Geology Bites: An Earth and Planetary Science Podcast
Oliver StrimpelWhat moves the continents, creates mountains, swallows up the sea floor, makes volcanoes erupt, triggers earthquakes, and imprints ancient climates into the rocks? Oliver Strimpel, a former astrophysicist and museum director asks leading Earth science researchers to divulge what they have discovered and how they did it. To learn more about the series, and see images that support the podcasts, go t... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 130 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Earth SciencesScience | |||
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Tiny bubbles of air trapped in Antarctic ice are samples of the ancient atmosphere itself, one of the few direct records of how greenhouse gases and climate have changed together. Until recently, the oldest ice known was 2.7 million years old. Now re... more
By the end of the 1960s, plate tectonics had been widely accepted, but it rested on an untested assumption: that the plates are strong enough to move as rigid slabs. Tony Watts describes how, as a postdoc at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in th... more
Continental crust is buoyant, which is why continents stand high above the ocean floor. Yet rocks in western Norway contain microscopic grains of coesite, a form of quartz that forms only under pressures found about 100 km down. A slab of continent w... more
Where tectonic plates collide, the result is clear: the edge of a plate crumples and throws up a mountain belt. But where a plate is stretched rather than squeezed, the evidence is usually lost, because the thinned lithosphere subsides and the basins... more
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- Pack your hand lens and head for the rocks.
The casual visitor to this podcast will never look at a rock in the same way again.
Apple Podcasts5reading_ulysses
United Kingdom2 months ago - Fascinating
Presented so experts or laymen can follow! interesting & relevant topic selection. Who knew rocks could be so interesting!
Audible5Loujohn
United States6 months ago - Very educational podcast
I started reading Annals of a Former World by John McPhee and was inspired to learn more about geology. Geology Bites came highly recommended in my search for a suitable podcast. I agree with one of the other reviewers here that it sets the bar for science podcasts quite high. The website is a great companion to the podcast series and it adds a visual element that has ever so helpful. I adore the host. He is so intelligent and carries the conversation forward expertly. The guests are so informat... more
Apple Podcasts5Dr ToxigonUnited States8 months ago - The bar is set for science podcast
Excellent podcast. Great guests and topics, with a focused, academic style. May be somewhat technical for those who haven’t been received any education on geology, and I would count myself as such a person, but it left me wanting to study more and fill in the gaps.
I listened through the whole run twice, I can say this of no other podcast
Apple Podcasts5skooma889United States9 months ago - Highly engaging
Geology Bites is outstanding. I often feel like I’m participating in the interview when Oliver Strimpel anticipates my next question. The guests are leaders in their field and Q articulate an interesting variety of geology- adjacent topics. A very good podcast.
Apple Podcasts5Prsopect FarmsUnited States10 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #5 | United States/Science/Earth Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #148 | United States/Science |
Apple Podcasts | #4 |  Canada/Science/Earth Sciences |
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Earth and planetary science researchers explain how geological processes work and how scientists investigate them. Hosted by Oliver Strimpel, a former astrophysicist and museum director, the series uses focused interviews to connect field observations, laboratory experiments and scientific models with questions about the history and behavior of Earth and other worlds. Topics range from plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes and ancient environments to planetary magnetism, asteroid missions and the conditions that may support life. Guests are typically leading researchers who describe their own work, the evidence behind it and the questions that remain open. The conversations are technically detailed but carefully explained, making the seri... more
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