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Climate Scientists

By Dan(i) Jones

Informal conversations with climate-relevant researchers
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Anna Jones: Polar Ice-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

Climate ScientistsJul 19, 2019

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01:56:43
Jon Robson • North Atlantic Climate
Jul 31, 202201:33:08
Penny Holliday • Leadership in Physical Oceanography
Jun 26, 202253:23
Alice Bell • History of the Climate Crisis

Alice Bell • History of the Climate Crisis

Alice Bell is the co-director of the climate change charity Possible. In July of this year, she will take on the new role of head and climate and health policy at Wellcome.

We discuss Alice’s book Our Biggest Experiment, which is about the history of the climate crisis.

You can follow Alice on Twitter @alicebell

Transcript available here 

Hosts: Dan(i) Jones and Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan(i) Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Follow us on Twitter at @ClimateSciPod

Jun 05, 202201:18:47
Christopher Jackson • A Life in Geology
Apr 17, 202201:25:41
Paul Behrens • Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science
Mar 27, 202201:47:17
Céline Heuzé • Polar science, mental health, and navigating academia
Feb 13, 202201:57:20
Jessica Hernandez • Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science
Jan 24, 202201:31:60
Jessica Moerman • Geochemistry, policy, science & faith

Jessica Moerman • Geochemistry, policy, science & faith

Jessica Moerman is the Senior Director for Science and Policy at the Evangelical Environmental Network, based in Washington DC. After working as a researcher in isotope geochemistry, Jessica decided to move to a career in policy. She joins us to discuss her views on faith and science, and how to reach people who are turned off by the term ‘environmentalist’.

Evangelical Environmental Network: https://creationcare.org/

Jessica Moerman: https://twitter.com/jessica_moerman

Climate Scientists Podcast: https://twitter.com/ClimateSciPod

Transcript for Accessibility: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vafjJ74qTsBCmhQsN71w3pu5M_7nthOV/view?usp=sharing

Hosts: Dan Jones, Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Nov 21, 202101:40:21
Anna Palmer on "Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective"
Oct 31, 202101:20:40
Pragmatic optimism, dealing with negativity, and machine learning in climate science

Pragmatic optimism, dealing with negativity, and machine learning in climate science

Dan and Ella meet in the first of a new format of short climate catch-ups, which they will record alongside the normal interview format. These are short conversations where the two hosts discuss what they have been up to, and any interesting news or papers they have seen recently.

This week, they discuss:

Climate Scientists Podcast: https://twitter.com/ClimateSciPod

Transcript for Accessibility: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1up4Ev2zAd000w56nrIhBasbiXo9QrL5j/view?usp=sharing

Hosts: Dan Jones, Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Sep 23, 202139:17
Tom Rossby • Ocean Acoustics

Tom Rossby • Ocean Acoustics

Professor Tom Rossby joins us to discuss his career in oceanography.


Professor Tom Rossby: https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/h-thomas-rossby/

Climate Scientists Podcast: https://twitter.com/ClimateSciPod

Transcript for Accessibility: https://tinyurl.com/4zeh7452

Hosts: Dan Jones, Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Aug 08, 202101:44:59
Juliet Davenport • Great Green Questions
Jul 25, 202154:39
Tom Slater • Remote sensing of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets
Jul 11, 202101:36:55
Valerie Small • Trees, Water & People
Jun 27, 202101:38:27
Ella Gilbert and Chris Kittel • Surface melt, runoff, and Antarctic ice shelves

Ella Gilbert and Chris Kittel • Surface melt, runoff, and Antarctic ice shelves

We are joined by Christoph Kittel from the University of Liège in Belgium to discuss Ella and Chris’ recent paper ‘Surface Melt and Runoff on Antarctic Ice Shelves at 1.5°C, 2°C, and 4°C of Future Warming’, published in Geophysical Research Letters.


Ella and Chris’ paper:

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL091733

Chris and colleagues’ related 2021 paper:

https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/1215/2021/tc-15-1215-2021-discussion.html

Chris’ twitter:

https://twitter.com/c2kittel

Climate Scientists Podcast twitter:

https://twitter.com/climatescipod

Transcript for accessiblity:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FvA4rZ5ut8ybV34vFPPdSN9KUlyrXH4H/view?usp=sharing


Hosts: Dan Jones, Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Jun 13, 202101:15:31
The future of polar science • Artificial intelligence and new observations
May 09, 202101:56:05
Josh Bregy • Paleohurricanes, modern tropical cyclones, and pathway into science
Apr 24, 202101:48:48
Emily Matthews • Bioaerosols, a newly-discovered atmospheric compound, and the ACSIS project
Apr 04, 202101:34:03
Mika Tosca • The fire-smoke-climate connection • The synthesis of art and science
Mar 21, 202101:26:37
Michael Wehner • Hurricanes, climate change, and extreme weather

Michael Wehner • Hurricanes, climate change, and extreme weather

Michael F. Wehner, a senior scientist in the Computational Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, joins me to discuss hurricanes, climate change, extreme weather, and his pathway into science.

