Geomorphology podcasts

Nature's podcast explores genetically engineered probiotic bacteria that sense elevated glucose and release therapeutic factors, lowering blood sugar in animal studies. The episode also covers ecological research on pumas, geological erosion, and how a solar eclipse can help researchers probe the Sun's magnetic corona.

Cees Van Staal traces the Paleozoic tectonic events that built the Appalachians and their connections with the Caledonian mountains. He distinguishes that ancient assembly from the origins of today’s landscape, which also reflects Atlantic rifting, associated magmatism and much later glaciation.

Vic Baker investigates megafloods, catastrophic events that differ from ordinary weather-driven flooding. He discusses proposed mechanisms and the geological evidence left by exceptionally large flows, including the Channeled Scablands of Washington State and the Mediterranean. The episode connects landscape interpretation with reconstruction of past extreme events.