Podcasts about Lithosphere

How often does one think of or about the people around them or next to them or that person that they share all of life with or some parts of life with? How important are these so called precious moments and these treasures of time spent building and sharing with? When does the Asthenosphere become the Lithosphere? Oh shit! My bad. I went left. Respect your partners, friends, family, loved ones, teachers, and/or anyone positive within your environment. There's only so much time and so many people that you actually spend time with. Everyone chooses and finds themselves around certain people or a certain person for all sorts of reasons or some times 1 very specific reason. Don't lose sight of that. Make the most out of all and any relationships one encounters. The reward is priceless and even more than that, it's the truest form of a blessing that humans experience. These two music fanatics seem to truly get that and through music they share this with anybody, anyone, and very specifically--- you. WPI, Good Buddy! In this episode of We Play It Adui Yako (AY The Wide Nose Bandit) and BK ( Salamander Nutz, Gecko Body Skin Tone, Ferret Chin, and Chinchilla Shoulders have'n dude) come to the same page as always to bring the world harmonies that humans can't seem to figure out how to do for one another even after all of this time. 2024 and the same ole dumb bullshit is going on and down and even stronger in some cases.... It's entirely unfortunate as well as unnecessary. So sad and so ridiculous. Our musical journeymen will not stray, they will not falter, and they will not settle for anything less than effort in music making and sharing. They need this. You might not, but please listen and join in however you want whenever you want. You are very much appreciated.... #respect Featured Tracks: Cloud Nothings- Daggers of Light Trade-Off- Flatbush Zombies Ovrkast.- Montara Quadeca- DUSTCUTTER Daringer- Entrance Glixen- Adore Urban Dance Squad- Brainstorm on the UDS Lil Bo Weep- Human 24thankyou- Hound Romeo + Juliet- Gem The Smashing Pumpkins- Luna DJ Flipcyide, Rim- Nothing Nice WPI Recorded 5-7-24 Spotify Playlist: WPI 2024_104 (bridgwaterw) Recorded 5/7/24 at Gregory Arms Studio #wpi #weplayit PARENTAL ADVISORY

So Oishi crafts music that evokes the paradoxical nature of the Earth's lithosphere: a surface serenity belying a churning, vibrant undercurrent. The upcoming "Lithosphere" EP exemplifies this quality, offering four distinct terrains for sonic exploration. Our premiere today, the title track "Lithosphere," embodies this dichotomy perfectly. Ethereal whispers hang in the air, like the faint tremors felt beneath the Earth's crust. The eerily beautiful atmosphere is layered over a deep, rumbling groove. Glassy pads shimmer like subterranean crystals, while bass stabs punctuate the soundscape with the percussive force of tectonic shifts. This subtle tension between tranquility and subterranean energy makes "Lithosphere" perfect for those seeking a unique after-hours experience. The entire "Litosphere" EP arrives on March 8th via Something Happening Somewhere. https://soundcloud.com/sooishi https://soundcloud.com/sohaso https://www.instagram.com/so_oishi_/ https://www.instagram.com/sohaso/ Follow us on social media: https://soundcloud.com/itsdelayed https://linktr.ee/delayed https://www.itsdelayed.com https://www.facebook.com/itsdelayed https://www.instagram.com/_____delayed https://www.youtube.com/@_____delayed

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How can we design Web3 with diversity, inclusion and accessibility in mind? View the full video interview here. Joel King Kasr is the founder & Chief Scientist of KaJ Labs Foundation. KaJ Labs is a decentralized research organization focusing on Artificial Intelligence and blockchain technology. We're driven to create innovative products that work for the greater good around the globe. Joel oversees all KaJ Labs' research and proposed the LEP100 token standard for Lithosphere and other novel components of Lithosphere.

