The podClast – episode 9

Published 2009-03-23 by Chris

Episode 9 of the podClast is ready for download. You can grab the mp3 here (22.9 Mb, 33:20), or subscribe through iTunes here. You can subscribe to the podClast RSS feed here. If you’re trapped behind a firewall, there’s a zip version too.  Or you can listen to it right here:

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This week’s episode discusses the latest rumbling, shaking and eruptions in Tonga, global warming and the ozone layer and dinosaurs – small and feathered. Plus a reading recommendation.

Participants (links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)

Chris –  Highly Allochthonous (@allochthonous)

Julia – The Ethical Palaeontologist (@morphosaurus)

Eruptions of  Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai and Earthquakes in Tonga

The Big Picture has some beautiful pictures of the eruptions, including a sequence of photos showing an eruption in progress.

Eruptions has details on the M7.9 quake in Tonga and details on the eruption plus some pictures and video of the eruption.

Maria at Green Gabbro assures us that the eruptions and earthquakes are probably unrelated.

The BBC has a pretty sweet video of the eruption too.

Here’s the NOAA map of seafloor age.

Ozone Modelling

Universe Today tells of the Ozone Success Story: NASA Video of Enviro Action That Worked.

The Nanoraptor

Geology.com talks about this Cat-Size Dinosaur Found in Alberta.

Science Centric tells of how Mini dinosaurs prowled North America.

Featured Dinosaurs

Not Exactly Rocket Science has the scoop on the Tianyulong confuciusi and has a word to say about the 4-wing microraptor.

Extras

The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham, as recommended by Chris R and Julia.

del.icio.us/podclast

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When saving a link, include the tags for:podclast and episodeX (where X is the episode number – for example episode8). You can add more than one episode tag if the link applies to multiple episodes.

Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight, so the next episode will be recorded on Sunday the 5th of April at 2000 GMT.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Text Addresses

The post that accompanies this podcast can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/2009/03/21/the-podclast-episode-9/ or http://is.gd/otDZ and an archive of all  podClasts can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/category/podclast/

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