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2026-01-1430 min
Down To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutEpisode 6 Science identityIn this episode, we discuss the aspect of science identity and how that influences a person’s engagement with science communication.
References used:
Baram-Tsabari, Ayelet, and Bruce V. Lewenstein. “Science Communication Training: What Are We Trying to Teach?” International Journal of Science Education, Part B 7, no. 3 (July 3, 2017): 285–300. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2017.1303756.
Carlone, Heidi B., and Angela Johnson. “Understanding the Science Experiences of Successful Women of Color: Science Identity as an Analytic Lens.” Journal of Research in Science Teaching 44, no. 8 (2007): 1187–1218. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.20237.
Davies, Sarah Rachael, Megan Halpern, Maja Horst, David Kirby, and Bruce Lewe...
2021-08-1128 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutPublic understanding of scienceKey references for this episode are:
Brossard, Dominique, and Bruce Lewenstein. “A Critical Appraisal of Models of Public Understanding of Science: Using Practice to Inform Theory.” In Communicating Science: New Agendas in Communication, 11–39, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203867631.
Kahan, Dan M., Asheley Landrum, Katie Carpenter, Laura Helft, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. “Science Curiosity and Political Information Processing.” Political Psychology 38 (February 1, 2017): 179–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12396.
Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project. “How Americans Get Science News and Information,” September 20, 2017. https://www.journalism.org/2017/09/20/science-news-and-information-today/.
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2021-08-0228 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutCommunicating science effectivelyMusic provided by CommercialMusic in Funk Groove
References cited:
Bubela, Tania, Matthew C Nisbet, Rick Borchelt, Fern Brunger, Cristine Critchley, Edna Einsiedel, Gail Geller, et al. “Science Communication Reconsidered.” Nature Biotechnology 27, no. 6 (June 2009): 514–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0609-514.
Olson, Randy. “Don’t Be Such a Poor Storyteller.” In Don’t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style, edited by Randy Olson, 89–126. Washington, DC: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-918-0_4.
Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project. “How Americans Get Science News and Information,” Se...
2021-07-1547 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutPublic engagement with scienceIn this episode, we discuss how to engage the public with science, as well as challenges in terms of how scientists discuss science or research compared to how the public interprets or understands science.
References:
And here is a great guide on how to report on scientific findings.
https://www.scidev.net/global/journalism/script-practical-guide/how-to-report-scientific-findings-1x.html
Christy L. Hoffman, Kaylee Stutz & Terrie Vasilopoulos (2018) An Examination of Adult Women’s Sleep Quality and Sleep Routines in Relation to Pet Ownership and Bedsharing, Anthrozoös, 31:6, 711-725, DOI: 10.1080/08927936.2018.1529354
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2021-07-0838 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutSciComm PrinciplesIn this episode we are joined by my friend Cameron Miller, a comedian out of Chicago, to chat about some of the main principles of science communication.
We reference the following literature:
Baram-Tsabari, Ayelet, and Bruce V. Lewenstein. “Science Communication Training: What Are We Trying to Teach?” International Journal of Science Education, Part B 7, no. 3 (July 3, 2017): 285–300. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2017.1303756.
Brownell, Sara E., Jordan V. Price, and Lawrence Steinman. “Science Communication to the General Public: Why We Need to Teach Undergraduate and Graduate Students This Skill as Part of Their...
2021-06-3046 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutSeason 4 Episode 1 Science communicationHave you ever wondered why people seem to disagree on issues that seem to be supported by mounds of evidence from science? Have you been curious about why some people refuse to get vaccinated? Wonder why more people don't support funding to further advance our understanding of the world around us? These are questions we are going to answer this season on Down To Earth.
This coming season/year we will be covering science communication. Although there are a lot of podcasts out there on science or climate change, very few discuss the process of communicating about sc...
2021-06-2342 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutThe Refrigerants GuyIn this episode, we hear the spark story of Tilden Chao, originally from Ithaca abd currently a sophomore at Yale University, class of 2023.