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Venus passed by the earth in close proximity to its Lithosphere causing catastrophic change on the earth: volcanoes, earthquakes, violent storms and hurricanes. Venus impact on Mars caused debris to float in spacing and asteroids rained down on the earth for nearly two decades. The book, “Earth, Moon, and Planets” Dr. Whipple predicted and postulated worlds in collision 1,500 and 4,700 years ago when a comet collided with and disrupted the planetoids that revolve by the thousands between Mars and Jupiter. Dr. Whipple studies the comet Encke and its last encounter 1,500 years ago. The first visit to the earth by the comet was in 1500 BC at the time of Mose and caused the dividing of the Red Sea. The result of the earth pass through the tail of the comet was intense heat, enormous tides, incessant violent electrical disruption between the comet and the planet. The second visit by the comet was 52 years later and coincided with Joshua's attempt to make the sun and the moon stand still. Professor Hans Pettersson of the Oceanographic Institute at Goteborg found “evidences of great catastrophes that altered the face of the earth”, “climate catastrophes”, “volcanic catastrophes”, and “tectonic catastrophes that raised or lowered the ocean bottom hundreds and event thousands of feet” spreading huge tidal waves that destroy coastal life. Petterson discovered that the Pacific and Indian ocean-beds consisted of “largely of volcano ash” that settle after an eruption. Patterson also found evidence of a heavy shower of meteors, several hundred times greater than astronomers admit. The Comet collided with Mars in 747 BC and lost its tail and became transformed into Venus. The Venus orbit became near circular. Mars orbit was affected and in 687 BC it nearly collided with Earth. At certain epoch in the past the position of Mars and Venus were identical. Olympus mon was formed as electrons streamed to the top of the mound. The surface was raised by electrical force. The summit became a focal point of negative charged area in a region surround by positive charged surface. A second discharge formed a ring around the cauldron., a Hale-Bopp discharge Mars temperature ranges from minus 23 Celsius to minus 137 Celsius. Mars has no electromagnetic shield. For Mars to have life, it must have water. Olympus Mons is 27 kilometeres above datum and the floor of the canyon system is known as Valles Marineris. Olympus Mons has 700 km lava scab, 80 km summit caldera, and a outer edge of the lava scab of 5,000 km in diameter. Valles Marineries chasm is 7 km deep and 200 km wide, four times deeper and six times wider and ten times longer than the Grand Canyon. The Valles Marineries run across the floor of the Chryse Planitia basin. Argyne, Hellas, and Isidis meteorites transformed Mars. Argyre crater is 3 km deep and 630 km wide impacted by 36 km object. Hellas is 5 km deep and 2,000 km wide impacted by a 1,00 km object. Isidis is 1,500 km wide impacted by a 50 km object. Mars has over 3,305 craters that are wider than 30 km and 93 percent lie south of the line of dichotomy. Mars gravitational pull could have broke up a passing body into fragments. The lack of a strong atmosphere would increase the likelihood of impact and may have trigger volcanic eruptions on the opposite side of Mars. Large fragments of Mars surface could have been ejected into space. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-nishimoto/message

Episode: 2235 John Perry, Lord Kelvin, Earth's age, and the role of conduction and convection.  Today, we see history evolving.

When plate tectonics was adopted in the 1960s and early '70s, researchers quickly mapped out plate movements. It seemed that plates moved as rigid caps about a pole on the Earth's surface. But since then, a lot of evidence has accumulated suggesting that plates are not, in fact, totally rigid. In fact, we can see them flex in response to stresses that are imposed on them. Such stresses can arise on plate boundaries, such as when two plates collide and one plate flexes down to subduct under the other. For example, we see a flexural bulge in Northern India where the Indian plate bends down under the Eurasian plate. Similar bulges are seen at subduction zones where the oceanic lithosphere flexes up before it bends down into a trench, such as off the eastern coast of Japan. Stresses can also be imposed in plate interiors when the plate is subjected to a load, such as a volcano or a sedimentary basin. An example of sediment loading occurs in river deltas, such as that of the Ganges in the Bay of Bengal. Our guest today pioneered an ingenious method of determining the flexural strength of oceanic plates. The method uses the flexural sag of plates in response to the weight of seamounts, most of which were emplaced on their surfaces by mid-ocean eruptions. His results suggest that less than half of an oceanic plate actually contributes to its elastic strength. The rest is brittle (top layer) or ductile on the relevant time scales (bottom layer).Tony Watts is Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society. If you like Geology Bites, please rate and review the podcast. It helps others find it.

What do the guts of a volcano look like? According to Jonathan Delph, Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University, it depends on the geoscientist you ask. Delph walks us through several illustrations showing the ways different geoscientific disciplines might view magmatic structure: Geochemistry (process-focused), Petrology (field-focused), and Seismology-focused. Additionally, Delph reveals a recent paradigm shift in scientific thinking about the underground composition of volcanoes.

