Don't Panic Geocast

By John Leeman and Shannon Dulin

John Leeman and Shannon Dulin discuss geoscience and technology weekly for your enjoyment! Features include guests, fun paper Friday selections, product reviews, and banter about recent developments. ... more

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June 19, 2015Episode 22 - "It was like two Volkswagens Battling" National Parks
Join us this week as we talk about our favorite national parks while Shannon is on the road. Then we’ll talk about kinetic energy of empty and full beer bottles as part of Fun Paper Friday!
Glacier National Park
Heads up display for snowplows
Book: Geology of National Parks
Belt Supergroup
Arches National Park
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Arch Collapses
Canyonalnds National Park
Upheaval Dome
Fun Paper Friday
Have you ever thought about how much force a beer bottle can exert when you strike something with it? Bollinger et al. have! Do you think full or empty bottles are more dangerous?
Bolliger, S. A., Ross, S., Oesterhelweg, L., Thali, M. J., & Kneubuehl, B. P. (2009). Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull? Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 16(3), 138–142. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2008.07.013
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Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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26min
June 12, 2015Episode 21 - "Think of an anticline, that's what you're thinking of"
This week we catch up with Shannon’s field adventure and John’s poster and pitch competition.
Sheep Mountain Anticline
Grand Teton National Park
John participated in a 2 minute pitch contest as part of Millennium Cafe. PPG Industries sponsored the event and it was a great success!
Fun Paper Friday
What’s the best use for an onion? To make artificial muscles of course!
Chen, C.-C., Shih, W.-P., Chang, P.-Z., Lai, H.-M., Chang, S.-Y., Huang, P.-C., & Jeng, H.-A. (2015). Onion artificial muscles. Applied Physics Letters, 106(18), 183702–6. http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4917498
Contact us:
Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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23min
June 05, 2015Episode 20 - "It was like 1.5 Cores plus a Twister" San Andreas Movie
This week we talk more about your field photos, the movie San Andreas, mining country in Colorado, and chocolate blooming!
Your Photos!
Last week we talked about the Manefay Slide instead of the Jordan slide that Mark sent photos of. Sorry Mark!
Hannah and Martin’s Photos
Siccar Point
Old Red Sandstone
Hutton’s Unconformity
How a geologist sees the world
San Andreas
Ok movie, lots of bad science
Talks about earthquake triggering!
Also does a good job with duck and cover examples
Check out the trailer!
Shannon’s Field Trips
Leadville, Colorado
Colorado Mineral Belt
Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine
Fun Paper Friday
What causes chocolate to get that white growth? This week we find out that it’s very similar to geological growths and investigated with similar techniques!
Reinke, S. K., Roth, S. V., Santoro, G., Vieira, J., Heinrich, S., & Palzer, S. (2015). Tracking Structural Changes in Lipid-based Multicomponent Food Materials due to Oil Migration by Microfocus Small-Angle X-ray Scattering. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(18), 9929–9936. http://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b02092
Contact us:
Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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26min
May 29, 2015Episode 19 - "The whole office is batteries"
TOPCON GPS Instruments
Listener Mark sent in field photos from the Bingham Canyon Mine
Checkout Mark’s Images
Jordan Slide
Some general RADAR information
Greenwood Furnace State Park
Blast Furnace Basics
LightSail Mission
Fun Paper Friday
This week we learn about pressure. Pressure has to be generated for Penguins to poo outside of thier nest. How much pressure? We know the answer!
Meyer-Rochow, V. B., & Gal, J. (2003). Pressures produced when penguins pooh?calculations on avian defaecation. Polar Biology, 27(1), 56–58. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00300–003–0563–3
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20min
May 22, 2015Episode 18 - "I remember having to buy a sweatshirt" Canon City, CO
This week Shannon talks about the cold weather at field camp, we discuss the Jacob’s staff, and methane rain. You’ll want to listen to this fun summer short!
Jacob’s Staff
Canon City, Colorado
Pike’s Peak Gold Rush
Field Camp
Fun Paper Friday
What could cause dunes on Titan to migrate opposite the surface winds? Turns out the answer is a story about deep convection and storms with methane rain!
Charnay, B., Barth, E., Rafkin, S., Narteau, C., Lebonnois, S., Rodriguez, S., et al. (2015). Methane storms as a driver of Titan’s dune orientation. Nature Geosci, 8(5), 362–366. http://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2406
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Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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27min
May 15, 2015Episode 17 - "What's your summer manifesto?"
Summer is an ideal time to learn new things and explore new ideas. This week we discuss what we want to learn over the summer and how we are going to accomplish these goals. What’s your summer manifesto? Also we get showered by cosmic rays and lightning as part of #FunPaperFriday.
John’s Summer Manifesto
Learn Swift programming language for mobile computing development
Lynda.com
Books
Having a project is essential to learning a programming language.
Develop classroom materials to go with some demonstrations and videos I have collected
Using screen flow to capture computer screen with voice overs
Use Python notebooks to capture data analysis
Host materials on GitHub for free and open access
Setup more effective task automation to free mind space for work
Launch Center
Hazel
Pythonista
Submit one manuscript and have another draft ready with all data processing in reproducible notebooks
Editorial for writing on the mobile
LaTex for writing the final paper (try Lyx)
KaleidaGraph
Shannon’s Summer Manifesto
I also want to spend more time on Lynda.com
Learn learn!
