Orange STEM: How natural disasters like earthquakes and climate change play out in the media

This week Stephen Shepherd and his guest, James Farrell, a graduate student studying earth sciences at Syracuse University, discuss recent earthquakes, the probability and history of upstate New York earthquakes, how the media and public like to discuss natural disasters and climate change and other basic earth science principles.

In The D.O.’s biweekly science podcast, Orange STEM, Stephen Shepherd, a graduate student at SU studying chemistry and forensic science, explores science topics relating to the university and nearby areas.

Links:

• Ways to help natural disaster relief
• Mexico City was built on an ancient lake bed
• M8.1 Mexico Earthquake Info
• Global Earthquake Stats
• Upstate NY Earthquake Stats
• Hot start to Syracuse fall
• Responding to climate change skepticism