2021-04-0511 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate spark stories - our relaunchWelcome to the brand new format of DTE! We have moved away from the traditional interview format and instead are capturing the stories behind the people working towards sustainability and climate action. We want to share the motivations, or sparks, that drive the ongoing effort to address climate change, climate justice, food security, and more. In this episode, our new host, Anna Canny, a senior at Cornell University, shares guidance on storytelling. If you wish to share your story with us, you can follow our easy-to-use guide, along with tips from this episode, and submit your own recording to...
2021-03-2226 min
Embark On Your Day With A Breakthrough Full Audiobook.Our Changing Menu by Michael P. Hoffmann, Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, Danielle L. EisemanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/237098to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Changing Menu
Author: Michael P. Hoffmann, Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, Danielle L. Eiseman
Narrator: Gary Roelofs
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
Release date: 03-08-21
Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Climate Change
Publisher's Summary:
Michael P. Hoffmann, Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, and Danielle L. Eiseman offer an eye-opening journey through a complete menu of before-dinner drinks and salads; main courses and sides; and coffee and dessert. Along the way they examine the escalating changes occurring to the flavors of spices and teas, the yields of wheat, the vitamins in rice...
2021-03-087h 18Down To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutGeoengineeringIn this episode, Pam and Danielle chat over Zoom about the basics of geoengineering, with Dr. Natalie Mahowald, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. We discuss what it is and how it can be used to help remove carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. Although the techniques described in this episode are exciting in terms of the potential to reduce the impacts of climate change, each solution has its own positives and negatives. Listen to learn more about some of the exciting new technologies.
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2020-03-2537 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutBezos and his climate fund?In this episode, Pam, Kate, and Danielle chat about the interesting development of Jeff Bezos' pledge to devote $10 billion dollars towards climate change research. We discuss not only some of the types of projects he could fund with that money, but also dive into how that money could have the most impact.
Music from this episode is attributed to: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/corporate-pop
2020-03-0437 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutTeaching Cornell's most popular classIn this episode, we sit down with Bruce Monger, one of Cornell's most beloved professors to discuss what it is like to teach the biggest course taught on campus. The course is Introductory oceanography and is often hailed as a life-changing course. He has opened the eyes of many students about the challenges we face due to a changing climate.
2020-02-1229 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate ModelingEver wonder about the computer models used to predict future climate scenarios? In this episode, special guests, Colin Evans and Marc Alessi from Cornell's Emergent Climate Risk Lab explain climate model basics and give us some insights into the different scenarios often used to discuss what scientists think will happen in the future. They also bring up RCP 8.5 scenario, or the business-as-usual scenario often used to describe the worst possible outcomes and whether not it is something we should still be using when discussing climate change. Read more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00177-3
2020-02-061h 01Down To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutOceans Ep. 5: Marine HealthIn the final installment of her ocean science series, Marta returns to Cornell to interview Professor Drew Harvell and one of her past students, Serina Moheed '20. Prof. Harvell recently published a book on marine disease titled Ocean Outbreak, and we discuss her research on marine epidemics and other related topics. Prof. Harvell and Serina worked together in last year's Cornell Ocean Research Apprenticeship for Lynch Scholars (CORALS), and Serina describes her experiences as a student marine researcher.
2020-01-2940 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutGlobal Dependence on Coal: past, present, and futureCornell senior Kate Selley interviews Dr. Andrew Minchener, OBE, General Manager of the IEA Clean Coal Centre. He discussed the merits of improving the efficiency of coal as a way to bridge the renewables gap to a sustainable future. Listen on Wednesday as Down to Earth discusses the past, present, and future of coal in a changing climate.
2019-11-2035 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutOceans Ep. 4: Ocean CirculationFor the fourth oceans episode, Marta sat down with three physical oceanographers at WHOI this summer to discuss ocean circulation. Dr. Mike Spall and Dr. Chris Piecuch explain large-scale circulation and its importance in climate, and grad student Mara Freilich discusses her research on vertical motion of seawater and its relevance for ecosystems.
2019-11-1341 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutOceans episode 3: Marine policyFor the third oceans episode, Marta sat down with Dr. Hauke Kite-Powell from WHOI, Melissa Baldino from Duke, Sally Dowd from Berkeley, and Maddie Schumm from UT Austin to discuss marine policy and marine resource management and the research that goes into it. Listen in to learn about ecosystem services, economic models for fisheries, ecosystem models for aquaculture, and animal behavior in a noisy ocean.
