S1/Ep. 2 Kaustubh Thirumalai: Methane in paleoclimate and future climate change

09/09/20 • 61 min

The guest of this episode is Kaustubh Thirumalai, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona. We talked about him growing up and studying in India, and changing his path from chemical engineering to climate. We also talked a lot about networking in academia. The paper we discussed is about how sources of methane in the atmosphere from paleo records are related to orbital variability, and the implications for modern climate change. Learning all the things we need to take into account when analyzing paleo records was eye- opening.... And his spectral analysis of long paleo records is absolutely interesting and potentially applicable to other fields... so listen on! You can find more info on Kau’s website https://thirumalai.geo.arizona.edu/.

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