Dr. Peter Spichtinger of the ETH Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science

andrea — Mon, 15 Dec 2024 21:22:03 +0000

Last month I spoke with Dr. Peter Spichtinger at the ETH in Zurich about his work studying cirrus clouds in the upper atmosphere and the need for more complete cloud models:

Personal Climate Change Stories, recorded in Singapore

andrea — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:38:02 +0000

During the Luminous Green workshop at Singapore Management University during the ISEA festival, I was able to conduct short interviews with 5 of the international participants about their personal experiences with climate change. The range of backgrounds and experiences was very wide, from the Malaysian jungle to the north of Finland. Sound files for each of the interviews are posted here, with a podcast link of all the interviews combined. Apologies for the noise in the background of the recordings, but perhaps enjoy the Singapore street sounds. Posted in chronological order:

Jura Kaario speaks of his experiences in Finland growing up near a frozen lake

Isrizal, a Singaporean activist, talks about the loss of his boyhood home and learning how to ask permission to impact the environment

Singaporean Yeow Ching Shiang explains why ‘Christmas every day’ is not as good as it sounds

Dr. Lanfranco Aceti discusses desertification in Italy and the influence of the US on Italian culture

Singaporean designer Jeremy Sun Ting Kung talks about growing up in Taiwan and how design can change behavior

NPR/Studio 360 interview airs nationally this Sunday

admin — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:49:52 +0000

Trey Kay talks with Andrea Polli about sonification and weather, and also interviews fellow eco-artist Brandon Ballengee in an episode called “Creative Minds Go Green”
http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2008/04/18

South Pole Meteorology

admin — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 15:39:07 +0000

I interviewed South Pole station meteorologist Jeff DeRosa and weather observers Victoria Sankovic and Katie Koster about their work and experiences. This is part 1 of 3 parts. Click on the video to go to youtube, audio of the entire interview here:

Video interview with Atmospheric Scientist Dr. John Cassano

admin — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 15:33:22 +0000

Part 1 of a 5 part video interview. Click on the video to go to youtube, audio of the entire interview here:

Video Interview with Dr. Andrew Fountain at McMurdo

andrea — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:11:16 +0000

Dr. Andrew Fountain is the lead principal investigator of the Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Project. This is part 1 of a 5 part video interview. Click on the video to go to youtube, audio of the entire interview here:

Video Interview with Hassan Basagic at Lake Hoare

andrea — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:05:57 +0000

Part 1 of a 3 part video interview. Click on the video to go to youtube, audio of the entire interview here:

Dr. Sharon Collinge of Environmental Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

andrea — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:10:30 +0000

After a little shaky start due to my continuing cold, Klew and I conducted a wonderful interview with Dr. Sharon Collinge, professor of Environmental Studies at University of Colorado Boulder about climate, habitats and her current work studying Prairie Dogs and plague. Apologies for the abrupt ending.

photo by Klew Williams

Larry McDaniel of NCAR on Climate and Social Science

andrea — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 16:49:23 +0000

Larry McDaniel took an unusual path to NCAR. He was a painter who earned an MFA from University of Colorado Boulder, but because of a background in statistics, he started working on climate models at NCAR. In this interview, he talks about his work, the development of climate models and an initiative to bring the social sciences into climate research:

photo by Klew Williams

Dr. Kevin Trenberth of NCAR and the IPCC

andrea — Sat, 16 Feb 2025 04:22:15 +0000

Today I spoke with Dr. Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and lead author of the 2001 and 2007 IPCC Scientific Assessment of Climate Change, about his influential work with hurricanes and warming, geo-engineering, and the ethical and moral dimension of responding to climate change.