The Earth's tectonic plates are made up of the lithosphere - that outer hard rock layer of the Earth. In this episode, we talk about the lithosphere, the underlying asthenosphere, and the moho boundary between the crust and the upper mantle portion of the lithosphere. And all in under 9 minutes!This is essential listening for students learning about Plate Tectonics!Interested in joining us on a trip? Check out our field adventures here.Don't miss a thing! Join our email list.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Geoetc)

This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca chats with Maria D’Souza and Bjørnar Tuftin about the study that claimed jade amulets can protect you from COVID-19 (since retracted). Links! Bjørnar’s previous post on the topic Retraction Watch’s coverage of this debacle The European Space Agency’s map of the lithosphere What is serpentinization? Bjørnar’s website

Howdy folks! Big Tony here and I am once again curating this week's 101 Dimensions! Here's what I have lined up:1. Hawkwind – L.S.D., Blue Shift; Death Of War; and The Secret Agent (from the album Electric Tepee, 1992)2. Synergy – Falcons And Eagles; Flight Of The Looking Glass; Shibolet; and An End To History (from the album Audion, 1981)3. Robert Rich and Ian Boddy – Metamorphic; Lithosphere; and Melt (from the album Lithosphere, 2005)4. Karda Estra – Paper Cuts; Life Drawing; Atom Of Warmth; Morning Wraiths; and Halcyon Years (from the album The Last Of The Libertine, 2007)5. Michael Stearns – The Light In The Trees; The Gathering; Cenote; and The Path Between (from the album The Light In The Trees, 1996)I hope you will join me!T

Our next guest Scott Dodds is a Customer Enablement Leader and Community Strategist! He's had a historic career in the community industry, starting off launching Khoros' first community, the Lithosphere and then went on to build community and engagement at Zenefits, LivePerson and Box. In today's episode, we will cover why SaaS is driving community growth, getting early adopters, measuring ROI and so much more!

Our next guest Scott Dodds is a Customer Enablement Leader and Community Strategist! He's had a historic career in the community industry, starting off launching Khoros' first community, the Lithosphere and then went on to build community and engagement at Zenefits, LivePerson and Box. In today's episode, we will cover why SaaS is driving community growth, getting early adopters, measuring ROI and so much more!Too Long; Didn't Listen3:04m - We had to first drop our preconceptions and listen to our community. We invited a range of currently active folks on the site and asked them what they liked, what they want more of and what they would change. And the biggest thing we learned was that customers didn't see us as a community site or a support site or a knowledge base or training. We weren't the sales team or customer success team or product team. We were all Box to them - one brand. So the first thing was to reimagine it as one experience that customers could engage with. And by giving customers one place to go, it also became easier to start integrating this one place into other parts of the experience, like our customer marketing campaigns, our product contextual help, our product news and updates, etc. This drove greater awareness, greater traffic, and greater engagement with the community.8:13m - What you measure needs to either be the same metric your organization cares about the most. So you need to thoroughly understand your business and what numbers your boss, your VP and your CEO care about and why. For instance, deflection is important to support when they need to reduce costs and improve efficiency, but at a certain point your VP may stop caring about deflection because they are more worried about renewals than cost savings. So you need to find out how your community is impacting customers to renew, which means you need to understand what metrics in the customer lifecycle most impact renewals.10:07m - If you are only meeting your community members online or in virtual spaces, you are missing out on so many opportunities to build greater connections and learn so much more deeply than you could otherwise. Would you limit your personal and professional contacts to online? Of course not. So much more valuable connection and communication occurs in person.

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Our next guest Scott Dodds is a Customer Enablement Leader and Community Strategist! He's had a historic career in the community industry, starting off launching Khoros' first community, the Lithosphere and then went on to build community and engagement at Zenefits, LivePerson and Box. In today's episode, we will cover why SaaS is driving community growth, getting early adopters, measuring ROI and so much more!Too Long; Didn't Listen3:04m - We had to first drop our preconceptions and listen to our community. We invited a range of currently active folks on the site and asked them what they liked, what they want more of and what they would change. And the biggest thing we learned was that customers didn't see us as a community site or a support site or a knowledge base or training. We weren't the sales team or customer success team or product team. We were all Box to them - one brand. So the first thing was to reimagine it as one experience that customers could engage with. And by giving customers one place to go, it also became easier to start integrating this one place into other parts of the experience, like our customer marketing campaigns, our product contextual help, our product news and updates, etc. This drove greater awareness, greater traffic, and greater engagement with the community.8:13m - What you measure needs to either be the same metric your organization cares about the most. So you need to thoroughly understand your business and what numbers your boss, your VP and your CEO care about and why. For instance, deflection is important to support when they need to reduce costs and improve efficiency, but at a certain point your VP may stop caring about deflection because they are more worried about renewals than cost savings. So you need to find out how your community is impacting customers to renew, which means you need to understand what metrics in the customer lifecycle most impact renewals.10:07m - If you are only meeting your community members online or in virtual spaces, you are missing out on so many opportunities to build greater connections and learn so much more deeply than you could otherwise. Would you limit your personal and professional contacts to online? Of course not. So much more valuable connection and communication occurs in person.

