In this episode, I speak with Paleolimnologist, Dr. Jeffery Stone. Dr. Stone explores diatoms and diatom fossils, teaches at Indiana State University, and he’s also a Twitch streamer! We talk about all of these things, and more!
- Introduction (0:00:24)
- What is a ‘paleolimnologist’? (0:01:48)
- What is a ‘diatom’? (0:02:49)
- Diatom motility - how they move! (0:03:58)
- Diatom shapes in different environments (0:05:16)
- How long do diatoms live? (0:06:32)
- How and what diatoms eat (0:08:15)
- Diatom fossils (0:09:50)
- Where to find a 10 million year old diatom! (0:11:16)
- Other microscopic creatures that leave fossils (0:14:05)
- Tardigrade fossils (0:15:30)
- Why study diatom fossils? (0:16:47)
- Studying diatom fossils in Lake Idaho (0:19:40)
- Diatoms evolve over time (0:21:21)
- Diatoms produce about 40% of the air we breathe (0:25:17)
- What diatom fossils tell us about climate change (0:27:40)
- Cross-specialty talk (0:32:05)
- Science is all about discovery (0:35:20)
- Professorship (0:36:04)
- How to teach so that people can understand you (0:36:50)
- Dr. Stone on Twitch! (0:39:30)
- The Twitch community (0:47:32)
- Twitch as an outreach tool for science (0:48:30)
- The scanning electron microscope (0:51:44)
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