2019-11-0647 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutOceans Ep. 2: Sea Level RiseMarta discusses rising sea levels with experts from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Colorado College. Listen in as we dive deeper into the complexities of ocean science and sea-level rise.
2019-10-3042 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutOceans Ep. 1: CoralThis week, Marta introduces a podcast series on ocean science topics. Last summer, she worked as a research intern at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and she took advantage of her time there by interviewing experts in ocean science/climate change hot topics like coral bleaching, sea-level rise, and marine resource policy. The first oceans episode is on coral bleaching and ocean acidification, with guests Dr. Anne Cohen from WHOI and Ellen Park from Cornell University.
2019-10-2338 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutVirtual landscapesIn this episode, Danielle chats with local playwright and Cornell Assistant Professor, Aoise Stratford. Aoise describes the motivation and works behind an upcoming public reading of the multimedia exhibit entitled Virtual Landscapes. She and recurring guest Professor Toby Ault have crafted a multimedia experience demonstrating climate change. The workshop will be held Thursday, October 24 at 4:30 pm at the Swchartz Performing Arts Center, Film Forum. This public reading aims to test the material and gather input from community members.
2019-10-1630 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutCarboniferousIn this episode, Profesor Toby Ault describes what the climate was like 354 million years ago, during the carboniferous period. Find out how this important time period led to the industrial revolution and is contributing to the current changes we are seeing in the climate today.
2019-10-0912 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutChat with Gustav HanssonIn this episode, Dr. Danielle Eiseman from the Department of Communication at Cornell University sits down with visiting graduate student Gustav Hansson. Gustav is studying sustainability within organizations. He has extensive experience not only starting his own companies but also working on sustainability strategies for companies. He describes his work and what it's like to study sustainability here in the US, compared to Sweden.
2019-10-0238 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutWe need to talk about Game of ThronesPam Wildstein 8:24 PM
This week, Pam and special guest Juliet push through the cold that’s been going around campus to bring you an in-depth analysis of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. Did anyone ask for this? No! Did Pam make it anyway? Yes! Turns out a show about dragons and sword fights has a lot more to do with climate change than you would initially think. No background knowledge necessary, but massive spoilers for Season 8.
Notes:Full version of The Doctor’s War Speech (because it’s a really good): https://youtu.be/BJP9...
2019-09-2530 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutConservation and Eco-literacyWe sat down with Dr. Brian Forist and PhD candidate, Kostas Stavrianakis, from Indiana University's Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism Studies. Learn about their incredible research.
2019-09-1956 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate Change Town HallTwo Cornell graduate students from the Emergent Climate Risk Lab were selected to attend the CNN Climate Change Town Hall in New York city. They had submitted questions for the candidates and both had the opportunity to ask the candidates questions during the event. You can watch the clips below. The DTE team sat down with Colin Evans and Marc Alessi to hear about the experience and their thoughts on the plans proposed by the candidates.
https://youtu.be/LeP94XGOV0Q Colin comes on at 23:53.
https://youtu.be/alCiQoEVJsg Marc comes on at 7:00
2019-09-1251 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate and Energy Lecture: Faint young sunThis is another part of the lecture series for EAS 1101 Climate and Energy. In this episode we discuss the Faint Young Sun paradox, which discusses the working theories on how our planet was able to support life and the beginnings of the greenhouse gas effect.
2019-09-1023 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate and Energy Lecture - Pale Blue DotThis episode is part of an additional series within DTE that supplements Cornell course EAS 1101 Climate and Energy. This episode discusses Carl Sagan's famous description of the earth, as a pale blue dot.
2019-09-1018 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutResilient Landscapes CommentaryIn this episode, Pam, Marta, Danielle, and our newest team member Kate, discuss a recent seminar we attended on Resilient Landscapes. The speaker, Massimo Sargolini, is a Professor of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture and Design, UNICAM-University of Camerino in Italy. He investigates the relationship between Urban landscape and quality of life. We pulled in aspects of his talk in this episode, while we discussed some of the wider philosophy around his approach to studying community resilience. The examples he used in his talk were of the string of earthquakes that hit central Italy in 2016. He also...
