Wildland: Recent Episodes
Jeremy Zagarella
In this episode; we discuss air; its a bit convoluted; but I hope you enjoy. We talk about air’s make up, early Greek thought on air and the development of CFCs and Smog. We also talk about the improvements countries have made; and what the future might look like.
Air is an essential resource; please check out the notes and resources below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbon
https://sciencing.com/photochemical-smog-formed-6505511.html
https://www.altitude.org/altitude-sickness
https://ourworldindata.org/outdoor-air-pollution
https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201008/physicshistory.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_(classical_element)
http://aviationknowledge.wikidot.com/aviation:hypoxia
https://course.oeru.org/csf101/learning-pathways/from-the-holocene-to-the-anthropocene/the-earth-is-an-open-and-closed-system/
https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(18)30006-1/pdf
https://scied.ucar.edu/atmosphere-layers
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000133.htm
https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LkmD6B2ncs
Music:
Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks
Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records
Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment
Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine
Welcome to our last part on water; during this episode we will be discussing fresh water, and just how much we have here on earth. Also; we will talk about where fresh water is stored naturally; and the price people are willing to pay for it.
Water is no joke; and in the West; folks die over it.
Please check out the resources below:
https://youtu.be/g7R0yLX0V9E
"Damnation” documentary by Patagonia
Groundwater Basics - University of Oregon
American Geosciences Institiute - Managed aquifer Recharge in California - YouTube
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/aquifers-and-groundwater?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
https://www.weather.gov/lix/ms_flood_history
Central California Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation
https://www.waste360.com/waste-reduction/report-unveils-2019-s-greenest-cities-america
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-green-cities/16246/
https://www.hetchhetchy.org/history_of_the_valley
https://vault.sierraclub.org/ca/hetchhetchy/history.asp
https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/How-Hetch-Hetchy-Valley-s-natural-beauty-was-12496800.php
Music:
Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks
Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records
Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment
Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine
For this; our first episode on Water; we are discussing “salt water” - we will learn about oceans; and ocean facts as well as the miracle of primary production.
There are also threats to the ocean’s species and the ocean in general; but we will look at a huge success story on how natural resources bounce back.
Thanks for listening.
Please see the resources below
https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?id=102937
https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/37516/1/CC_PrimaryProduction.pdf
https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/12/26/eight-awe-inspiring-ocean-discoveries-in-2017
https://theconversation.com/the-four-year-treasure-hunt-for-the-hoodwinker-sunfish-81265
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whysalty.html
https://www.softschools.com/facts/geography/ocean_facts/834/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/ocean-threats/
https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions.
Wild Pacific Documentary Amazon Prime
Music:
Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks
Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records
Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment
Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine
In this episode we contiue to cover LAND.
We will cover human use of land including residential housing and development and the associated urban sprawl. After this; we will look at humans “use” of land’s resources.
Specifically; we will cover human use in the areas of Timber, Farming and Mining. There are some pretty interesting facts with reguards to these three; and we also see alot of progress in these areas.
Check out the resources below:
https://ic.arc.losrios.edu/~veiszep/31fall2014/Davert/G350_Davert_Project.htm
USDA Forest Service 2010
US Census Bureau 2013
2001 IHMC Florida Institute for Human Machine Cognition 2001 Evening Lecture Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND0D3bVbM7Y
https://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/panel-talk/panel-talk-blogs/5-environmentally-friendly-forestry-practices
Www.Statistics.com - Published by M. Shahbandeh, Mar 9, 2020
Gelogyin.com (super good site with a ton of good material).
"Bauxite and Alumina" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2014
www.recyclenation.com
Lay, Maxwell G (1992). (Ways of the World: A History of the World's Roads and of the Vehicles that Used Them. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2691-1
www.newgeography.com
Music:
Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks
Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records
Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment
Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine
This is the second part in our Land series; and in this episode; we are going to cover animals and plants on the land.
Specifically; we are going to look at the Ermine - a unique little animal you may not know about. I’m also going to talk about plants and their use of land; but more directly; we are going to look at pollination and figs.
Please check out the resources below -
SHOWNOTES
Ermine:
True North: A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness Paperback – May 4, 2010 by Elliott Merrick (Author), Lawrence Millman (Intro)
Heptner, V. G.; Sludskii, A. A. (2002). Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol. II, part 1b, Carnivores (Mustelidae and Procyonidae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation. ISBN 90-04-08876-8.
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mustela_erminea/#reproduction
Attenborough, David - Wildlife on One (1977–2005) - “Stoats in the Priory”
King, C. M., & Powell, R. A. (2007). The natural history of weasels and stoats: Ecology, behavior, and management. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Interesting Facts about Ermine: https://youtu.be/Drg6pkqTy1U
Figs:
Bobby Hollis - “Pollination Explained”: https://youtu.be/G5iNlJvMbfU
Explained Channel - Figs: https://youtu.be/3oDQuN8wlHA
https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmstrong/pljune99.htm
https://www.britannica.com/animal/fig-wasp
Music:
Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks
Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records
Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment
Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine
This is the first in our seven part series on Land, Water and Air.
In this first episode, we are going to look at Land; specifically: we will talk about the wonders of lands formation and how different people classify different land.
This episode will cover Biomes, Ecosystems and Habitats as well as Soils and Topography.
Resources:
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4205127-mississippi-river-starts-clean-heavily-polluted-it-runs-south
Biomes, Ecosystems, Habitats
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html
UK Discovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrSWYE37MJs
https://www.britannica.com/topic/California-Gold-Rush
Historical RCA Films
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOfD_sapml0
Music used in order of appearance:
Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks
Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records
Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment
Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine
A show about nature and the wonder filled world around us. Join me as we take a scientific, common sense look at Land, Water and Air - the main components in our world.