Conversations about geology with researchers making key contributions to our understanding of the Earth and the Solar System
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What moves the continents, creates mountains, swallows up the sea floor, makes volcanoes erupt, triggers earthquakes, and imprints ancient climates into the rocks? Oliver Strimpel, a former astrophysicist and museum director, asks leading researchers to divulge what they have discovered and how they did it.
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Episode 101 — January 8, 2025
Richard Fortey on Deep Time
The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. How can we begin to grasp what this vast period of time really means, given that it is so far beyond the time scale of a human life, indeed of human civilization? In the podcast, Richard Fortey talks about how we came to a realization of deep time, how we have attempted to tame it, and how it has changed our conception of the primacy of humankind in Earth history.