Ep 194: Science... sort of - Hot and Sour

Science... sort of

Brachiolope

Of, Science, Network, Paleopals, Media, Brachiolope, Natural Sciences, Sort

4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2014

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Whether they formed via troll warfare or via geology, all we know now is that Iceland is covered in lava tubes. A possible explanation for their enigmatic origin is tonight's first topic!

00:18:47 - We presume that trolls like to drink, so in some ways this segment is for them. But it's also for you, the listener. And us. Definitely for us. Ryan continues his tour of Panamanian beers with a Soberana, which has nothing to do with sobreity nor frogs. Charlie enjoys some silky smooth Scotch and Abe keeps things thematic with a Hop Lava imperial IPA.

00:25:39 - Another 'historical' figure who liked to drink was Noah, and we discuss his upcoming eponymous movie, along with other aspects of his myth, in this week's Trailer Trash Talk!

00:41:10 - A coral reef has been found thriving in an acidified section of ocean. Does this mean all that worry over climate change was for naught? NAY! The Paleopals are here to set the record straight and explain what this seeming conundrum actually says about our ever-changing globe.

00:51:19 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like acid, too much and they burn, but just enough and they give you a pleasant sourness. Charlie begins with an e-mail from Andrew H. about a new planet that shakes up some of the ways we thought planets formed. Ryan thanks Brandon W. for a donation. Thanks, Brandon! And Abe, whom you can now follow Twitter, reads an iTunes review from Whip Hubley.

Thanks for listening and be sure to check out the Brachiolope Media Network for more great science podcasts!

Music for this week's show:

Ten Feet Tall - The Devil Makes Three

Going To Scotland - The Mountain Goats

No Rain - Blind Melon

Dissolve - Guster

Transcript

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0:00.0	So sent you guys a link to a diagram that I found from a paper.
0:04.9	Yeah, I see that.
0:05.9	Just for reference, I think it's interesting that there's no consistent variation between high and low latitude.
0:13.2	It seems like hotspots of different regions where, you know, like more acidic or less acidic.
0:19.4	Whatever's going on in the North Atlantic is interesting.
0:22.2	Well, it's less acidic, it's less acidic where there's downwelling and more
0:25.8	acidic where there's upwelling.
0:28.0	Upwelling.
0:28.8	Huh.
0:29.4	Right?
0:29.8	That makes sense.
0:30.5	Yeah, yeah.
0:31.2	Duh.
0:31.8	Don't you have all the ocean currents and gyres memorized?
0:35.1	Not yet, but there's a lot of downwelling.
0:37.1	Russell Crow does.
0:41.3	Just think what a flood that size would do to the jet stream.
0:44.0	We'd really screw up the Gulf Stream and all kinds of things.
0:47.3	It'd really smooth it out, actually.
0:49.7	Yeah, that's a bad thing.
0:51.1	We don't want it smooth.
0:51.9	We want it turbulent dynamic.
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