Shrinkage

FromGeneration Anthropocene

Start listening View podcast show

Shrinkage

FromGeneration Anthropocene

ratings:

Length:

30 minutes

Released:

Sep 23, 2021

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

What happens to Earth's biology when we heat up the planet? Weird stuff, that's what. For example, everything gets smaller. As in shrinkage. Weird, right? We talk to Jen Sheridan in this conversation about why warming = smaller.

Released:

Sep 23, 2021

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (97)

Stories and conversations about planetary change. Hosted by Michael Osborne and produced by 14th Street Studios.

Skip carousel

The Urban Equation: As cities continue to grow, scientists are trying… by Generation Anthropocene
18 min listen
What is the Anthropocene?: In this compilation, we draw from our 80+ episode… by Generation Anthropocene
7 min listen
A Cosmic Twin Study: Astrobiologist David Grinspoon takes the anthropo… by Generation Anthropocene
30 min listen
The Stakes: There's no way around it – climate change is a cr… by Generation Anthropocene
19 min listen
Yogurt & The Apocalypse: The Narratives of Environmentalism: Literary critic and pop culture enthusiast Ursula… by Generation Anthropocene
35 min listen
The Soundtracker: Gordon Hempton has traveled the world for decades… by Generation Anthropocene
50 min listen
A Slight Digression: Invertebrates: Invertebrates. Gutless, spineless– but perhaps un… by Generation Anthropocene
29 min listen
The Ecosystem Within: The microbiome is the term doctors use to describ… by Generation Anthropocene
11 min listen
Vanishing Remains: Student reporter Reade Levinson travels to Mongol… by Generation Anthropocene
20 min listen
Research to Reality: Eyewitness to the 2015 Nepal Earthquake: After 30 years in high-tech marketing and general… by Generation Anthropocene
11 min listen
Hidden Water: Most of the changes scientists see on our planet … by Generation Anthropocene
24 min listen
Hanging Out in a Rambunctious Garden: Emma Marris, author of Rambunctious Garden, belie… by Generation Anthropocene
27 min listen
On the Precipice: Sometime in the near geological future, the lands… by Generation Anthropocene
26 min listen
Early Humans and Megafauna: The Anthropocene is characterized by exponential … by Generation Anthropocene
28 min listen
History is a Mess: How does geography affect the outcomes of history… by Generation Anthropocene
34 min listen
Rebroadcast: Tracing Networks of Disease: Rebroadcast: Biological anthropologist James Holl… by Generation Anthropocene
29 min listen
Earth's Tipping Points & Abrupt Climate Change: Climate researcher and host of "PBS’s Earth: The … by Generation Anthropocene
29 min listen
The Big Data of Nature: As we hear over and over again, environmental iss… by Generation Anthropocene
37 min listen
Seeds of Change: Seeds of Change by Generation Anthropocene by Generation Anthropocene
18 min listen
Rondonia: Rondonia by Generation Anthropocene by Generation Anthropocene
21 min listen
The Evolution of Fire: Fire is evolving. The three necessary ingredient… by Generation Anthropocene
27 min listen
Preparing For Paris: When the Conference of the Parties meets in Paris… by Generation Anthropocene
15 min listen
Scars of the Past: Beneath Cambodia's troubled history with the Khme… by Generation Anthropocene
27 min listen
Season Premier! Interview: Jonathan Foley: WE’RE BACK! I mean, OMG, right?! And it’s our 5th… by Generation Anthropocene
39 min listen
The Planet Remade: In 2011, author and editor Oliver Morton wrote a … by Generation Anthropocene
24 min listen
No Ordinary Garbage: Trash. Garbage. Refuse. Waste. Call it whatever y… by Generation Anthropocene
30 min listen
Rare Earth Elements: "Oil is the blood; steel is the body; but rare ea… by Generation Anthropocene
31 min listen
Are We Alone in the Universe?: How did life begin on Earth? Curiously, scientist… by Generation Anthropocene
28 min listen
Our Fashion Footprint: A trendy outfit has never been cheaper than it is… by Generation Anthropocene
20 min listen
Livelihoods, Poverty, and Climate Risk: Perhaps you've noticed recently that there's been… by Generation Anthropocene
36 min listen