More info here:
https://crd.lbl.gov/departments/computational-science/ccmc/staff/staff-members/michael-wehner/

Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oi_fxePQaUbGI6_QUQfmcyou4qta7-8qJUX2YvpVs8I/edit?usp=sharing

Mar 07, 202101:04:53
Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 4)
Jan 24, 202101:22:01
Simon Donner • Coral reefs under climate change, adaptation in the developing world
Jan 09, 202101:27:41
Exposure: Lives at Sea | an exhibit at the Royal Museums Greenwich

Exposure: Lives at Sea | an exhibit at the Royal Museums Greenwich

Laura Boon, who works as the Lloyd's Register Foundation Public Curator: Contemporary Maritime at Royal Museums Greenwich in London, joins me to discuss the upcoming photography exhibit called "Exposure: Lives at Sea", which features photographs my maritime professionals.

For more information:
https://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/we-recommend/attractions/exposure-lives-at-sea

Follow the museum on twitter:
https://twitter.com/RMGreenwich

Nov 29, 202044:31
Dan Chavas: tropical cyclones, exoplanet hurricanes, and his pathway into research

Dan Chavas: tropical cyclones, exoplanet hurricanes, and his pathway into research

Dan Chavas joins me to discuss virtual conferences, his YouTube outreach work, tropical cyclones, his interactions with the exoplanet research community and hurricanes exist on other planets, creativity in science, and his pathway into research

Nov 22, 202002:39:10
Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 3): Josh Bregy on ADHD

Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 3): Josh Bregy on ADHD

Josh Bregy joins me to discuss his experiences with ADHD in the Earth system sciences. Co-produced and co-hosted by Kaitlin Naughten.

Nov 08, 202049:13
Katharine Hayhoe: researching, communicating, and teaching climate change and climate justice

Katharine Hayhoe: researching, communicating, and teaching climate change and climate justice

Prof. Katharine Hayhoe joins me to discuss teaching climate justice, recent developments in climate change communication, her new book projects, and her pathway into science.

For more:
http://www.katharinehayhoe.com/wp2016/

Oct 25, 202056:36
John Sterman: informed decision-making for climate change policy

John Sterman: informed decision-making for climate change policy

Prof. John Sterman joins me to discuss tools for informed decision-making for climate change policy. For more info, visit Climate Interactive:

https://www.climateinteractive.org/

Including the "en-roads" climate simulator:

http://en-roads.org/

More info:
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/sustainability/

Oct 11, 202001:57:33
Anand Gnanadesikan (Pt. 2 of 2): his pathway and life in science

Anand Gnanadesikan (Pt. 2 of 2): his pathway and life in science

Prof. Anand Gnanadesikan returns for part two of our chat

Sep 27, 202001:20:27
Anand Gnanadesikan (Pt. 1 of 2): oceanic oxygen, mixing, and polynyas (giant holes in Antarctic sea ice) in climate models

Anand Gnanadesikan (Pt. 1 of 2): oceanic oxygen, mixing, and polynyas (giant holes in Antarctic sea ice) in climate models

Prof. Anand Gnanadesikan joins me to discuss the sensitivity of oceanic oxygen to changes in atmospheric oxygen (specifically, the linear versus nonlinear components of this response), convection in climate models, and polynyas in climate models.

(For more on mixing in climate models, go back and listen to the Sonya Legg episode. And for more on polynyas in climate models, go back to the Ethan Campbell episode.)

Sep 20, 202052:39
Talea Mayo: Hurricanes, Coastal Flooding, and Data Assimilation

Talea Mayo: Hurricanes, Coastal Flooding, and Data Assimilation

Computational mathematician Prof. Talea Mayo joins me to discuss hurricanes, storm surge modeling, coastal flooding, climate change, data assimilation, and her pathway into science. 

Sep 06, 202001:50:59
Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 2): Anita Marshall on Mobility-Related Disabilities

Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 2): Anita Marshall on Mobility-Related Disabilities

Dr Anita Marshall on mobility-related disabilities and her role in The International Association for Geoscience Diversity (theIAGD.org), a non-profit dedicated to creating access and inclusion for students, faculty, and professionals with disabilities in the geosciences.

