Ep.26 – Diatom fossils with Dr. Jeffery Stone

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In this episode, I speak with Paleolimnologist, Dr. Jeffery Stone. Dr. Stone explores diatoms and diatom fossils, teaches at Indiana State University, and he’s also a Twitch streamer! We talk about all of these things, and more!

• Introduction (0:00:24)
• What is a ‘paleolimnologist’? (0:01:48)
• What is a ‘diatom’? (0:02:49)
• Diatom motility - how they move! (0:03:58)
• Diatom shapes in different environments (0:05:16)
• How long do diatoms live? (0:06:32)
• How and what diatoms eat (0:08:15)
• Diatom fossils (0:09:50)
• Where to find a 10 million year old diatom! (0:11:16)
• Other microscopic creatures that leave fossils (0:14:05)
• Tardigrade fossils (0:15:30)
• Why study diatom fossils? (0:16:47)
• Studying diatom fossils in Lake Idaho (0:19:40)
• Diatoms evolve over time (0:21:21)
• Diatoms produce about 40% of the air we breathe (0:25:17)
• What diatom fossils tell us about climate change (0:27:40)
• Cross-specialty talk (0:32:05)
• Science is all about discovery (0:35:20)
• Professorship (0:36:04)
• How to teach so that people can understand you (0:36:50)
• Dr. Stone on Twitch! (0:39:30)
• The Twitch community (0:47:32)
• Twitch as an outreach tool for science (0:48:30)
• The scanning electron microscope (0:51:44)

Follow Dr. Stone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiatomsATTACK Watch Dr. Stone on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/diatomsattack Dr. Stone on RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/DiatomsATTACK/shop?asc=u Follow the SEM Lab on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sem_indiana_state/?hl=en

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