More Episodes from Generation Anthropocene

Skip carousel

The Nature of Intelligence by Generation Anthropocene
57 min listen
The Rescue Effect by Generation Anthropocene
50 min listen
Planet Texas, Ep1: Today's episode is a cross-promotion with the Planet Texas podcast. by Generation Anthropocene
46 min listen
Human origins: When did humans become "human?" by Generation Anthropocene
61 min listen
Bunkers and Preppers: What the subcultures of Preppers can teach us about preparing for environmental destruction. by Generation Anthropocene
50 min listen
Cybel: Today’s episode is something special: A science fiction short story. by Generation Anthropocene
26 min listen
Famous and Gravy's Emblem of Dignity: Today's episode is a cross-promotion with a new podcast by Michael Osborne called Famous and Gravy. This person died in 2013 at age 95. His given name translates colloquially as “troublemaker.” The question most often asked about him was how,... by Generation Anthropocene
61 min listen
Elizabeth Kolbert: It's hard to avoid the sense of despair that surrounds the story of climate change – and for that matter the story of the Anthropocene. by Generation Anthropocene
46 min listen
Christians and Climate Change: For as long as climate change has been an issue, the Evangelical Christian community has generally either downplayed the threat, or denied it altogether. by Generation Anthropocene
22 min listen
Bill McKibben: With his landmark book, The End of Nature, Bill McKibben was one of the first journalists to start writing about climate change for a mass audience. by Generation Anthropocene
39 min listen
The Love Canal: In the late 1970s, in a neighborhood just downstream from Niagara Falls, an environmental disaster slowly came to light. by Generation Anthropocene
54 min listen
Dark Green Religion: It's sometimes hard to square Darwinian evolution with the major religions of the world. According to Professor Bron Taylor, if you take our current scientific understanding of biological interconnectedness, and combine it with the reality of the... by Generation Anthropocene
64 min listen
Infectious Disease: A Big History: The history of disease is really a story about humankind’s ever-changing relationship to the natural world. All of the momentous events in human history— the acquisition of fire, the development of farming, the Columbian exchange, rapid... by Generation Anthropocene
61 min listen
We Are As Gods: Humans have been shaping the course of evolution for a long time, but with today's gene editing technologies our power to determine the fate of life on Earth is reaching new levels. With the extinction crisis looming, should we use these new editing... by Generation Anthropocene
34 min listen
Hurricane Lizards & Plastic Squid with Thor Hanson: All around the globe, biologists are discovering that organisms are ALREADY responding to climate change. They're moving, adapting, evolving, taking refuge – the whole darned thing is more unpredictable than we could've imagined. Climate change... by Generation Anthropocene
42 min listen
Explainer: The Impact of Climate Denialism: Sometimes it seems like the only reason we haven't had meaningful action on climate change is because of the decades-long effort to mislead the public. But is that true? Just how important is climate denialism? In this 3rd installment of our explainer... by Generation Anthropocene
21 min listen
Explainer: Why Cows Are So Damned Bad for Warming: Cows are...a problem. Especially when it comes to global warming. With an assist from Zeke Hausfather, In this installment of our explainer seires we do our best to answer (quickly) why exactly cows and beef are such a big deal. by Generation Anthropocene
15 min listen
Explainer: The Origin of 2 degrees: In this first in our new explainer series, we dive into the origins of the number 2 degrees C. How did that number come to be an international target, and what's its significance anyway? Professor Aaron Strong of Hamilton College explains. by Generation Anthropocene
29 min listen
Waste-Free World, with Ron Gonen: We all kinda know that the global waste stream is a crazy big problem, but, in terms of just bottom line dollars, most of the time we don’t think about what waste COSTS. So, where might there be big opportunities today to totally rethink everything... by Generation Anthropocene
49 min listen
Carbon Valley, Ep1: Today is a guest spot featuring Episode 1 of Carb… by Generation Anthropocene
39 min listen
Yum: Few things in life are better than savoring delic… by Generation Anthropocene
35 min listen
Individual Reckoning: Climate change sometimes feels like a problem tha… by Generation Anthropocene
35 min listen
Never A Catalytic Moment: At some point global warming will get so bad that… by Generation Anthropocene
47 min listen
The Magic and Science of Psilocybin: This episode is about magic mushrooms and the Ant… by Generation Anthropocene
71 min listen
Zombies, Covid-19, and The Anthropocene: Are you afraid of the end of the world? Sure! Who… by Generation Anthropocene
40 min listen
Timefulness, with Marcia Bjornerud: When I fell in love with geology, I developed a n… by Generation Anthropocene
45 min listen
2020 Earth Day Relaunch: It's been 3 years since our last episode – and we… by Generation Anthropocene
25 min listen
Raw Data's Origins of Power: Prelude: Cross-promotion. Introducing Raw Data's Origins o… by Generation Anthropocene
9 min listen
Sounds of the Ocean: When you imagine ocean sounds, maybe you hear the… by Generation Anthropocene
24 min listen
Telltale Signs: Two stories of ecological disruption: the great s… by Generation Anthropocene
30 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

