Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why clouds are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR KATIE GOLDIN:
- Katie Goldin on Twitter
- @ProBirdRights
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
- When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide (Audubon)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- World Meteorological Organization: International Cloud Atlas (WMO-No. 407)
- How Clouds Form: There are two ingredients needed for clouds to form: water and nuclei. (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Serious Face: Essays by Jon Mooallem
- The Cloudspotter’s Guide: The Science, History, And Culture Of Clouds by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
- homepage of the Cloud Appreciation Society
- What are different types of clouds and how do they form? (Space.com)
- What are noctilucent clouds? (Royal Museums Greenwich)
- How High Do Commercial Planes Fly? (California Aeronautical University)
- Clouds created by aircraft have a bigger impact than the emissions they emit (Imperial College London)
- “Sky above Clouds IV” by Georgia O’Keeffe (The Art Institute Of Chicago)
- What is Acid Rain? (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
- Is there life in clouds? Take it from us, taking in a mouthful of cloud might not be the most hygienic of snacks. (BBC Science Focus Magazine)
- Bacteria In Clouds: Microbial meteorologists investigate how airborne microbes might influence weather (Chemical & Engineering News)
- Civilization Fandom Wikia page for Ecological damage, in Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
- We Don’t Actually Know What’s Going to Happen to Clouds (Slate)
- We’re on track for a cloud-cover tipping point that could add 8°C of warming within a century (Quartz)
- How states across the West are using cloud seeding to make it rain (CNBC)
- the Kurt Vonneguys podcast (Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim)
- The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic by Ginger Strand
- Gathering Clouds: 250 years ago today (28 November) meteorologist Luke Howard was born, to mark the occasion we’re looking back at Howard’s pioneering role in climate studies. (Science Museum London)
- Online Etymology Dictionary entry for “niche”
- Jean Baptiste Lamarck (PBS)
- Heat Island Effect (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
- Cloud Studies (University Of Cambridge Whipple Museum of the History of Science)
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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