2019-09-0429 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutPam's trip to Boston!Pam describes a recent energy conference she attended and explains how our grid system works, how it could be better and plans for New York State solar.
2019-08-1432 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutUnderstanding community resilienceIn this episode, Pam and I are joined by a visiting high school student, Jenna. Jenna has been with us the past four weeks interning with the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions. She helped develop this episode and asked a lot of insightful questions about building community resilience to climate change, a topic she has become increasingly interested in.
2019-07-3132 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutDanielle visits Bonn and the United NationsIn this episode Danielle chats with Dr. Toby Ault about her trip to the United Nations headquarters in Bonn, where she attended the meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC. Since Toby has never attended one of these large climate change conferences he had many questions about what goes on at these meetings and how it influences global policy.
2019-07-2439 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutEl Nino and Climate ChangeIn this episode Pam, Danielle and Professor Toby Ault discuss the answers to some complex climate questions brought up by some visiting high school students. There were a few questions on the relationship between climate change, El Nino and wind circulations. There was also a question about the potential of an ice age. Since neither Pam nor Danielle are experts in atmospheric physics, Professor Toby Ault explained the complex relationship between these systems and where the science currently stands on it. We also throw in some entertaining pop culture references.
2019-07-1732 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutMitigation Game Part 2The game continues! Listen as Marta, Pam and Gerry compete to create the best policy for reducing carbon emissions.
Note: Pam tripped over her words when talking about PPA's. PPA stands for a power purchase agreement.
2019-07-1027 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutMitigation GameIn this episode Pam, Marta and Gerry compete to see who can come up with the best policy for mitigating green house gas emissions. This episode is divided into two parts. Listen next week for part 2.
2019-07-0339 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutAssessing climate information in the mediaThis episode is the first in a new series with Professor Toby Ault. It serves as supplemental course materials for EAS 1101 Climate and Energy, as well as Communication 4860. Danielle and Toby discuss how climate change issues are portrayed in the media and how to identify evidence cited in mainstream media articles.
2019-06-2615 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate QuestionsPam, Marta and Gerry answer your top questions about climate change, science and impacts.
2019-06-1935 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutDTE Analyzes the NIPCC Climate Change Reconsidered II: Fossil Fuels ReportThis episode is a doozy! Pam, Danielle and special guest Colin Evans from the Cornell Emergent Climate Risk Lab (ECRL) sat down to unpack the arguments presented in a report on fossil fuels from the Non-governmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). The NIPCC argues against the evidence presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), organized by the United Nations. The NIPCC is a partner of the Heartland Institute. We analyze the arguments laid out in the report and assess the validity of those arguments and discuss the evidence that either supports or refutes the report. There...
2019-06-051h 01Down To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate Smart Agriculture in UgandaIn this episode, Dr. Danielle Eiseman chats with Cyprian Kaziba, a visiting Humphrey Fellow from Uganda. Cyprian describes the challenges small-holder farmers face in Uganda, specifically, in the Buvuma Islands located in Lake Victoria. He also describes three projects he is currently developing to help farmers in Uganda.
2019-05-2331 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutEnergy and why you should love and respect itIn this episode Pam, Marta and Gerry chat about energy issues. Pam may or may not have one of her famous rants.
2019-05-1542 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate News Update May 07Despite audio trouble, Pam and Marta prevailed to bring you this update on recent climate news. Join them for the main points on this week's UN biodiversity report, an exciting new development in the way energy grids are regulated, news on fossil fuel divesting among universities, and a debriefing on offshore drilling in the U.S. and Australia.
2019-05-0822 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutPerspectives on climateIf you missed our live stream panel discussion on climate change, its impacts and solutions, you can catch up now! We brought together several academics from Cornell to provide their unique perspective on climate change. This includes:
Professor Natalie Mahowald: Dr. Mahowald is a Professor of Engineering and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. She is an American Geophysical Union Fellow, recipient of the American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award, and was one of the Lead Authors of the 2018 Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees IPCC Special Report. Her research focuses on understanding global and regional scale atmospheric transport of b...
