“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts” – Albert Einstein
In this episode of the Core Ideas podcast, we conclude our introduction to paleolimnology with a discussion of how lake sediments are …
“One thing that you can’t fake is chemistry” – Blake Shelton
In this installment of the Core Ideas podcast, our introduction to paleolimnology continues with a discussion about some physical and chemical indicators that can preserve in lake sediments. As …
“They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.” – Orson Welles
In the fourth episode of the Core Ideas podcast, Adam and Josh discuss the retrieval of the mud critical to paleolimnology (i.e. sediment cores) from …
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the third episode of the Core Ideas podcast, Adam and Josh examine their dating struggles… with sediment cores! Specifically, the techniques used in paleolimnology to determine sediment …
“In nature nothing exists alone” – Rachel Carson
In the second episode of the Core Ideas podcast, we discuss bioindicators – species or communities that are so closely associated with particular environmental conditions that their presence can be used in …
“Beginnings are such delicate times” – Frank Herbert
Welcome to Core Ideas, a podcast about paleolimnology, the interdisciplinary science that reconstructs the paleoenvironments of inland waters.
In our first episode, we introduce ourselves as co-hosts, and describe our goals …