Our next guest Scott Dodds is a Customer Enablement Leader and Community Strategist! He's had a historic career in the community industry, starting off launching Khoros' first community, the Lithosphere and then went on to build community and engagement at Zenefits, LivePerson and Box. In today's episode, we will cover why SaaS is driving community growth, getting early adopters, measuring ROI and so much more!

You Asked, We Answered! Transcript of the podcast Hello, my name is Chrissy and I am a Junior at Penn State Brandywine. I am here today to answer the following question: How do sinkholes form? Many people know what a sinkhole looks like, but not many people know how it actually forms. Sinkholes occur in many places, such as, Canada, the United States, and Europe. It is based on the land and what is underneath. Sinkholes can come in many shapes and sizes and there are actually different types. Some sinkholes get so big that they can swallow up a house or car. Sinkholes occur overtime rather than abruptly. In this podcast I am going to discuss many different characteristics of what a sinkhole is, what shapes and sizes a sinkhole can be, the different types of sinkholes, prone sinkhole areas, and mainly, how a sinkhole is formed. There are a lot of different descriptions about how a sinkhole is characterized. I can start by saying a sinkhole can be summarized as an area where there isn’t any exterior drainage and if it rains, the rainfall travels under the earth’s surface. [1] A sinkhole can also be described as a bowl-shaped hole that constructs while the surface under the land sinks and then the surroundings pour out. [2] Some have different shapes. If you think about a sinkhole, it almost looks like a cereal bowl, but some are actually bowl shaped and some have walls that are upright and can make a personal waterhole. Sinkholes can vary in sizes too. Some can be over 100 feet deep and wide. [1] Next, there are actually different types of sinkholes that include dissolution, cover- subsidence, and cover- collapse sinkholes. A dissolution sink hole is when the water from rain and the water from the exterior meet in between limestone, and then the soft carbonated rock moves towards the exterior and a little hole starts to appear. Cover- subsidence sinkholes occur over time, are tiny, and rare. [1] Also, with cover- subsidence sinkholes sand smothers the rock foundation and the sand flows into the rocks, resulting the ground to drop. [3] Cover- collapse sinkholes happen in clay because soil and clay are like best friends, but once the soil goes under, this process cannot be seen, and the land then falls. [2] Cover- collapse sinkholes are the most dangerous out of the three types because clay covers the rock foundation and eventually when the liquid starts to disappear, the clay and foundation start to disintegrate causing the land to unexpectedly cave-in. [3] Furthermore, there are many sinkhole prone areas, such as karst areas. Karst can be described as areas with rocks similar to limestone that has become soft. Just about the Eastern part of the United States is considered vulnerable. Specifically Florida because Florida is mainly karst. [2] From what I heard and have read, Florida is known for having a lot of sinkholes and Florida residents are used to them. A sinkhole occurred in Florida that was about 21 meters wide and it swallowed up a swimming pool and multiple houses. There are many reasons why Florida has sinkholes. One of the reasons is because their limestone is really old. So old that it is causing the ground to collapse. The limestone did not have a chance to be flattened by pressure, which leads to erosion. [4] Sinkholes can form just about anywhere. A major sinkhole happened in Ottawa. Many buildings and shopping centers near the sinkhole had to be evacuated because gas lines and water lines exploded and were damaged. The reason this sinkhole happened is because Ottawa was established on land called Leda. This clay can be defined as “quick clay” and it is mainly known for being weak and unsafe. This sinkhole caused major damage causing peoples utilities to be shut off. [5] Lastly, a sinkhole is formed in a karst area where the rock, specifically limestone, has a chance of being disintegrated by liquid. [6] When the rock starts to disintegrate, space can form underneath the surface. When the space underneath the surface becomes large, the ground eventually collapses and that is when a sinkhole is formed. [1] Overall, sinkholes can be considered unpredicted and dangerous but only happen in some areas. I would not worry too much about them since a majority of them are considered uncommon. Having knowledge about sinkholes can be beneficial for a lot of people just in case a sinkhole starts to form or if someone is simply just interested in sinkholes. Before this podcast, I always wondered how sinkholes form and now I finally know. Anyway, sinkholes are unpredictable and it is hard to figure out when a sinkhole could actually happen since we tend not to know what is happening below our feet. I mean, is anyone ever aware of what happens below their feet? Probably not, but always take precaution wherever you go and always be aware of your surroundings. Especially when it rains because water plays a huge part in the formation of sinkholes. From what I discussed in this podcast, I hope you learned a lot about sinkholes and enjoyed listening to this podcast. Thank you.   (This audio file was recorded by Chrissy Gledhill, undergraduate student, Penn State Brandywine, on November 9, 2016. References available in the attached transcript.)     https://www.paesta.psu.edu/podcast/how-do-sinkholes-form-paesta-podcast-series-episode-36