2019-05-011h 01Down To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutWhose future? Youth Climate MovementsMarta and Pam discuss youth climate movements. This episode is packed with an interview with one of Danielle's close friends back in Scotland and conversations with young activists here at Cornell and abroad.
2019-04-2535 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutThe Green New DealIn this episode Pam and Danielle discuss the Green New Deal, including what is actually written in the plan, what it means and the need to use this political McGuffin to move the conversation forward on climate action at the national level.
2019-04-1727 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutDendro-climate and the Dominican RepublicIn this episode Dr. Danielle Eiseman discusses recent field work she did in the Dominican Republic with colleagues from the Cornell Emergent Climate Risk Lad and the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree Ring Research. You will here clips from the field describing the process of taking tree cores, what the cores are used for and how to study past climate from tree rings. In the second part of this episode Danielle chats with Dr. Dimitris Herrera about their field work and why this type of work is useful.
2019-04-1030 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate change and farmingIn this episode, Pam visited Penn State and spoke with Kaila Thorn about climate change impacts on farming.
2019-03-2725 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate change and the changing menuIn this episode Danielle sits down with her former classmate, Chef and Creative Culinary Director Andres Padilla. Danielle sat down with Andres at Leña Brava, one of Rick Bayless' restaurants ins Chicago. The interview will be incorporated in the book Danielle is co-authoring with CICSS Executive Director Michael Hoffmann and the ever talented Carrie Koplinka-Loehr. Andres was able to share his experiences with climate change, how it effects specific items on the menu such as the Chicago-favorite ramps which come into season in the spring, as well as morels and unagi.
2019-03-2044 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutThe Price of Climate ChangeIn this episode Pam sits down with our new team member, Gerry from Penn State to discuss the economic impacts of climate change. Gerry will be joining us regularly.
2019-03-1355 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate News Brief February 28Another weekly news brief on what is happening in the changing climate.
2019-02-2814 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutHaiti and the environmentJulie and Marta took part in the Cornell University Wind Symphony service-learning tour to Haiti and the Dominican Republic last month, starting in Port-au-Prince, traveling up to Jacmel, and eventually making our way over the border to the DR. We were there to collaborate with Port-au-Prince’s Holy Trinity Music School Orchestra, the national orchestra of Haiti. The partnership between Holy Trinity and Cornell is an ongoing project organized by our conductor, James Spinazzola, and the Holy Trinity Orchestra conductor, Father David Cesar.
We saw this as the perfect opportunity to learn a bit about climate change an...
2019-02-261h 10Down To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutClimate News Brief February 22With the new year we have done some re-organizing and will be providing weekly climate change news briefs. We will still be publishing longer format interviews, however those episodes take much longer to produce. We hope you enjoy these updates and as always, feel free to join the conversation via Twitter.
2019-02-2218 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutCultured MeatIn this episode Danielle chatted with Dr. Elliot Swartz from the Good Food Institute. Elliot is a former neuroscientist currently working as the academic research advisor for GFI. His experience in stem cell research and cell culture allows him to work closely with universities and research organizations to seeking alternative methods for producing meat. Listen to learn more about his work and the Good Food Institute.
2019-01-2347 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutGreen Development in ChinaThis episode we partnered with another podcast here at Cornell, from the Polson Institute. Pam sat down with other students working in the Polson Isntitute to discuss green development in China.
2019-01-1630 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutAmerican Geophysical Union Centennial MeetingWe're back! In December, Marta attended the American Geophysical Union meeting. It is the largest gathering of Earth and Space scientists. Hear about her experience at AGU and perspectives from scientists she met while there.
2019-01-0929 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutWhat you should know about the National Climate AssessmentWith all of the climate reports coming out in such a short amount of time, Danielle and I decided to sit down and discuss the implications of their findings. More specifically, we chose to focus on the Fourth National Climate Assessment, which was mandated by Congress and a collaboration between at least a dozen agencies. It also cited research done by a few Cornell professors, two of whom, Toby Ault and Mike Hoffman, have been on the pod before! When you see the information and statistics presented in these reports, it is always important to consider what it means for...
