Episodes
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Biogeography
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Jonah and Camden attempt to provide a crash course in the field of biogeography, a synthetic field that describes and analyzes patterns of biodiversity as we see them today.
A brief overview of this huge topic:
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-biogeography-1435311
Check out the Journal of Biogeography to get an idea of the (technical) questions this field address:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652699
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Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Pikas & Saddlebills
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Jonah and Mariana are back for a second season of exploring the human-wildlife interface and all its many conservation issues. In this episode, Mariana talks about her brief time with a pika survey in New Mexico, and Jonah fills us in on his pilot field season for his graduate work with Saddlebill Storks in Zambia. Lessons learned, adventures had, and much more to come!
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Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Citizen Science Highlight: eBird
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
In our first Citizen Science Highlight, we discuss the program eBird. Created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, eBird is possibly the largest and most sophisticated citizen science project in the world.
Sources & Links:
Read today’s news on the ivory sting in San Diego:
https://www.apnews.com/c8e730072efb42c1b433398e62a5831f
https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/11/28/la-jolla-gallery-charged-with-selling-1-3m-in-illegal-ivory/
Read all about eBird, and sign up for free to become an immediate citizen scientist:
https://ebird.org/home
https://ebird.org/news/a-new-era-of-ebird-science-status-and-trends
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Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Monday Jul 16, 2018
Technology & Conservation
Monday Jul 16, 2018
Monday Jul 16, 2018
In our third episode, we explore the simplicity and complexity of technology in the hands of researchers and conservationists, and how tech “amplifies” our work.
Sources & Links:
Read more about the WWF’s Wildlife Crime Technology Project:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/projects/wildlife-crime-technology-project
Read more about the Carnegie Airborne Observatory:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2015/11/pulse-of-the-planet/
https://cao.carnegiescience.edu/
See the Submersible Pressure Chamber in action:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/twilight-zone-fish-pressure-chamber-innovation-science/
Read more about the Zoological Society of London’s Conservation Tech program:
https://www.zsl.org/conservation/conservation-initiatives/conservation-technology
Tech for Wildlife “we amplify conservation impact”:
https://www.techforwildlife.com/
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