GeoTrek
GeoTrek investigates the impacts of extreme weather and natural disasters on individuals and communities. Our goal is to help your decision making, risk assessment and communication related to extreme events, so you can take action to make yourself, your family and your community more resilient. Our guests include scientists, storm chasers, farmers, urban planners, disaster response professionals, and travelers/ explorers.
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 119
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The National Tropical Weather Conference with Alex Garcia and Tim Smith
The National Tropical Weather Conference is a reliable source of information as we head into the heart of hurricane season. This episode goes behind the scenes of the conference, interviewing Alex Ga…
Beach Safety in Complex Coastal Environments with Peter Davis
Peter Davis, award-winning lifesaving expert and water sports athlete, shares about hidden dangers in complex coastal environments. He also provides some life lessons about teamwork and preparing for…
New Mexico’s Chile Pepper Industry with Dr. Stephanie Walker
Chile peppers are a prolific food in New Mexico, showing up in omelettes, burritos, enchiladas, tacos, and even cheeseburgers. Dr. Stephanie Walker takes us behind the scenes in this episode to explo…
Students Designing and Deploying Sensors to Improve Flood Prediction in New Mexico
Students at the University of New Mexico are designing and deploying flood sensors to improve flood prediction models. Dr. Fernando Moreau and Dr. Su Zhang share about the unique culture in this univ…
Local Historian, Dan Flores, in Eastern New Mexico
Santa Rosa, New Mexico experienced a population explosion after the railroad came to town in 1901, and the city remained well-connected, as iconic Route 66 brought people through town from the Depres…
Chasing Severe Storms in the Great Plains
Join us for severe storm chasing on the Great Plains in this episode of the GeoTrek podcast. We cover chases in Texas, Minnesota, and South Dakota, including interviews with impacted people on the gr…
Women in Earth and Ocean Science
In this episode, we travel the world featuring cutting-edge research from women in Earth and ocean science. Marta Marcos, associate professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spai…
Exploring Five Continents with Oceanographer Ivan Haigh
Oceanographer Dr. Ivan Haigh, associate professor in Coastal Oceanography at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, is our special guest on this podcast episode. We follow his journey from gr…
Creative Paths to the Sciences at EVAN Conference (Part 2)
Some scientists take creative or unconventional professional paths. This podcast features four such stories, recorded live at the EVAN2022 Conference in Orlando in May 2022. Get inspired by these int…
Remembering Historic Floods at EVAN Conference Part 1
The Fifth International Conference on Advances in Extreme Value Analysis and Application to Natural Hazards was hosted in May 2022 by the University of Central Florida in Orlando. One of the main the…
Cycling Around Europe with Ola Mae (Part 2)
Come cycling around Europe with Ola Mae in Part-2 of her 13-month, 9000-mile adventure. In this episode, we join Ola Mae in Portugal, fight a lot of mountain climbs in multiple countries, and then ba…
Cycling Around Europe with Ola Mae (Part 1)
Are you ready for an adventure? Come cycling around Europe with Ola Mae. This Polish-born adventurer-at-heart crossed 14 international borders on a 13-month, 9000-mile bicycle adventure from 2020 to …
Lessons Learned from the 1998 Ice Storm of Upstate New York
A catastrophic ice storm crushed Upstate New York and portions of southern Canada in January 1998. Days of freezing rain left more than 3 inches of ice on trees, power lines, and utility poles, causi…
How One Texas City Produced Drinking Water During Unprecedented Drought
What would you do if your city was facing the threat of collapse from running out of water during an unprecedented drought? When Wichita Falls, Texas, faced this situation in the 2011–2015 drought, t…
The Relationship Between Wildfires and Ecology
Serving as a companion piece to the recent episode on the massive wildfire outbreak in Texas, we feature two experts on the topic of the relationship of wildfires to ecology. Dr. Kelly Lyons, profess…
The 2022 Hurricane Season and A Look at Emerging Hurricane Trends
Scientists are predicting an active 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. This episode explains the science behind these predictions. We also look back at factors driving recent active hurricane seasons, l…
Voices from the Texas Wildfires of March 2022
Lessons learned from people who live in fire country
Jonathan Taylor: Andromeda District and A New Generation for Green Living
In this episode we bring forests and green spaces to you—in your community, home, or business. Jonathan Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Andromeda District, shares his vision for a new generation of gre…
John William Bailly: Exploring the World at the Interface of Art, Science, and Nature
Artist John William Bailly, faculty fellow at Florida International University and the Artist in Residence Fellow at Miami’s Deering Estate, shares his passion for exploring the world, and how he let…
Dr. Keren Bolter: How to Prepare for Sea-Level Rise Flooding in South Florida and Beyond
Sea-level rise has emerged as one of the greatest impacts of climate change. In this episode, Dr. Keren Bolter, a climate scientist from South Florida with a passion for sea-level rise education and …