GeoTrek

by GeoTrek

GeoTrek investigates the impacts of extreme weather and natural disasters on individuals and communities. Our goal is to help improve your decision making, risk assessment and communication related to extreme events, so you can take action to make yourself, your family and your community more resilient. Our guests include scientists, storm chasers, farmers, urban planners, disaster response professionals, and travelers/ explor... Read more

Podcast episodes

  • E67 - Landscape Architecture and the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake with Benjamin George

    E67 - Landscape Architecture and the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake with Benjamin George

    The 1755 Lisbon, Portugal earthquake revolutionized building and planning practices around the world. Check out this story along with other insights about landscape architecture from Benjamin George, associate professor at Utah St...

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  • E66 - The U-Surge Project and Flood Information Systems

    E66 - The U-Surge Project and Flood Information Systems

    U-Surge provides the most comprehensive archive of coastal flood data for hurricanes and tropical storms around the world since the mid-1800s, providing insights into the frequency and magnitude of storm surge floods, the world’s ...

    51:17
  • E65 - Art, Aerosmith and Atmosphere with Tulsa Meteorologist Michael Seger

    E65 - Art, Aerosmith and Atmosphere with Tulsa Meteorologist Michael Seger

    Tulsa Meteorologist Michael Seger took an unconventional path in his pursuit of weather work. This podcast tells his back story, which involves years of studying art and some crazy times in South Florida- like hanging out with Aer...

    48:17
  • E64 - Predicting Arctic Weather Outbreaks in the Central and Eastern U.S. with Judah Cohen

    E64 - Predicting Arctic Weather Outbreaks in the Central and Eastern U.S. with Judah Cohen

    Arctic weather outbreaks can inflict large loss of life and financial losses to the economy in the Central and Eastern U.S. Judah Cohen, climatologist at MIT, describes the influence of the Polar Vortex and Siberian snowpack on th...

    46:08
  • E63 - The Most Deadly Blizzard on Record in Western New York- with meteorologist Don Paul

    E63 - The Most Deadly Blizzard on Record in Western New York- with meteorologist Don Paul

    The 2022 Christmas Week Blizzard killed 44 people in western New York, making it the deadliest winter storm on record. Meteorologist Don Paul explains the meteorology and impacts of a remarkable storm that inflicted catastrophic i...

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