Episode 113 - Paleoclimate

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2021

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

The geologic record of Earth is an archive of data on the causes and effects of changing climates. As climate changes, it impacts everything from plants and animals to rocks and rivers. The study of ancient climates is paleoclimatology, and it’s important not only for our understanding of climate in the past, but also for teasing out what’s happening with our climate today and what we can expect for the future. In the news: tyrannosaur group, a chomped squid, horned crocs, and night dinosaurs. This episode, we’re joined by Dr. Rachel Lupien!Find Rachel at rachellupien.com or follow her at @loopdlupien on Twitter. Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:04:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:42:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:26:00Patron question: 02:11:00 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Follow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:18.2	Hello, Will.
0:19.4	Hello, David.
0:20.6	Hello, listeners, and welcome to episode 113 of the Common Descent podcast.
0:26.9	Today we're talking about climate.
0:28.7	Yeah.
0:29.3	Specifically, paleoclimatology and the things that go into that subject.
0:35.7	We'll discuss climate, what climate is, how we study climate today and in the past.
0:41.9	We'll talk a bit about how climate has changed over time, and how the study of ancient climate
0:48.6	helps us to understand not only the climate of the past, but also the climate of the present, and the concerning
0:56.2	question of the climate of the future.
0:59.1	Yeah, the ominous question.
1:01.7	The existential concern.
1:05.7	So it's going to be a very exciting discussion that goes into a really crucial aspect of paleontology and geological studies.
1:16.8	Agreed.
1:17.6	And indeed, it's such a big and important topic of discussion that we thought it would be good to have another person join us.
1:24.1	Yes.
1:24.8	So, after we get through the announcements in the news, this episode, we will
1:28.5	be joined by special guest paleoclimatologist Dr. Rachel Lupian to tell us a bit about what
1:35.4	paleo-climatology is, what a paleo-climatologist, like herself, does, and what it all means for our
1:42.5	understanding of the world we live in.
1:44.5	Yay.
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