• Episode 3: Proxy Records

  • Nov 1 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 3: Proxy Records

  • Summary

  • The deep dive of episode 3 is on proxy records.

    For a full list of references, see the post on my website: https://raisedbeaches.net/2024/11/01/raised-beaches-podcast-episode-3/

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    Episode 3 - Intro
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    I discuss about how autumn is late coming to Japan, and my geological observations from my recent trip to Nagasaki. I talk about the devastating hurricanes in the southeastern United States, and how Hurricane Helene affected the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). I discuss a newly published paper on the rate of sea level rise. Finally, I introduce the Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database, and some of the issues I have had with it.

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    Episode 3 Deep Dive - Proxy Records
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    I introduce what proxy records are and give some examples about what kind of proxy records paleoclimate scientists use to infer past climate.

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    Episode 3 - More on Proxy Records
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    I give some background on how I learned about proxy records. I also describe the most famous proxy record, LRO4. Finally I discuss the end of the JOIDES Resolution, and the costs of collecting proxy records.

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    Episode 3 - Papers
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    I discuss a paper I am coauthor on about methane fluxes in Beringia, a glacial and sea level history of southern Banks Island and the Amundsen Gulf in northwestern Canada, and a 485 million year surface temperature reconstruction.

    - Fuchs et al (2024), Methane flux from Beringian coastal wetlands for the past 20,000 years: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108976
    - Vaughan et al (2024), Passage and removal of the Amundsen Gulf Ice Stream, NW Laurentide Ice Sheet, recorded by the glacial and sea level history of southern Banks Island, Arctic Canada: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108880
    - Judd et al (2024), A 485-million-year history of Earth's surface temperature: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk3705

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    Thank you to:
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    Raised Beaches Podcast logo by Aurooj: https://www.instagram.com/artbytinyleaf/
    Sean for the Raised Beaches Podcast theme song
    That Blasted Salami, who helped me get started: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5GTc4yWm-yiBFTuV3MsGaQ

    Follow Dr. Evan J. Gowan on social media:

    Mastodon: @DrEvanGowan@fediscience.org

    Bluesky: @evangowan.bsky.social

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