Lab Talk With Laura

My guests today are Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette, Professor and Geoscience Dept. Head, and Adriane Lam, PhD student in the Geoscience Dept. at UMass Amherst. Julie discusses her field work in the Arctic, including drilling in Lake El'gygytgyn in northeast Siberia. She also discusses the need for public policy to address the growing impacts of climate change on society. Adriane discusses her research exploring the relationship between evolution observed in the fossil record and past ocean currents, including her experience working on an International Ocean Drilling Program research cruise in the Pacific. She also talks about her educational website Time Scavengers (www.timescavengers.blog). Comedian Jon Ross, who hosts a monthly comedy show at The Wheelhouse in Greenfield, MA, joins as co-host.