Don't Panic Geocast

Shannon is teaching intro to field inside a ballroom and we grapple with what field skills students need in the real world.

• Cats go wild over catnip - but why?
• Lichman, Benjamin R.,…

This week it's all about permeability - how water flows through rocks!

• Yam, Kai Chi, et al. "Association of high profile football matches in Europe with traffic accidents in Asia: a…

This week we talk about porosity - or what all of the empty space in a rock is and why it is important.

• Primary Porosity
• Secondary Porosity
• Fracture Porosity
• Vuggy Porosity
• Effective/Open Porosity
• I…

This week we show 2020 out the door with our 2021 resolutions and yearly planning show!

• be more decisive and reactive but in a good way
• less reflection on made decisions more forward focus
• work…

This week we update you on the 2020 status and that we'll be back in 2021!

• We start our first ever two part fun paper!
• https://phys.org/news/2020-12-scientists-philosopher-team-cat…

This week we talk about dust storms or haboobs and why they occur.

• Haboob

• What's a monotreme? We take a biology 101 refresher and discover that the platypus was glow in the dark w…

This week Capt. Jeff Grass talks to us about being prepared for natural disasters!

• Can a can of Coke make solar cells more efficient?
• Wang, Rui, et al. "Caffeine improves the perfo…

This week we talk about how conferences have adapted to covid, why John is building hands on learning tools, and about nutrient exchange in bogs for meat eating plants!

• Carnivorous …

This week Dr. Ryan May joins us to talk about life as a scientific software developer and his career path from radars to radiosondes and more!

• Ryan's Twitter
• Unidata

• Vampires - a …

This week National Weather Service Tulsa WFO Meteorologist In Charge Steve Piltz joins us to talk about a career in the weather service and finding unique ways to solve forecast problems!

This week John and Shannon agree to talk about playas, only to discover that they think about very different things.

• Man eating deer? Looks like it!
• Meckel, Lauren A., Chloe P. McDa…

This week we talk about machine learning - what is it exactly and how can we leverage it as geologists? Will it be as useful as the horta?

• How do we know about Earth's past climate?…

This week we talk about analog experiments, what they are, and how you can do them!

• Geologists' Squeeze Box
• Squeeze Box Core Tubes

• This week we do the worm! Find out how worms d…

How did the Earth get its magnetic field? Why do we still have it? Find out that and more this week!

• Chris Finlay's Research

• Can animals sense earthquakes? Can we sense animals s…

This week we talk about fronts and the warm air conveyor belt!

• Do you think you have a good sense of direction? Maybe it's the magnetite in your brain! Researchers put brains in a m…

This week we talk about why we go to Antarctica and what kinds of work happens there each year!

• What happens if you hold a cat in your dating profile photo? This important question …

This week we talk about derechos - what are they and why did one sweep across the upper midwest bringing wide spread distruction? Find out that and how sword swallowers do what they do in this week's…

This week we interview Shannon about her career path to becoming a dual degree student and professor in geology!

• Barnett, Adrian, Inger Mewburn, and Sara Schroter. "Working 9 to 5, …

Hot spots - what are they? We don't know either! Explore with us on this week's show.

• J. Tuzo Wilson
• Pele Searches for a Home
• Pele Honua Mea

• Nawroth, Christian, et al. "Goats pref…

Comet NEOWISE is in the sky - learn all about it and comets in general!

• The Earth hums with normal modes - learn how scientists are picking them up with seismometers on the bottom o…