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Podcasts Planet Earth Online Just arrived on Planet Earth? Discover the science behind climate change, biodiversity, earthquakes, volcanoes, life in deep-sea trenches, and much more about the natural world. The Planet Earth podcast - putting you in touch with the latest environmental research. Geology Kitchen This videocast follows Devin Dennie as he investigates geology from his kitchen! Learn all about geology in a really unique way! Forensic Paleontology: PaleoCast Tour Curators Matthew Carrano and Gene Hunt at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History lead a tour of the museum’s famous paleontology halls. This podcast describes the halls as you’ve never seen them – through the eyes of the scientists who find and study fossils firsthand. “Forensic Paleontology” is a seven-stop exploration, plus an introduction, on how scientists learn about how ancient animals lived, died, and became fossils. Every stop includes a photo of each specimen and a map of its location, so you can follow the tour in the order it was created, or mix-and-match to your tastes. USGS Podcast The USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information. OU Geology Podcasts A collection of a videos and podcasts by the Open University about Geological Time, The Age of Rocks, Coins and Fossils, Geological Maps, Rock Layers, Geology at Siccar Point and Radiometric Dating. Potential Plus UK is the operating name of NAGC Registered Charity No 313182