Podcast

‘More than wind and weather": GeoSphere Austria's science podcast.

Every month, we tell you about the exciting fields of meteorology, climatology, geophysics and geology. The guests and people with expertise come from our own company and report in a relaxed atmosphere on what is currently happening in the respective fields or explain the basics. Open your ears, there is a lot to discover.

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More than wind and weather.

Episode 3: Lord of the Books

Thomas Hofmann is the head of the GeoSphere Austria library, publishing house and archive. He is the master of countless treasures and pieces from the largest geological and meteorological library in Austria. There are also some real rarities in the adjoining archive. In this episode, the busy science journalist explains how many kilometers of shelves our library fills, how and what is stored in the shelves and metal cabinets of his realm and how a fossil snail came to be named after him.

Brainstorm – State of the Global Climate 2024

The WMO's climate status report for 2024 is out. We summarize the most important points from the report of the World Meteorological Organization and give you an overview of how the temperature, the CO2 in the atmosphere, the oceans or the sea ice were in 2024 (spoiler alert: not good). We also explain what the WMO, the IPCC and El Nino are and take a look back at some extreme weather events.

Episode 2: From a snowflake to an avalanche

Claudia Riedl and Veronika Krieger give an insight into the daily work of the avalanche warning service. The qualified meteorologists show how they differ from meteorologists, how they arrive at their danger assessments and how ski tourers can recognize and assess danger signs themselves. The two also explain how cross-border cooperation with other avalanche warning services works and how they create an overall picture from a large number of individual observations in the terrain, also with the participation of the public.

Episode 1: The Woman, that came out of the ice

How does the daily operation of a research station in the Antarctic work? Why are penguins sometimes somewhat clumsy animals? And how do wind farms affect coastal ecosystems? Elke Ludewig knows all this and more. She is the head of the Sonnblick Observatory and in this episode she answers our questions about her very special working environment and what can be researched there.

Podcast guest appearances

Guest appearances in podcasts by employees of GeoSphere Austria.