A plastic bag floating in the water near a coral reef in Kikaijima, southern Japan. The grey specks are pumice stones from an undersea volcanic eruption that happened in 2021. This summer marks the fourth time I have gone to the Kikai Institute for Coral Reef Sciences. Kikaijima is a small island located in southern … Continue reading Microplastics at the Kikai College Summer Science Camp
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Raised Beaches Podcast: Episode 6
Raised Beaches Podcast: Episode 6 The deep dive of episode 6 is on the topic of CO2 changes through time. Listen here: https://raisedbeaches.buzzsprout.com/ Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@evangowan Episode 6 - Intro In the intro, I discuss about the hot start to the summer and my trip to Mt. Aso volcano. I discuss about my experience at … Continue reading Raised Beaches Podcast: Episode 6
Raised Beaches Podcast: Episode 4
Raised Beaches Podcast: Episode 4 The deep dive of episode 4 is on Milankovitch Cycles. Listen here: https://raisedbeaches.buzzsprout.com/ Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@evangowan Episode 4 - Intro I discuss what I have been doing in November and December 2024, as well as an overview of all of 2024. Current work on ice sheet reconstructions. Trip to Okinawa … Continue reading Raised Beaches Podcast: Episode 4
Dealing with the Dread of Climate Change
Annual average global temperature from the Berkeley Earth reconstruction, along with an interpolated trend for the future. 2023 stands out as being substantially above the long term trend. Gavin Schmidt (one of the world's most respected climate scientists), in a commentary published in Nature, expressed his shock on the unprecedented warming that happened in 2023. … Continue reading Dealing with the Dread of Climate Change
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