Deep Convection

Jan 14 2024 47 ep. 130

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Deep Convection is a podcast featuring real conversations between climate scientists (or sometimes those working in areas adjacent to climate science). The goal is to capture what it is like to work in our field at this moment in history. We talk about our lives, how we came to do what we do, what the work means to us, and how that is changing, or isn’t – and sometimes about science. Our top priority is to capture good conversations, but if some learning happens that’s fine too.

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Episode 10: Frank Marks

Jan 14 2024 110 mins

Shortly after Hurricane Otis hit Mexico in late October 2023 after a very rapid (and poorly forecast) intensification, Adam sat down with Frank Marks from NOAA's Hurricane Research Division (HRD) for the last episode of this season. Frank is one of the central figures in the world of hurricane science. With a career spanning over four decades at the Hurricane Research Division (HRD

Episode 9: Bjorn Stevens

Dec 18 2023 132 mins

Bjorn Stevens’ main scientific interest is in the role of clouds in the climate system. He established himself early in his career as a leader in the study of marine stratus-topped boundary layers. That eventually led him to a broader climate research agenda. And since about 2008, Bjorn heads one of the world’s most prominent climate modeling labs, the Max Planck Institute for

Ask Adam Anything

Dec 05 2023 40 mins

Adam answers listener questions!

About Deep Convection

In this episode we take a break from guest interviews. Instead, Adam explains in detail how the podcast got started, how and why we do it, and who is involved. Just like when you go to any web site or anything and there's an "About" link, this is that, except via 40 minutes of talking.

Episode 8: Arlene Fiore

Nov 06 2023 93 mins

Arlene Fiore got interested in air pollution first as a kid in the Boston suburbs, partly because she suffered from bad asthma, and that taught her that the air can be harmful. Even though her interest in the Earth’s atmosphere was there from an early age on, the path that led her to her current position as a professor in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sci

Episode 7: Aglaé Jézéquel

Oct 23 2023 98 mins

Aglaé Jézéquel's journey began surrounded by books, in a home where knowledge was cherished. Aglaé shared her parents’ passion from an early age on, but while her family was more into literature, she fell in love with science. Her academic path has led her to her current position as a scientist at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique at the École Normale Supérieure i

Episode 6: Sarah Kapnick

Oct 09 2023 52 mins

Sarah Kapnick's journey in the climate world has not been a conventional one. Starting as a "math nerd in the Midwest", her path meandered through investment banking, back to academia for a PhD., and now to one of the most influential positions in US climate science and policy - Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Sarah's initial foray in

Episode 5: Tapio Schneider

Sep 25 2023 105 mins

Growing up outside Braunschweig, just on the west side of the border with East Germany during the Cold War, Tapio Schneider spent a lot of his teenage years doing sports, and skiing (often just meters away from the East German border patrol) became a large part of his life. He also had a keen interest in science and a desire to understand the world around him, and so he decided to

Episode 4: Abhisheik Dhawan

Sep 11 2023 101 mins

In keeping with this season’s excursions away from Deep Convection’s traditional focus on climate science, this episode features Abhisheik Dhawan. While he's not a climate scientist, his innovative ideas intersect with climate change, development, and finance in a unique way. He is currently a Sustainable Finance and Partnerships Specialist at the United Nations Capital Develop

Episode 3: Bob Kopp

Aug 28 2023 93 mins

Bob Kopp’s academic roots lie in the realms of paleoclimate, paleobiology, and ecology. But, inspired by a legacy of public service passed down from his parents, he soon gravitated towards areas where science meets actionable change. Over the course of his career, he has learned to master the dance of blending use-inspired, policy-oriented research with traditional academia. Tod