USGS CoreCast
By U.S. Geological Survey - CoreCast Team
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Podcast Description
From the U.S. Geological Survey, CoreCast brings you straight science insight on natural hazards; climate change; satellite imagery and monitoring; water quality; human health and wildlife disease; and much more. Tune into CoreCast. It's natural science from the inside out.
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| 1 | Video(VIDEO) Advancing ARMI: In Search for Chytrid Fungus | In this episode, we follow a group of students from the Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School on a class trip to Pintail Marsh at the Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. There they join USGS ecologist Tara Chestnut to investigate and sample for the amphibian chytrid fungus. Join us, as we explore how research and wonder can bring greater light to this potentially fatal fungus, only in this episode of the USGS Oregon Science Podcast. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Video(VIDEO) Climate Connections: Questions from Glacier National Park, MT (episode 4) | America has questions about climate change, and the USGS has real answers. In this episode of Climate Connections, USGS scientists answer questions gathered from the beautiful Glacier National Park in Montana. Questions include: When I come back in ten years, what will I see in Glacier National Park? How is climate change impacting the glaciers? Does all the snow we received this winter help the glaciers? How do receding glaciers and climate change affect the local economy in terms of recreation, agriculture, tourism? | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(AUDIO) The Big Squeeze: Pythons and Mammals in Everglades National Park | The wet, subtropical wilderness of Everglades National Park is home to a diversity of Floridian wildlife, but one invader is causing severe changes in these native animal populations. Many of the park’s mammals are declining dramatically as a result of invasive Burmese pythons, according to a recent study by U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners. Mid-sized mammals such as foxes, rabbits, and raccoons that were previously populous in the Everglades are the most severely affected. USGS scientist and co-author Robert Reed to discusses the Burmese python situation and what these mammal declines mean for the Everglades ecosystem. | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(AUDIO) Science Integrity Matters | Scientific integrity runs deep at USGS. What is it exactly, and why is it so important? Find out in this episode of CoreCast. Host Kara Capelli talks with Linda Gundersen, Director of the USGS Office of Science Quality and Integrity. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(AUDIO) Science Helping to Save Lives in Africa | Drought in Africa is of increasing concern as millions are suffering from malnutrition and difficulty growing crops and supporting livestock. Stunted growth in children due to malnutrition was also recently linked to climate change. Join us as we talk with USGS scientists Jim Verdin, Jim Rowland and Chris Funk about what is being done to help. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(AUDIO) Phytoremediation of Contaminated Groundwater | USGS Research Hydrologist Jim Landmeyer discusses how living plants can be used to clean up contaminated groundwater through a process termed phytoremediation. | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(AUDIO) Culprit Identified: Fungus Causes Deadly Bat Disease | White-nose syndrome is a deadly disease in North American bats that has been spreading rapidly since its 2006 discovery in N.Y. State. Thus far, bat declines in the northeastern U.S. have exceeded 80%. For the first time, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and partner institutions have identified the cause of WNS as a fungus appropriately known as Geomyces destructans. The research, which was conducted at the USGS NWHC in Madison, Wisc., further demonstrates that the fungus can be spread through contact between individual bats during hibernation. USGS microbiologist David Blehert to discusses these significant findings. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(AUDIO) Disease Detectives: Investigating the Mysteries of Zoonotic Diseases | Zoonotic diseases are those that are spread between wildlife and humans, and are an increasing health threat in the U.S. and throughout the world. As such diseases emerge, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and other wildlife health agencies must embark upon complex investigative work to determine what these diseases are, where they come from, and how they’re transferred across species. Jonathan Sleeman, director of the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, Discusses the critical role science plays in unraveling the mysteries of these zoonotic diseases. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(AUDIO) How Can You Prepare for Earthquakes? | No matter where you live, it is important to be aware of and prepared for earthquakes. Join us as we talk to Mike Blanpied, who is the Associate Coordinator for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, as he gives us safety tips to ensure you and your family are prepared before, during, and after an earthquake. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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(AUDIO) East Coast Earthquakes | A magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred in Virginia on August 23, 2011. Join us as we talk to David Russ, who is the USGS Regional Executive for the Northeast Area, about that event as well as earthquake risk, history and geology along the East coast. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
GREAT!!!!
Very interesting subject matter. A must have for any natural science professional!
Improve Production Values, please
There are som many podcasts which present themselves with excellent production values, and sadly CoreCast is not one of them. Sound quality is below average, which detracts from the presentations. Content-wise, these deserve 4 stars and are worthwhile in this regard.
So I hope you will subscribe, and encourage USGS Corecast to improve. They need and deserve encouragement.
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