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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A catastrophic ice storm crushed Upstate New York and portions of southern Canada in January 1998. Days of freezing rain left more than 3 inches of ice on trees, power lines, and utility poles, causing extended power outages during the coldest time of the year. Rouses Point, New York, a village on the border of Vermont and Quebec, Canada, fared better than many other locations because they started burying power lines underground seven years before the ice storm struck. This episode provides on-the-ground interviews with village historian Brandon Racine and trustee Ben Arno, as they share lessons learned that will relate to all disaster-prone communities, regardless of the hazard.

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What would you do if your city was facing the threat of collapse from running out of water during an unprecedented drought? When Wichita Falls, Texas, faced this situation in the 2011–2015 drought, they found a creative solution only successfully implemented one other time in world history: direct reuse of wastewater for treated drinking water. In this episode, Daniel Nix, Utilities Operations Manager with the City of Wichita Falls, shares how they pulled off this award-winning endeavor and saved their city from collapse.

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Serving as a companion piece to the recent episode on the massive wildfire outbreak in Texas, we feature two experts on the topic of the relationship of wildfires to ecology. Dr. Kelly Lyons, professor of Biology at Trinity University in San Antonio, embarks on a field excursion with us into a recent burn zone to help us interpret the landscape. Matt Mccaw, President for the Texas Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration, shares about the impacts of fire on animals, functions of prescribed burns, and the amazing biodiversity following wildfires.

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Scientists are predicting an active 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. This episode explains the science behind these predictions. We also look back at factors driving recent active hurricane seasons, lessons learned from fieldwork, and emerging trends that coastal residents should understand to protect themselves and their communities.

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