8 episodes
Earth Sciences Oxford University
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Podcasts from the department of Earth Sciences.
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Building Earth-like Planets: from gas and dust to ocean worlds.
The first Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology delivered by Professor Linda T. Elkins-Tanton.
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The Chelyabinsk Meteor
In this talk Dr Ken Amor talks about the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earths atmosphere over Russia on the 15th of February 2013.
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Large Meteorite Impacts on Earth
Ken Amor looks at the science of large meteorite impacts on Earth.
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Ironing The Ocean - exploring the ocean iron and carbon cycles aboard the RRS discovery in the south atlantic
Gideon Henderson, Professor of Earth Sciences and fellow of University College, gives a talk on his research on iron content in the atlantic ocean and its necessity for life in the ocean. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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Rocking the Cradle...6,000 Years of Geological Impact in Greece
From the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Phillip England talks about the history of Greece through its many earthquakes and seismic activity over the last 6000 years and shows how these events shaped the ancient world's history. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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The Tipping Point: Climate Change
Professor Gideon Henderson and Dr Ros Rickaby from the Department of Earth Sciences talk about some of the key issues surrounding climate change today.