Working on my first proposal
Setting up my research paperwork so I can start looking into grants
Getting the first chapter of my dissertation ready for submission
Hone my figure making skills
Learn to talk/write less!!
Actually review what I did right and wrong in my classes
Try to keep a doc of these things so I can revisit them.
Use more Evernote
Prep for Fall
Teaching a new grad class - catastrophic sedimentation (if anyone has ideas, please send them to me!)
FunPaperFriday
This week we read a paper about how cosmic rays could give us new insight into how lighting works. Lots of places have been experiencing storms recently with severe weather and flooding. Lighting can do lots of strange things like explode trees and make glass. It has incredible power in each strike.
Schellart, P., Trinh, T. N. G., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Enriquez, J. E., Falcke, H., et al. (2015). Probing Atmospheric Electric Fields in Thunderstorms through Radio Emission from Cosmic-Ray-Induced Air Showers. Physical Review Letters, 114(16), 165001–5. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.165001
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Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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51min
May 08, 2015Episode 16 - "We are scared" Nature Calls
This week John and Shannon discuss going outside and how important it is to our learning processes. Are we suffering from “nature deficit disorder”? We follow up the discussion with a #FunPaperFriday about playing outside.
Last Child in the Woods by Louv
The Nature Principle by Louv
Richard Louv Website
How to Raise a Wild Child by Sampson
raiseawildchild.com
Free Range Kids
Kids Need Nature as Much as Nature Needs Them
The Nature Conservancy
Fun Paper Friday
Dyment, Janet E. “Green school grounds as sites for outdoor learning: Barriers and opportunities.” International Research in Geographical & Environmental Education 14.1 (2005): 28–45.
Contact us:
Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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1h 1min
May 01, 2015Episode 15 - "If it didn't, that seismometer probably wasn't working" The Nepal Earthquake
This week we are joined by a guest co-host in Shannon’s absence. Matt Herman talks to us about the recent earthquake in Nepal. We had to record in an empty classroom, so sorry about the audio quality. We’ll be back to our normal location and setup next week!
Earthquake USGS Event Page
Plate Map
PAGER Report
John’s Ground Motion Movie
Everest Avalanche Movie
Matt uses INSAR and GPS to look at static displacements.
USArray Ground Motion Visualizations
Coulomb Stress
Geologic Cross-section
Rayleigh-Benard Convection
Fun Paper Friday
This week we read about a mysterious mist above your coffee and tea. This is a great reason to film your coffee cup!
Umeki, T., Ohata, M., Nakanishi, H., & Ichikawa, M. (2015, January 2). Dynamics of microdroplets over the surface of hot water. arXiv.org. http://doi.org/10.1038/srep08046
Contact us:
Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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43min
April 24, 2015Episode 14 - "I basically need a holodeck"
Taking notes is an essential part of your job, no matter what you do. This week we discuss note taking strategies, supplies, and how we work. Also don’t miss out on a sticky #FunPaperFriday!
John’s Storm Time Lapse
Midichloria mitochonreii
Note Taking Systems
Don’t bother with highlighting, underlining, re-reading, etc. Those have been shown to be ineffective. (Dunlosky et al., 2013)
Bullet Journal
Outlining
Cornell Method
Sketch Notes. There is a book and workbook by Mike Rohde available to help you learn.
Mind Mapping
Note Taking Tools
Digital vs. Analog
We can talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each forever.
Digital is re-workable (like lasso and move in penultimate).
Paper is easier to write/shade/make more detailed and elegant notes
Digital can embed media
Paper doesn’t crash or run out of battery
Digital can be backed up against loss
Digital
iPad
Apps to write or type (omnioutliner for example)
Smart pens like the Neo smartpen or the Livescribe
Apps on laptops
Analog
Good notebooks include Moleskine, Field Notes, Rhodia, and Whitelines
Pen and pencil are important. John likes Palomino Blackwing 602 pencils and the Lamy Safari pen with Noodler’s ink.
There was an excellent episode of Technical Difficulties that discussed pens, paper, and how they preserve notes.
If you are into pens, there is also The Pen Addict Podcast
Fun Paper Friday
Did you know that the bug-on-windshield effect greatly impacts the fuel efficiency of an airliner? This week we read about some clever solutions to stop the waste of fuel and excessive, unnecessary carbon emissions.
Siochi, E. J., Smith, J. G., Wohl, C. J., Gardne, J. M., Penner, R. K., & Connell, J. W. Engineered Surfaces for Mitigation of Insect Residue Adhesion (pp. 1–15).
Contact us:
Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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1h
April 17, 2015Episode 13 - "One of my best friends is a poet" Phoebe Cohen
This week we are joined by paleontologist Dr. Phoebe Cohen (@PhoebeFossil) from Williams. She studies microscopic single-cell fossils from before there were animals.
Undergrad at Cornell, wanting to be in biology… landed in earth system science
Strongly influenced by the book “Life on a young planet”
Grad school at Harvard
1/2 post-doc, 1/2 education-outreach at MIT
Gigapan Photography
Cambridge Science Festival
The Story Collider Podcast
Phoebe’s TEDed video
Useful Apps/Programs
Wunderlist
Evernote
ImageJ
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Google Calendar
Papers
Strides
7 Minute Workout
Fun Paper Friday
This week we read about the nutrition of gut bacteria in a baby and how it can influence their behavior. You can also follow the author on Twitter: @Mammals_Suck
Allen-Blevins, C. R., Sela, D. A., & Hinde, K. (2015). Milk Bioactives May Manipulate Microbes to Mediate Parent-Offspring Conflict. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, eov007. http://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eov007
Contact us:
Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
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