Deep Time, Deep Oceans: Discovering Earth's Past Climate With Gerald Dickens
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this conversation, we connect with Gerald Dickens to dive deep into the history of the world's oceans – specifically looking at the changing patterns of their geology, chemistry and biology. As a Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity College Dublin, Gerald is on a mission to learn more about Earth's past by looking below the modern ocean floor. This can tell us about climate change history, carbon mass balance, and more…
Gerald holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Oceanography (1996), an M.S. from the University of Michigan in Oceanography (1993), and a B.S. from the University of California, Davis 1989. He was also chief editor for several major earth science journals, including Geology, GSA Today, and Paleoceanography.
Join us now to learn about:
- How scientists study ancient oceans.
- What microfossils can reveal about the past.
- The most fascinating discoveries made by researchers drilling into the deep sea.
- What the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) event can show us about ancient climate change, and the future.
- Why the P.H. of the ocean is dropping, and what this can result in.
Ready to uncover the hidden history of our planet's oceans? Don't wait, hit play now and embark on this fascinating journey of discovery!
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| 0:30.3 | This is the Finding Genius podcast with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.7 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Fighting Genius podcast. |
| 0:41.4 | My guest today is Gerald Dickens. |
| 0:42.8 | He's a professor of geology and mineralogy at Trinity College in Dublin. |
| 0:46.9 | So we're going to talk about climate, chemistry, and life across the heliocene-echocene |
| 0:52.2 | boundary, which I understand what that means a little bit, |
| 0:55.1 | but not fully. We'll get into it. But regardless, welcome Gerald. Thanks for coming. |
| 0:58.8 | Thank you, Richard. Good to hear from you. |
| 1:01.1 | Tell me a bit about your background first. How did you get into studying, you know, geology and |
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