In this episode, we discuss original University of Toronto research on Earth's microfibre pollution problem. What are microfibres? Where do they come from? What can we do to help turn the tide? All of this and more with U of T's own PhD. Candidate, Samantha Athey!
Primary Readings Discussed:
Your Beloved Blue Jeans Are Polluting the Ocean—Big Time
The Subduction Pulley with Erkan Gun and Russ Pysklywec
DEI in the Earth Sciences
Geophysical Techniques and Mineral Exploration with Andrei Swidinsky
New Years Episode 2022
Protoplanetary Disks and Backward Spinning Stars with J. J. Zanazzi
Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Plan with Andrew Parmenter
The History of Earth Sciences Education with Erik Klemetti
Compositions of Exoplanets and their Stars with Diana Valencia
Flood Risks and Hazards with Joseph Desloges
The Life and Legend of the Ediacaran Biota with Marc Laflamme
Special New Years Episode
Continental Drip with Oguz Gogus
The Plastic Problem with Miriam Diamond
Ultrafast Metamorphic Reactions with Xu Chu
Geoscience Education: Field Course Roundtable
Fracking Induced Seismicity with Dr. Semechah Lui
The Ocean and Carbon Sequestration with Elizabeth Phillips
Monitoring Volcanic Eruptions with Paul Ashwell
The Nuclear Waste Storage Problem with Don Davis
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