Over the last 6 week, we have recorded a series of podcasts that cover a lot of the basics of volcanology. We've compiled all the episodes here with a brief description. We hope you enjoy them and feel free to use them in your classes or activities.
Back to Basics: Volcanology basics - Episode #1 (Season 1-6): We banter about the nature of magma, the shapes of volcanoes, the ways volcanoes erupt and how volcanologists describe volcanoes. Watching the Volcanoes: Signs of an impending eruption - Episode #2 (Season 1-7): We banter about the volcanoes of Europe, the signs we observe when volcanoes start to become restless including earthquakes, gas emissions, deformation and more. We also chat about the technology used to see these changes. Bottle Up and Explode: Large volcanic eruptions - Episode #3 (Season 1-8): We banter about volcanoes in South America. Then we dive into what happens during giant explosive eruptions, including the what causes these blasts, the dynamics of ash plumes, how calderas form and massive ash deposits called ignimbrites. The Cascades: Monitoring an active volcanic range - Episode #4 (Season 1-9): In this special episode, we banter with Dr. Seth Moran, the scientist-in-charge of the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory. We talk about the relatively danger of different Cascade volcanoes, the challenges of keeping an eye on all the volcanoes and what we might expect next from the Cascades. Heavy Weather: How volcanoes impact climate - Episode #5 (Season 1-10): We banter about why volcanoes can have a global impact on the planet's climate. We also get into the details of volcanic aerosols like sulfur dioxide, what they do in our atmosphere and why volcanoes aren't the source of our current climate change. Space is the Place: Extraterrestrial volcanism - Episode #6 (Season 1-11): In our final Mini-series episode, we chat with Dr. Jacob Richardson (NASA Goddard Space Center) about what eruptions are like on other planets and moons. We also banter about ice volcanoes, the giant size of eruptions on Io and what the future holds for exploring volcanoes off our planet.
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Hamish Winter
10/14/2020 07:22:39 am
Just a note to say I love your podcasts. I know they aren’t too often but I have listened to them a lot from down in New Zealand. Very fascinating.
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