Aug 23, 202001:31:37
Eric Holthaus: The Future Earth
Aug 09, 202054:26
Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 1): Kaitlin Naughten on Stammering / Stuttering

Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 1): Kaitlin Naughten on Stammering / Stuttering

In the first of this series on Earth System scientists with disabilities, oceanographer Kaitlin Naughten talks about her experience with stammering (a.k.a. stuttering). We talk about a number of topics, including:

  • What is a disability? In particular, what is stammering / stuttering?
  • How does stammering affect life in science?
  • What is the "medical model" of disability? How about the "social model" of disability?
  • Representation and why it matters
  • Special accommodations for people who speak with a stammer
  • How to be a good listener when speaking to someone with a stammer
  • Are there any good things about stammering? 


Episode produced by Dan Jones and Kaitlin Naughten 

Jul 26, 202001:13:42
Scott Denning: Semester at Sea | The Global Carbon Cycle | From Geology to Atmospheric Science

Scott Denning: Semester at Sea | The Global Carbon Cycle | From Geology to Atmospheric Science

Professor Scott Denning from the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University joins me to talk about his semester teaching at sea, his research career working on the global carbon cycle (especially the atmospheric and land portions), and his pathway from geology into atmospheric science

Jul 12, 202002:23:11
SHORTS: Climate change is simple, serious, and solvable

SHORTS: Climate change is simple, serious, and solvable

A clip from my full conversation with Professor Scott Denning, available in a separate episode.

Jul 05, 202014:35
Michael Mann: The New Climate War

Michael Mann: The New Climate War

The climate scientist and author joins me to discuss (1) his forthcoming book, The New Climate War, (2) the changing culture surrounding scientists and public and political engagement, and (3) social media use as a public scientist, among other topics. 

Jun 28, 202049:19
Lauren Biermann: Difficult Conversations About Racism

Lauren Biermann: Difficult Conversations About Racism

Our small attempt to normalise talking about the problem of racism. 

Jun 14, 202002:14:16
Rachel McCrary: Downscaling | Precipitation | Mental Health

Rachel McCrary: Downscaling | Precipitation | Mental Health

Project scientist Rachel McCrary on statistical and dynamical downscaling techniques for studying how climate change affects precipitation and snowpack over North America | Her pathway into science | Our experiences with mental health in the geosciences

May 24, 202001:56:49
Sonya Legg: Ocean Mixing, Circulation, and Climate

Sonya Legg: Ocean Mixing, Circulation, and Climate

Oceanographer Sonya Legg joins me to discuss waves, mixing, and how she helps incorporate small-scale processes into large-scale climate models. We also discuss her role in the MPOWIR mentoring network and her pathway into science.

May 10, 202001:41:28
Bella Rowell: Antarctic Fieldwork and Ancient Ice

Bella Rowell: Antarctic Fieldwork and Ancient Ice

PhD student Bella Rowell talks about her recent Antarctic fieldwork as part of the WACSWAIN project

Apr 26, 202001:12:34
Milan Klöwer: the Julia programming language | posits | virtual conferences

Milan Klöwer: the Julia programming language | posits | virtual conferences

University 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

Apr 19, 202001:34:46
Jonathan Lilly (Part 2 of 2): Building Understanding from Ocean Observations

Jonathan Lilly (Part 2 of 2): Building Understanding from Ocean Observations

More from Jonathan Lilly: learning from ocean observations | pathway into science

Apr 12, 202001:30:42
Jonathan Lilly (Part 1 of 2): Meditation for Scientists

Jonathan Lilly (Part 1 of 2): Meditation for Scientists

Meditation | Tools for building resilience | Oceanographer, dancer, and "artist in a scientist's body" Jonathan Lilly shares his personal practice.

Apr 05, 202001:48:56
Susan Lozier: North Atlantic Heat Transport

Susan Lozier: North Atlantic Heat Transport

North 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. 

Mar 19, 202001:00:40
Elizabeth Barnes: Artificial Intelligence in Atmospheric Science

Elizabeth Barnes: Artificial Intelligence in Atmospheric Science

Atmospheric 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. 

Feb 16, 202001:54:10
Mike Meredith: Communicating Science (IPCC SROCC)

Mike Meredith: Communicating Science (IPCC SROCC)

The IPCC Coordinating Lead Author on the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC).  

Jan 19, 202001:27:25
Dave Munday Returns

Dave Munday Returns

A very informal conversation with oceanographer Dave Munday

Dec 22, 201902:01:35
Jan Zika: Creativity in Oceanography

Jan Zika: Creativity in Oceanography

Mathematics lecturer Jan Zika on creativity in oceanography and his pathway into science. 

Nov 12, 201901:42:25
Anna Harper: the Land Carbon Cycle

Anna Harper: the Land Carbon Cycle

Lecturer Anna Harper on vegetation, climate change, and her pathway into science. 

Oct 29, 201901:58:11
Ethan Campbell: Giant Holes in the Sea Ice (Polynyas)

Ethan Campbell: Giant Holes in the Sea Ice (Polynyas)

Physical 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.

Sep 15, 201939:30