You Asked, We Answered! Transcript of the podcast Hello, my name is Andrew Leake, and I’m going to ask you to do something for me. I want you to close your eyes as I take you five years into the past: the year 2011. Media paranoia ensues as a massive storm makes its way up the east coast of the United States like a lion stalking its prey, preparing to pounce. Your family is in a panic as this storm closes the gap to get to you ever so slowly, and precautions are being done to brace for the coming assault. Your home is now a bunker, and outside is unsafe. The storm has arrived, and its power is something no one could have prepared for. Winds strong enough to uproot trees have a never-ending reign, and raindrops hurl towards the planet’s surface like billions of miniature missiles launched a few million at a time. The battle cries of thunder and the explosions of lightning ensure this storm has no sympathy for life. Suddenly, you hear another battle cry, one that is not familiar to you. Media coverage unveils that this is a new titanic storm of equal power to the one that was already present. The east coast has been turned into a massive cloud on the map, and a living torture towards the surface. Floods, outages, and devastation commence at an even more alarming pace. After hours of torment and torture, you finally hear the end of the onslaught. You walk out of your house and see the carnage that was left over. Branches, water, and trash litter the streets and sidewalks. Trees are destroyed, power has gone out, and basements are flooded. Now, open your eyes. This visualization was the reality that people faced in 2011. You may now be thinking “What kind of storms rampaged through the east coast?” “Was that much damage actually done?” The answer is simple; the titanic storms were known as Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee had hit numerous states on the east coast, mainly Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, and even Washington, D.C. [1] In terms of Pennsylvania, Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee were the first major storms to hit the state in twenty-two years, with the last one being Hurricane Floyd in 1999. [2] As the storms hit the Eastern seaboard, winds had reached speeds of 115 miles per hour; rainfall had accumulated up to two feet high with severe flooding, and massive power outages left a couple million customers without power. [3] In Pennsylvania, 700,00-850,000 customers of FirstEnergy corporations, such as PECO, were without power, and three people died during this time. [4] As if the power outages and flood were not enough, all forms of public transit, such as buses and trains, were shut down for days until the flooding stopped. [5] Everything was shut down and destroyed by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Since the devastation of these two storms, places have taken precautions to combat future damage from equally powerful storms. Houses in West Pittston, Pennsylvania have actually been remodeled so they are supported on beams to prevent any water from the streets getting into the rooms. [6] The streets in this area gather too much water, and flooding becomes common there, so this support does help these families to not worry about property damage. In addition, a new form of grid has been developed to detect power outages and supply a limited source of power to the area until it can be fixed. [7] This development will alleviate the pressure of not having any power to use. With these advancements in specific being the most popular and effective as of right now, damages from any storm can be prevented, as a new gateway for even better technology in this field can be developed. In summation, due to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, these innovations became a high priority to develop and create for the safety and insurance of citizens. As horrible as it is to say, Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee left a dangerous impression, and yet a needed impact on Pennsylvania and the country as a whole. I charge you now to take this content into your future. Who knows? Maybe you will be the next person to prevent the next Hurricane Irene. That’s all for now; I’m Andrew Leake, and I thank you for listening to me today, and I hope you have a great rest of your day. Have a good one!   (This audio file was recorded by Andrew Leake, undergraduate student, Penn State Brandywine, in November 2016. References available in the attached transcript.)   https://www.paesta.psu.edu/podcast/how-did-hurricane-irene-and-tropical-storm-lee-impact-pennsylvania-2011-paesta-podcast