Celebrate Earth Day With The Godfather of Green, Jerry Yudelson: Jerry Yudelson is the Earth Day co-founder and author of the upcoming memoir, The Godfather of Green: An Eco-Spiritual Memoir. In The Godfather of Green: An Eco-Spiritual Memoir, Jerry shows how the serious practice of meditation and mindfulness can go h... by Mindfulness Mode
46 min listen
Are Humans Naturally Immortal? Tree of Life Q+R #1 – Tree of Life E5: Why are moments of testing on high places often accompanied by sacrifice in the Bible? Why does the Eden story seem ambiguous about the number of trees in the garden? Were humans mortal when they were placed in the garden? Tim and Jon respond to these questions and more in this question and response episode. by BibleProject
37 min listen
328: Grounded by Nature: What if nature has a solution to the non-native radiation that is damaging our health? Justin Frandson, the owner of EMF Rocks, leads us in a discussion about the possibility that the ground itself can help us reverse the trend. He covers how... by Wise Traditions
30 min listen
Journey #92 - What Mass Extinctions Teach Us About Climate Change: There's a great deal of hysteria about climate change, the science of which is complex. On this journey, Dr. G offers you some important perspective on the divisive subject, by looking back at the times when Earth experienced massive... by Science + God with Dr. G
17 min listen
What could an eco-friendly Earth look like? by Fun Kids Science Weekly
26 min listen
[175] Climate play – with Lucy Hawthorne: Climate and play might not be two things that we naturally put together. And even less so, climate and 'playfulness'. Climate change is a huge, overwhelming, complext issue and i couldn't be more important. by Sustainable(ish)
65 min listen
Creation: By God & For God (Part 1): Creation, dominion, conservation, environmentalism—what is our responsibility toward Earth and why does it matter? This week Joy and Summer kick off their series on Earth and why creation matters. by Sheologians
42 min listen
S3E63: Radical Honesty & Alan Watts w/ Ed Begley, Jr.—a Hollywood climate veteran and author of To the Temple of Tranquility...And Step On It! by Reversing Climate Change
28 min listen
Straight Talk About Your Happiness, Part 2: Trials and hardships take the fun out of life. When bad things happen, our emotions often take a nosedive! Seems like a natural reaction, right? Dr. Robert Jeffress shares how our worst moments can become opportunities for joy. The secret is found in... by Pathway To Victory
26 min listen
Straight Talk About Your Happiness Part 2: Trials and hardships take the fun out of life. When bad things happen, our emotions often take a nosedive! Seems like a natural reaction, right? Dr. Robert Jeffress shares how our worst moments can become opportunities for joy. The secret is found in... by Pathway To Victory
26 min listen
Can We Fix the Planet the Same Way We Broke It? Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert on Extreme Climate Solutions: In a wide-ranging interview with Ian Bremmer, Pulitzer Prize-winning climate journalist Elizabeth Kolbert assesses the current state of the climate crisis and answers a simple question: how screwed are we? And as the climate continues to... by GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
24 min listen
S3E64: Disease and Health Risks of a Changing Climate—w/ Zoya Teirstein, staff writer at Grist by Reversing Climate Change
59 min listen
