Geotrek

Chile peppers are a prolific food in New Mexico, showing up in omelettes, burritos, enchiladas, tacos, and even cheeseburgers. Dr. Stephanie Walker takes us behind the scenes in this episode to explore the history of this crop, as well as the impacts of weather and climate on its growth.

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Students at the University of New Mexico are designing and deploying flood sensors to improve flood prediction models. Dr. Fernando Moreau and Dr. Su Zhang share about the unique culture in this university, where students are encouraged to create and innovate science, while involved in student mentorship. This work helps improve the prediction and response to flooding from monsoon rains in the summer months.

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Santa Rosa, New Mexico experienced a population explosion after the railroad came to town in 1901, and the city remained well-connected, as iconic Route 66 brought people through town from the Depression through the 1970s. Throughout its history, the town has experienced severe droughts and floods, with both hazards striking the town hard in 1937. On this podcast episode, local historian Dan Flores shares perspectives of both natural and human history in this region of eastern New Mexico.

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Join us for severe storm chasing on the Great Plains in this episode of the GeoTrek podcast. We cover chases in Texas, Minnesota, and South Dakota, including interviews with impacted people on the ground. We also interview Dr. Victor Gensini, severe storm researcher and storm chaser, to learn more about the science behind these storms and hear about his recent 10,000 miles of storm chasing this season.

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In this episode, we travel the world featuring cutting-edge research from women in Earth and ocean science. Marta Marcos, associate professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain, shares her passion for oceanography and sea-level rise science. Sarah Piwetz, the stranding biologist at the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network, provides insight into marine mammal stranding trends and conservation biology. Kristina Murphy, a meteorologist with extensive experience working in water resources and engineering, shares insights communities can use to implement lasting infrastructure in light of a changing climate. All three scientists weigh in on their perspective of what it is like as a woman to work in Earth and ocean science.

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Oceanographer Dr. Ivan Haigh, associate professor in Coastal Oceanography at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, is our special guest on this podcast episode. We follow his journey from growing up in Africa, to oceanography research in the UK, to several years living by the sea in Western Australia. We also hear the story about how he and his wife were nearly victims of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Southeast Asia.

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Some scientists take creative or unconventional professional paths. This podcast features four such stories, recorded live at the EVAN2022 Conference in Orlando in May 2022. Get inspired by these interviews we conducted with Soenke Dangendorf, Assistant Professor at Tulane University; Joao Morim, Postdoc Researcher at University of Central Florida; Caroline Huguenin, doctoral candidate at the University of Florida; and Samantha Timmers, a graduate student at University of Florida.

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The Fifth International Conference on Advances in Extreme Value Analysis and Application to Natural Hazards was hosted in May 2022 by the University of Central Florida in Orlando. One of the main themes shared at this conference was the importance of identifying extreme flood events from the past when analyzing flood risk for the future. This podcast features interviews with Jens Bender, Senior Professor Jurgen Jensen, and French scientists Alexa Latapy and Nathalie Giloy.

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Come cycling around Europe with Ola Mae in Part-2 of her 13-month, 9000-mile adventure. In this episode, we join Ola Mae in Portugal, fight a lot of mountain climbs in multiple countries, and then battle tremendous heat in southern Italy. But along the way we find a companion—a black cat named Friederyk, and then start the journey home before winter sets in. In the end, we discover some transformational perspectives, as Ola Mae arrives back home in Poland.

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Are you ready for an adventure? Come cycling around Europe with Ola Mae. This Polish-born adventurer-at-heart crossed 14 international borders on a 13-month, 9000-mile bicycle adventure from 2020 to 2021. Along the way, she learned a lot about herself and met a long-term companion — a black cat named Friederyk — in Southern Italy. This is part 1 of a 2-part podcast that is bound to be a fan favorite!

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