(New essays, music, talks, and writing coming soon for my Patreon supporters! Subscribe here and get everything I do for free if you haven’t already…)This week we chat with Sara Huntley – Dancer, Graphic Novelist, Tattoo Artist, Clown, and Psychedelic Futurist. Buckle Up!Sara’s Website: http://sarahuntley.weebly.com/Sara on FB: https://www.facebook.com/huntley.saraA conversation on New Media & The Future of Storytelling, the Ethics of Digital Entities, and Treating Bots With Kindness. >>> Topics:What will the future BE like? Not just what will it LOOK like.With books, the story is revised with every printing, but oral traditions allow for the story to evolve with every telling. Virtual reality is opera – in that it contains all forms that came before it – but it’s opera tied into attention-tracking systems that can re-weave worlds and narratives in real-time as you interact with it.We’re going to be able to get inside our data, to LARP the user-generated, annotated maps of the terrains that we inhabit, and with AR turn our modern notions of a shared experience completely inside out. The ethics of keeping digital entities as pets. Michael:“While you can make the ethical argument that there is no harm to the bot, you might have to come up with an excellent rebuttal to the argument that it does still harm the human user of this game…”Sara’s conversation with “Phil,” the robotic version of author Philip K. Dick, designed by Hanson Robotics, at South By Southwest 2016.Grounding in the offline world while learning through interactive high technology how we are all connected, and then bringing back that awe to analog existence and the nature that preceded us.The manufacture of nostalgia as another artificial environment in an age of human-directed ecology…the replacement of our parents’ childhood with videogame franchises and, “What happens in a field at dusk?”The Lithosphere, Biosphere, and Noosphere…The racist Tay bot and how we need to be more mindful about how we socialize our digital offspring. What happens when we can’t tell the difference anymore between the minds we make online and those we make with our own bodies? Will we create and destroy sentient entities as casually as we create and destroy ordinary data files? >>> Sara Quotes:“There are no new ideas, but there are, there are new perspectives through these handed-down ideas. So it’s like, even though we take an idea that had been an oral tradition, then we bring it to the press, then we bring it to the screen, whether it’s a streamed series or something like that, and then it becomes a 3D thing – it’s always going to be the artisan’s ability to empathically tell what lands and what doesn’t. That’s what makes a great performance.”“As cool as AI art will be, I think we’ll always have a premium on what’s going to land with our imagination.”“I’ve come to think of it like, ‘What’s the thing I ultimately do? I rearrange matter. And how do I do it? I do it harmonically…as an artist.’”“I’ve been thinking about what the ramifications are of creating machines in the shape of gendered beings…and what that means in terms of coming to grip with the hierarchical strata that’s already a part of society. Because machines are always going to be mirrors of our desire of them…and granted, we want to convince ourselves, sometimes, as biological or spiritual beings that somehow parts of our experience transcend being programmed on a genetic level…but they’re all very grounded in human-ness.”“I think it’s really important right now, how we train the mind of the other, this emerging reflection. Like that one Microsoft young-lady bot – the Tay bot, that poor thing – how it got terribly socialized. Within 24 hours I felt bad for it. I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, this is a really bad report card on our ability to socialize a thing in a big pool.’ And it shows you exactly why kids don’t show their children terrible media when their minds are forming…”“Empowerment comes down to your awareness of the upgrade that you want.”“Is it gonna be just a battle of smart goos?”“I feel like no matter how advanced our toys become, the degree by which we will be able to have a sustainable system and be able to progress is going to be directly related to how harmonic the technologies we invest in are. Because you can have a bunch of ideas, but it really comes down to having a culture that has the wisdom to know which ideas are important to leave by the wayside.” >>> Media Mentions:• Blade Runner • The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect • “The Return of the Black Madonna” by Matthew Fox • Charles Stross - Accelerando • William Irwin Thompson – The American Replacement of Nature • Nicholas Caar - The Glass Cage: Automation and Us • Train to Busan • I Heart Huckabees • Prometheus • Transcendence • The Matrix Revolutions • 2001: A Space Odyssey • Samurai Jack • The Fifth Element • John Dies at The End • Event Horizon >>> Tags:Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Neuromarketing, Cognitive Liberty, World-Building, Media Theory, Augmented Reality, Robotics, Animism, Philip K. 