
March 10, 2022 16:00 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBGarry Clarke received his doctorate in physics in 1967 from the University of Toronto and is currently Emeritus Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. His research speciality is glaciology and his particular expertise is in subglacial physical processes, subglacial hydrology, the stability of glaciers and ice sheets, and cryospheric agents of abrupt climate change. He spearheaded a 35-year glaciological field s...
On Earth with Sheila Byers - Taxonomist and Marine Biologist
March 03, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBSheila Byers is a marine biologist and Registered Professional Biologist in BC. Having worked at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC over the past seven years as a Museum Interpreter, she recently joined the BBM Marine Invertebrate Collection (curatorial) as a Museum Volunteer. Sheila is very interested in the natural history and ecology of intertidal organisms and the enjoys raising awareness of the importance of biodiversity through education. She is active in several natural history socie...
On Earth with Dr. Dominique Weis - Geochemist
February 24, 2022 16:00 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBDominique Weis is a leader in the innovative use of trace elements and isotope geochemistry, and is widely respected “for the elegance, precision and impact of her geochemical studies of the Earth from large igneous provinces to the environment." Specifically, her research aims to (1) improve our understanding of planetary evolution and the Earth’s environment, (2) model the geochemical and isotopic variations of the Earth’s mantle through a comparative study of large igneous provinces and mo...
On Earth with Dr. Christian Schoof - Glaciologist
February 17, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 89 MBChristian earned his MPhys in Physics in 1998, his DPhil in Mathematics, 2002, and did a post-doctoral degree at UBC from 2002-2007. He’s been a teaching faculty member of UBC in glaciology since 2007. He specializes in understanding the physics of how a glacier moves, and is passionate about the outdoors.
On Earth with Dr. Richard Ghail - Geologist
February 10, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBRichard Ghail is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences of the Royal Holloway University of London. Richard specializes in intra-plate tectonics on Earth and Venus uses radar interferometry (InSAR) to measure fault movements on exceedingly small scales of millimetres per year. He applies the technology to monitoring the surface effects of engineering in the ground and to understanding the impact of intra-plate deformation on civil engineering infrastructure, particularly tunnels. He ...
On Earth with Dr. Corey Wall - Geochronologist
February 03, 2022 21:45 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBCorey Wall is the Facilities Manager and U-Pb geochronologist for the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, at the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He is interested in determining the age of rocks using minerals that can be extracted from them. He aims to extract minerals such as zircon and determine the age of the rock by precisely measuring the elements Uranium and Pb on mass spectrometers. Before joining EOAS, Corey ...