Raised Beaches Podcast
The Raised Beaches Podcast is a discussion on topics related to paleoclimate, Earth Science and global change. Dr. Evan J. Gowan highlights the concepts and underlying evidence on how climate, sea level and the Earth surface changes through time. He also connects how our knowledge of the past informs our predictions of future climate.
Raised Beaches Podcast
Episode 2: Sea Level and Deviations from Sea Level
The main topic of episode 2 is on sea level and deviations from sea level. For a full list of references, see the post on my website:
https://raisedbeaches.net/2024/10/16/raised-beaches-podcast-episode-2/
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Epsiode 2 - Intro
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I discuss about my activities from June to late July, including my stay at the Kikai Institute for Coral Reef Sciences, and the University at Buffalo. I then discuss about the global temperature record that was achieved in July 2024. I give an overview of a study on the climate impacts of the Hunga Tonga eruption from 2022, and a study that puts the 2023 temperatures in context with the past 2000 years. Finally, I discuss about the wildfires that affected the Canadian town of Jasper in July 2024, and discus my trip to that area back in 2009.
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Epsiode 2 - Main Topic
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I discuss about "what is sea level", and some deviations from this constant surface. This includes tides, storm surges, tsunamis, ocean current shifts, and temperature/salinity changes.
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Epsiode 2 - More Main Topic
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In this further discussion, I talk about my experience teaching about sea level change at the Kikai Institute for Coral Reef Sciences, a new book on sea level, how we measure sea level, and tsunamis.
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Epsiode 2 - Papers
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In this episode, I discuss a paper about Holocene sea level fluctuations due to changes in the ENSO cycle in southern China, and a paper about a major tsunami that happened in eastern Greenland in September 2023.
- Yan et al (2024) - Significant Sea‐Level Fluctuations in the Western Tropical Pacific During the Mid‐Holocene: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023PA004783
- Svennevig et al (2024) - A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adm9247
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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
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