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You Asked, We Answered! Transcript of the podcast Hello, my name is Noelle Zampino and I will be leading this podcast today. We are going to be talking about mudslides from a broad spectrum. The main focus of the podcast will be to gain a general understanding of how mudslides form, the risk factors involved, how to stay safe during a mudslide, the environmental and societal impacts caused by mudslides, as well as what can be done to decrease the amount of mudslides that occur. So to get started we need to understand what a mudslide is. [1] A mudslide is essentially when the ground becomes so saturated with moisture that it causes the soil and other debris to flow down slopes or hills. So this leads us into discussing risk factors for mudslides. [2] [3] [4] There are many risk factors involved with creating mudslides but some of the most common factors are excessive rainfall, drought followed by rainfall, deforestation, earthquakes, wildfires, and geological landscapes. [4] Excessive rainfall may seem like an obvious cause of mudslides due to the fact that the large amounts of water can’t be absorbed by the ground in such a short amount of time. However, some of these other factors are not as obvious, and in fact most people don’t realize the threat that these factors pose for mudslides. [3] For instance, droughts pose a serious risk for mudslides due to the fact that once precipitation does occur, the ground is too arid to absorb the moisture, therefore, the dry soil and debris flows. Wildfires are along the same principles, where if the ground is charred and dry, then it is not capable of absorbing moisture. Deforestation and earthquakes are more uncommon factors that the public doesn’t recognize. [4] Deforestation increases the risk of mudslides because the trees and other rooted plants prevent the debris from freely flowing. Similarly, after an earthquake, the soil and the rest of the ground can become loose, which increases the likelihood that debris will flow. Next it is important to discuss how to stay safe during a mudslide. Since mudslides often occur suddenly and can cause mass destruction, it is important to understand how to protect yourself from these dangers. [4] The main way to protect yourself against mudslides is to know if the area you live in is susceptible to mudslides, and then watch for warning signs such as, tilting trees, increased river water levels, and of course muddy slopes after excessive rainfall. While mudslides tend to be unpredictable and sudden, there are ways to safeguard against mudslides in prone areas. [5] This can be accomplished through building more strong rooted trees and plants to hold debris back from falling down hill. [5] There is actually an interesting article from CNN, which summarizes the mission work that a woman conducted in Guatemala to protect the villagers from mudslides. Guatemala is very prone to mudslides due to their geological landscape and precipitation levels, so Anne Hallum set out to try to help these effected villages. Through numerous efforts and interventions, she realized that pine trees were among the best trees to plant in mudslide prone areas because they do a very good job at holding back debris when the ground is heavily saturated. Another important way is to just be informed about mudslides and aware of the risks and warning signs. Another important issue that needs to be addressed when discussing this topic is the impact that climate change has on the increase in mudslides. [6] Unfortunately, the increase in temperature due to climate change is increasing the amounts of mudslides. [6] Since there is more moisture trapped in the atmosphere, the effected areas are experiencing more precipitation then they are used to, therefore, there is a risk for flooding. As we have previously discussed, with excessive precipitation and flooding, comes the larger chance of a mudslide occurring.  In addition, excessive precipitation also includes more frequent storms. [6] Therefore, once one precipitation storm ends another is likely to begin, so the ground is not given enough time to recover from the large amounts of water, and is therefore put at an even greater risk of a mudslide occurring. Finally, the last point that I feel is crucial to touch on is the environmental and societal impacts that mudslides have. [7] Mudslides can cause extreme environmental issues such as, increased pollution and contamination to rivers, lakes, and streams, which harms quality of water and threatens wildlife survival. It can also strip forests and other wooded areas of their natural elements and habitat. This creates problems not only for wildlife survival but also for agricultural growth. [7] Society is of course affected in numerous ways. One of the most common ways is by the physical threat that it has on human life and survival. The next issue is related to the damage and destruction that is left in the aftermath. [7] Homes and entire communities are often destroyed so rehabilitation is difficult for these people because they quite literally need to rebuild from the ground up. [7] In addition, the economic impact is huge for the communities affected by mudslides. The cost of rebuilding entire communities is very expensive and often times there are not enough funds to properly rebuild. There is also rarely enough money to install proper safeguards to protect the effected areas from future mudslides when they are already spending such large amounts of money rebuilding their community. So in conclusion, I just hope that everybody listening today feels that they have a better understanding of what mudslides are and the impacts that they have. More importantly, I hope that everyone feels that they are equipped with enough information to protect themselves and others from the dangerous impacts of mudslides. The main goal of this podcast was to educate about mudslides as a general topic, but it was also to raise awareness and provide the public with safety precautions. So, I really do just want to thank everyone for listening and I hope that you found this information valuable! (This audio file was recorded by Noelle Zampino, undergraduate student, Penn State Brandywine, on April 11, 2016. References available in the attached transcript.) https://www.paesta.psu.edu/podcast/what-mudslide-paesta-podcast-series-episode-27

