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1 week ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Host Dave Schlom is joined by David Ebert, Director of San Jose State University's Pacific Shark Research Center to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws. It was only Steven Spielberg's second motion picture, but the 26-year-old director came through, despite production difficulties and delays, to produce a masterpiece thriller.
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2 weeks ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Host Dave Schlom spends time on one of his favorite topics, California's volcanoes, with two United States Geological Survey staff members from the USGS California Volcano Observatory based at Moffett Field in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jessica Ball is a USGS Volcano Hazards and Communications Specialist and Alicia Hotovec-Ellis is a seismologist and monitoring expert.
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3 weeks ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Blue Dot marks three years of operation of the magnificent James Webb Space Telescope. NASA Webb Project Manager Mike Davis joins host Dave Schlom for an overview of the telescope's operation and unique capabilities that have surpassed the expectations of the astronomical community. Then, NASA Webb Project Scientist for Operations Knicole Colón joins us to discuss her role and the fascinating science coming out of Webb's observations of exoplanets.
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4 weeks ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Host Dave Schlom and Producer Matt Fidler go out in the field and in the studio to learn about the story of a major restoration on Big Chico Creek in Chico, California's historic and precious Bidwell Park. Once a stream that supported impressive populations of Chinook Salmon and steelhead, the stream has had trouble maintaining those populations in recent decades.
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1 month ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Host Dave Schlom is joined by two University of California at Davis researchers and the state's gray wolf coordinator to learn more about how California's steadily growing wolf population is affecting cattle ranchers and communities in rural Northern California. UC Davis agriculture and rangeland professors Tina Saitone and Ken Tate discuss the results of a study they conducted using game cameras, fecal and hair analysis, and more to discover the true cost of wolves preying on cattle.
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1 month ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Hot Dave Schlom is joined by scientists from the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington for an overview of the iconic cones sheathed in snow and ice and the geologic hazards they represent. Scientist in Charge Jon Major gives an in-depth look at the Cascades volcanic chain and the eruptions of Mt. St. Helens that wreaked havoc on the landscape there in 1980.
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1 month ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Some of the most important and underappreciated parts of healthy ecosystems, invertebrates get their due in this special edition of Blue Dot profiling the work of the Xerces Society. Named for a butterfly that went extinct in the San Francisco Bay Area, the society works on behalf of invertebrate species, especially pollinators like bees and butterflies which are under tremendous stress due to development, the use of pesticides and climate change.
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1 month ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Host Dave Schlom visits with Kim Frank, author of the new book Elephants in The Hourglass (Pegasus Books). It's both a story of a Mom's personal journey to find balance in life and her quest to document elephant and human conflict in India's Himalayan region. Indian Elephants are smaller than their African counterparts, but their history with human beings goes back millennia.
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2 months ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Host Dave Schlom visits with recently retired TV meteorologist Bill Martin. Bill grew up in Paradise, Calif., and went on to a legendary, Emmy-winning career as a television meteorologist on KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland, CA. The Bay Area's favorite weatherman retired after 38 years but now is sharing his weather forecasts and love of California's natural beauty on his YouTube channel.
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2 months ago | 
mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler
Host Dave Schlom visits with UK-based author Jules Howard to discuss his latest book, Infinite Life: The Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution, and Life on Earth. Eggs are one of nature's most remarkable innovations and the basis for animal reproduction on our planet. From the most primordial structures that can be identified as eggs in the fossil record to modern placental mammals like us, it's a fascinating discussion, and you can even find the answer to the classic chicken and egg question!
