Don't Panic Geocast

Episode 35 - "So often we disconnect these things" Why study geology?

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This week we discuss how geoscience can enrich anyone’s life. Join the discussion and then learn about how much cosmic dust falls on us every day!

  • John was on The Orbital Mechanics Episode 24 talking about SMAP.

    • Why Learn Geology

    • Your World Rocked (Slate)

      • Spatial thinking/reasoning

      • Thinking in 3D is hard… 4D is harder
      • 3D Mouse

        • Resources

        • We need resources for our modern lifestyle
        • Earth is continuously changing (as pointed out in the article), so preserving it as is should NOT be the goal, but preserving a habitable planet.

          • Place based knowledge

          • Connects you directly to the land. Everyone has a “place” and by further exploring it through geology it can create a deeper connection.

            • Time

            • “Any good intro geology course is actually a course in time”
            • Geologic time…it’s really big!
            • Pale Blue Dot Photo
            • Puts things in perspective. Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot commentary does a great job of showing spatial and temporal smallness. It doesn’t make you feel small though, it makes you feel free. Chokes me up every time; Watch it here

              • Fun Paper Friday

              How much cosmic dust falls on the Earth everyday? Kilograms, tons? Find out on this week’s segment!

              Gardner, C. S., Liu, A. Z., Marsh, D. R., & Feng, W. (2014). Inferring the global cosmic dust influx to the Earth’s atmosphere from lidar observations of the vertical flux of mesospheric Na. Journal of …, 119(9), 7870–7879. http://doi.org/10.1002/2014ja020383

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