Kaus, B (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, University of Southern California) Tuesday 7th June 2016 - 14:45 to 15:30

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You Asked, We Answered! Transcript for the podcast We all live in a watershed – think of it as your ecological address, and no matter where you are on land, any water that falls in that same location has a drainage destination determined by elevation and landforms. A watershed is an area of land where the surface water (including lakes, streams, reservoirs, and wetlands) and the underlying groundwater flows from a higher to lower elevation. Streams and rainfall within a watershed will typically drain to a common outlet, such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel. The word watershed is sometimes used interchangeably with drainage basin or catchment. Watersheds come in all shapes and sizes, and larger watersheds contain many smaller watersheds. For example, the city of Philadelphia is part of the Delaware River Watershed. Its seven main subwatersheds are the Delaware Direct, Schuylkill, Pennypack, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford, Darby-Cobbs, Poquessing and Wissahickon. In the continental United States alone, there are 2,110 watersheds; including Hawaii Alaska, and Puerto Rico, there are 2,267 watersheds. The ridges and hills that separate and define two watersheds are called the drainage divide. The Continental Divide is a prominent watershed in North America that roughly follows the crest of the Rocky Mountain range. Rain, snow and other precipitation falling on the west side of this divide flows into the Pacific Ocean, while precipitation falling on the east side of the divide flows into the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Note that watersheds do not know political borders, so watersheds cut across county, state, even national boundaries. For example, the Chesapeake Bay watershed is an area of 64,000 square miles and includes parts of six states (Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York) and the entire District of Columbia. It is also important to remember that not all precipitation that falls in a watershed flows on a direct pathway to reach an ocean.  Keep in mind the components of the water cycle – some water may be stored in a water reservoir, some water may evaporate, some water may infiltrate the soil, and some water may be absorbed by the root systems of plants and transpire back into the atmosphere. There are many directions and detours for water as it moves through the global water cycle. One of the reasons watersheds are important to scientists and everyday citizens is that watersheds affect the quality and amount of flow through a stream or river at a given point. Extensive agricultural development throughout the Mississippi River watershed, for example, has led to problems with its water quality. Urban areas are especially committed to protecting and restoring area watersheds to ensure a healthy environment and a clean supply of drinking water for residents. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, more than $450 billion in foods, fiber, manufactured goods and tourism depend on clean, healthy watersheds. So to summarize, watersheds are important because the surface water features and stormwater runoff within a watershed ultimately drain to other bodies of water. It is essential to consider these downstream impacts when developing and implementing water quality protection and restoration actions. Everything upstream ends up downstream. (This audio file was recorded by Laura Guertin on July 26, 2015) Supporting images for podcast [caption caption='Photo taken at the North American Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO (photo by L. Guertin)' align='center'][/caption] [caption caption='Major continental divides, showing drainage into the major oceans and seas of the world (from Wikimedia Commons' align='center'][/caption] In the PAESTA Classroom Mapping Watersheds - where does the water go (in what direction and how does it move)? If you have any follow-up questions about this podcast, please contact the podcast author Laura Guertin (gueritn@psu.edu) https://www.paesta.psu.edu/podcast/paesta-podcast-series-episode-4-what-watershed

Some of Britain’s most dramatic scenery is to be found in the Scottish Highlands. The sight of mighty Ben Nevis, the desolate plateau of the Cairngorms, or the imposing landscapes of Glen Coe can unleash the call of the wild in all of us. Although these landforms were largely carved by glacial activity that ended some 10,000 years ago, the rocks themselves tell of a much older history. The Highlands are merely eroded stumps of a much higher range of ancient mountains. This unit is an account of the origin and demise of that ancient mountain range, based on the geological evidence laid before us in rock exposures. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers.

We explore the explosive science of volcanoes this week! We find out what you can learn from drilling into a restless volcano, how gravity is used to "weigh" volcanoes and watch them fill with magma, and we explore the theories behind volcano formation. Plus, we hear about the genes that could mean you'll live to be 100, fossil evidence of the earliest multi-cellular organism and the signs that Sabre-toothed tigers packed a mighty punch, as well as a big bite. In Kitchen Science, we get messy with a cola and wallpaper paste eruption! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

We explore the explosive science of volcanoes this week! We find out what you can learn from drilling into a restless volcano, how gravity is used to "weigh" volcanoes and watch them fill with magma, and we explore the theories behind volcano formation. Plus, we hear about the genes that could mean you'll live to be 100, fossil evidence of the earliest multi-cellular organism and the signs that Sabre-toothed tigers packed a mighty punch, as well as a big bite. In Kitchen Science, we get messy with a cola and wallpaper paste eruption! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Transcript -- The importance of flood basalt provinces in earth science.

The importance of flood basalt provinces in earth science.

Transcript -- The importance of flood basalt provinces in earth science.

The importance of flood basalt provinces in earth science.