Category Archives: environmental engineering
The (mad) science of geoengineering
Climate scientist Ken Caldeira begins with a discussion of ocean acidification, a term he helped coin. He follows with the story of how his name became attached to geoengineering, from his own skeptical beginnings to publishing a paper that basically … Continue reading
Port response to sea level rise
Ship’s captain turned researcher, Austin Becker, looks to the future for how ports will respond to sea level rise. He explains the importance of ports for world trade, the time horizons for port planning, and the plans to brace for … Continue reading
Filed under climate change, environmental engineering, sea level rise
Welcome to the… Technosphere?
In this interview, Dr. Peter Haff of Duke sits down with Mike (and Mike sits down with Leslie) to explain the Technosphere. We learn that technology is emerging as a geologic force, what that means for the future of the … Continue reading
Filed under environmental engineering, evolution, technology
The Apocalypse (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Anthropocene)
One month after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, the Generation Anthropocene team of Leslie Chang, Mike Osborne, and Miles Traer chat about the relations between the Anthropocene and apocalyptic pop-culture stories. Mike reveals the apocalyptic history of the podcast, Miles … Continue reading