2018-12-0440 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutEthical ConsumptionIn this episode, Marta and Danielle discuss issues around consumption, including ethical and sustainable consumption. We discuss the role advertising has in fostering a culture of consumption, as well as ways to shift consumption towards more ethical and environmentally sustainable practices.
2018-11-2153 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutLosing EarthSomehow, against all odds (long lines at the bagel shop where I got breakfast before recording, a concerningly small amount of sleep, even for college students, and the first fifteen minutes of the interview not recording), we have a brand new episode for you about environmental governance, featuring Dr. Steven Wolf! After reading the New York Times article “Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change” by Nathaniel Rich, Marta and I had one big overarching question: “Why haven’t we effectively responded to the science of climate change with policy?” Naturally, with a inquiry as big as that, we had to...
2018-11-1441 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutThe Great Straw BanIn this episode Marta, Pam, and Jake discuss the recent straw ban. They also take a different approach in this episode by dissecting some of the misconceptions and arguments made against the straw ban.
2018-11-0733 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutLet's kill HalloweenIn this episode, Jake, Marta, and Pam have a little fun by taking a brief look at the environmental impact of Halloween.
2018-10-3119 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutPoliticization of Climate ChangeJulie, Marta and Pam sit down to discuss how climate change has been politicized in the United States, the various perspectives on climate change and their own personal views on governmental action on climate. As future leaders it is interesting to hear their thoughts on how governments should respond to climate change and who should take responsibility when it comes to mitigating climate change.
2018-10-2439 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutECRL Balloon recoveryThis is not a full episode, but is a clip Toby sent in as they recovered the balloon, late in the evening Saturday. If you are curious about how they managed to recover the balloon after it had landed in a tree on someone's private property, take a listen!
2018-10-1119 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutEmergent Climate Risk Lab Balloon LaunchThis is another special episode for DTE! We joined Dr. Toby Ault's Emergent Climate Risk Lab and Wicked Instruments to launch a weather balloon Canaseraga, NY. The balloon reached a height of about 100,000 feet. It reached the highest parts of our atmosphere and photos the balloon took are incredible. The balloon held sensors that captured data on humidity, pollutants, temperature and more. The hope is that by launching more of these balloons in the future we can improve weather forecasts. Toby describes the project, the motivation behind it and future work. I also captured reactions during the day as we...
2018-10-1141 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutDeep DecarbonizationLatest episode of Down to Earth: Cornell Conversations about
2018-10-0951 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutAdventures in NYCIn this special episode Pam shares insights from the Local Climate Action Summit the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions and its partners hosted during New York Climate Week. People from the all over the Northeastern US and beyond came to share information and learn about how communities are responding to climate change and building resiliency. Pam shares her experiences and insights from engaging with individuals at the summit. The events over the two days in NYC were inspiring and we hope to continue to carry local climate action forward.
2018-10-0839 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutBreaking Down MethaneIn this episode the students and I discuss greenhouse gases and then chat with Professor Bob Howarth about the use of natural gas on campus. Next week we talk about deep decarbonization.
2018-10-0339 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutInstitutional SustainabilityIn this episode Emily and Marta sit down with CICSS Executive Director, Professor Mike Hoffmann about some of the Climate literacy initiatives at Cornell.
2018-09-2913 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutEcological FootprintsIn this episode Julie, Jake and Pam discuss how to calculate your ecological footprint, and address some of the challenges in answering the questions. They also discuss ways you can reduce your own footprint.
2018-09-1930 minDown To Earth: Cornell Conversations AboutCommunity EnergyThis is our first episode of Down To Earth. The podcast is a student led project promoting open discussion about climate related issues. We are trying to encourage debate and are open to a variety of perspectives on this highly politicized issue. We encourage listeners to tweet to us (@earth_podcast) their questions and we hope you enjoy these light-hearted, yet informative conversations. In this first episode we discuss community energy development with Terry Carroll from Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension. We also introduce the project and two of the team members.
2018-08-2951 min