Climate Scientists

Jon Robson is a Principal Research Fellow at the University of Reading. He joins us to discuss his work on the North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) and several other research projects, parenthood and science, and his experiences of staying at one institution in his career to date.

You can follow Jon on Twitter @JonIRobson

Hosts: Dan(i) Jones and Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan(i) Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

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Penny Holliday is Head of Marine Physics and Ocean Climate at the National Oceanography Centre. She joins us to discuss her research in physical oceanography, leadership in science, and the nature of short-term and long-term research contracts.

You can follow Penny on Twitter @np_holliday

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Hosts: Dan(i) Jones and Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan(i) Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

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Alice Bell is the co-director of the climate change charity Possible. In July of this year, she will take on the new role of head and climate and health policy at Wellcome.

We discuss Alice’s book Our Biggest Experiment, which is about the history of the climate crisis.

You can follow Alice on Twitter @alicebell

Transcript available here 

Hosts: Dan(i) Jones and Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan(i) Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Show notes

Professor Christopher Jackson is a geologist and science communicator, currently serving as the Chair in Sustainable Geoscience at the University of Manchester. He joins us to discuss the H-index, prohibitively high journal fees and the Matthew effect. We also chat about his route into science and some of his current research interests.

You can follow Chris on Twitter @seis_matters

Transcript available here

Hosts: Dan(i) Jones and Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan(i) Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Paul Behrens is an Assistant Professor in environmental change at Leiden University. In 2020, he published the book The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science, which describes humanity’s possible futures in paired chapters of pessimism and optimism.

Paul’s book is available to buy: https://theindigopress.com/product/the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times-bundle/

Links to other things mentioned in our discussion:

Paul and colleagues’ new paper on the climate impact of dietary change in Nature Food: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00431-5

Should dogs and cats go vegan? A talk from Professor Andrew Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxjGa0MXfAc

Paul is on Twitter @DrPaulBehrens

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Hosts: Dan(i) Jones and Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan(i) Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Céline Heuzé is a Senior Lecturer in climatology at the University of Gothenburg. She joins us to discuss the experiences in her life which led to her researching polar sciences and physical oceanography and her views on academia.

You can follow Céline on Twitter @ClnHz.

Transcript available here

Hosts: Dan(i) Jones and Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Jessica Hernandez (Maya Ch’orti’ & Binnizá) is a transnational Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest. She has an interdisciplinary academic background ranging from marine sciences to forestry.

Jessica joins us to discuss her new book, Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science, her father’s childhood in Central America, her pathway into science, and her views on western conservation practices.

Jessica’s website, which includes details of where to buy Fresh Banana Leaves: www.jessicabhernandez.com

Follow Jessica on Twitter @doctora_nature

Climate Scientists Podcast: https://twitter.com/ClimateSciPod

Transcript for Accessibility available

Hosts: Dan(i) Jones, Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan(i) Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Jessica Moerman is the Senior Director for Science and Policy at the Evangelical Environmental Network, based in Washington DC. After working as a researcher in isotope geochemistry, Jessica decided to move to a career in policy. She joins us to discuss her views on faith and science, and how to reach people who are turned off by the term ‘environmentalist’.

Evangelical Environmental Network: https://creationcare.org/

Jessica Moerman: https://twitter.com/jessica_moerman

Climate Scientists Podcast: https://twitter.com/ClimateSciPod

Transcript for Accessibility: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vafjJ74qTsBCmhQsN71w3pu5M_7nthOV/view?usp=sharing

Hosts: Dan Jones, Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Anna Palmer is the co-director of the 2021 film Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective. Anna and Dan discuss what it was like to make the documentary, as well as Anna’s career pathway.

Details of screenings: https://www.inhabitantsfilm.com/

Climate Scientists Podcast: https://twitter.com/ClimateSciPod

Transcript for Accessibility: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zPTGPKl0pPo6zOYioR73jBOObTYo-EoZ/view?usp=sharing

Hosts: Dan Jones, Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair

Dan and Ella meet in the first of a new format of short climate catch-ups, which they will record alongside the normal interview format. These are short conversations where the two hosts discuss what they have been up to, and any interesting news or papers they have seen recently.

This week, they discuss:

Climate Scientists Podcast: https://twitter.com/ClimateSciPod

Transcript for Accessibility: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1up4Ev2zAd000w56nrIhBasbiXo9QrL5j/view?usp=sharing

Hosts: Dan Jones, Ella Gilbert

Music and Cover Art: Dan Jones

Editing: Sian Williams Page

Audio Engineering: Lilian Blair