302 - AGU Part II, Dune or dune not, there is no dry (ice)

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🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - In part two of our AGU shows we begin with dunes! Ryan chats with Tom Ashley (@ThomasCAshley) and Rob Mahon (@RobertCMahon) about their work looking at how dunes form and move in a variety of conditions on, and off, Earth! And students, Robert is looking for grad students, so check out his website if you’re interested. The topic reminds Charlie of this old book a guy wrote about dunes because he was bored at war.

00:37:44 - All this talk of particle hops gives one a powerful thirst. Patrick returns to an old favorite to see if he still like it and it’s Port! It’s sweet, but which definition of that word you use is up to you. Charlie is in his office so pops the tab on a Tangerine La Croix. Fancy. Ryan keeps it cryptic with a Skrrt! Skrrt! from Braven Brewing Company and their potentially Brachiolope inspired logo.

00:45:46 - Next up, Mike O’Connor tells us about his work poking holes in the ground in the Arctic Circle and what that might mean for future carbon emissions. Plus, Mike spent some time on the policy side of science and tells us about his experience working with lawmakers and how scientists can be better lobbyists for our cause.

01:16:13 -PaleoPOWs are a lot like congress; constantly needing to be reminded what to do. Brachiolope artist and patron supporter Sonya A. has earned herself a thesis. After some deliberation, we land on: The aeolian effects of sandy and tundra environments on the sexual dimorphism of the nares of Brachiolope podcastensis: Implications for sexual selection and mating vocalization across climatic extremes. Our first thesis featuring a Brachiolope, congrats, Sonya! Next up, Charlie reads an e-mail from Tom S. letting us know an important fact about Blade Runner, which leads to a brief discussion of the original and sequel films. Finally, Chen R. L. wants Ryan to finally learn Git and/or GitHub, and provides a video with some instructions. Nice try, Chen.

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Music for this episode:

River Below - Billy Talent
Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
Beneath the Ice - Jeremy Soule

Transcript

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0:00.0	Wow, I didn't realize we were recording.
0:02.7	I mean, I knew we were recording.
0:04.0	I mean, yeah, you're giving me, you're making me have to make a lot of choices here at it.
0:08.9	I'll say that.
0:12.5	Oh.
0:16.7	All right.
0:18.6	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:22.6	Hello and welcome to Science Sort of.
0:38.3	I'm your host, Ryan, and joining me to talk about things that are science. Hello and welcome to Science Sort of. You're listening to Episode 302.
0:43.8	I'm your host, Ryan, and joining me to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science.
0:53.1	Send around the theme of AGO, Part 2, Dune or Do Not, There is No Dry Ice, which may be one of the more convoluted themes we've ever come up with, but joining me to discuss the convolutions and the reasons for them is Patrick.
0:58.6	Hello there.
0:59.6	And Charlie.
1:00.5	Hey, guys.
1:01.7	So neither of you were able to attend AGI this year, but I went, and Abe and I went and
1:08.0	tried to cover it to the best of our ability.
1:10.2	I'm, I definitely always feel very intimidated at AGU as covering it as press because
1:15.7	there's like real reporters there.
1:17.9	Right.
1:18.5	There's like people from actual news organizations, but, you know, I'm usually one of the
1:23.1	few people walking around with a microphone.
1:25.0	It's like everyone either has a full production crew with their camera and lighting and all that stuff, or people are just taking notes on a
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