Planet Watch Radio Podcast

 The "Singing Scientist" Dr. Peter Weiss, an atmospheric chemist from the University of California, Santa Cruz, speaks about fog, mercury in the soil, and his role as a science educator. Also, Joe Jordan reports live from the Washington D.C. Science March. Dr. Weiss' research interests include sea-air transfer of methylated mercury and impacts on coastal marine fog, mercury bioaccumulation in coastal terrestrial food webs, the global biogeochemical cycle of mercury, sulfur, and nitrogen; and environmental toxicology and justice. More at his Fog Blog! Air Date: April 23, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080