To Fight Climate Change, Bank on Soil: Our glaciers are melting, our forests are on fire, our harvests are increasingly decimated by either floods and drought. We are in a climate emergency that threatens our very survival, and it is, frankly, incredibly depressing. But this episode, by Gastropod
48 min listen
How to make sense of extreme weather: From raging wildfires in Australia to sub-zero winter storms in Texas, we’re seeing a rise in extreme weather across the globe. But how can we tell what’s caused by climate change, and what’s just bad weather? by TED Climate
11 min listen
Journey #99 - Cosmology & The Hidden Spiritual Realm: Cosmology is the scientific discipline dedicated to the study of the cosmos. It's a popular subject in the popular media. On this journey, Dr. G explains that cosmology has radically changed over the centuries. Remarkably, explains... by Science + God with Dr. G
18 min listen
Biophilic Summer Reading: Our 2023 Picks by Biophilic Solutions: Nature Has the Answers
30 min listen
How does our brain coordinate our body?: Also, What makes us human? And why is there only life on Earth? by Ask the Naked Scientists
25 min listen
Creation and Climate Science with Dr. Jake Hebert: Climate science is making headlines today. It is one of the hot topics of our time. But what is the science that underlies current scientific assumptions about the environment? Is it sound? Is the planet headed for a catastrophe of our making? How do w... by Good Heavens! The Human Side of Astronomy
48 min listen
It's Not The Heat, It's The Humidity That's Killing Us: A heat dome in the Western part of the continent reached 117 degrees. A town in British Columbia burned to the ground, and temperatures in Europe are shattering records. Climate change is here and it’s killing us. But it’s not just the heat. It’s the h... by CYBER
37 min listen
Never A Catalytic Moment: At some point global warming will get so bad that… by Generation Anthropocene
47 min listen
Filming Fire - The Threat That Can Be Controlled by Factual America
49 min listen
A Sunbrella For The Planet by Wow in the World
24 min listen
584. 地球這幾若十年 ê 氣候捲螺仔圖 ft. 阿錕 (20220822) by NASA 逐工一幅天文圖 APOD Taigi
3 min listen
What is Rewilding? by Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith
36 min listen
Journey #108 - In Our Translogical World ... tiny is HUGE: In a perfectly logical world tiny is tiny. But that's not our world. On this journey, Dr. G explains the many ways tiny is anything but tiny. Then he asks, "Why is that? Why is our world this way, and what does it mean to you? Finally,... by Science + God with Dr. G
15 min listen
8: Climatologist Dr. Judah Cohen by Obsessed With the Weather
44 min listen
Huntavore - From Field to Plate; Jeremiah Doughty: On this episode of Huntavore, Nick sits down with Jeremiah Doughty, the man behind From Field to Plate. by Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting
90 min listen
Climate Change: This week on The Children’s Hour, how do weather and climate interact? To find out, the kids interview climatologist Dr. Dave Gutzler and meteorologist Dr. Dierdra Kahn about our changing climate. Plus, the crew talked with kids attending the school st... by Podcast Archives - The Children's Hour
58 min listen
What Does the Bible Say About Climate Change? by Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible
14 min listen
Episode 10: Glaciers - Do you want to build a really big snowman? by It's Sedimentary, My Dear: A Geology Podcast
72 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

Shrinkage

Shrinkage

Description

Titles in the series (97)

More Episodes from Generation Anthropocene

Related podcast episodes