Science Moab

Science Moab is a weekly half-hour program exploring current research going on within the Colorado Plateau and beyond. The show includes interviews with scientists about the fascinating research they are conducting in our area. Host and producer Kristina Young explores basic ideas behind various scientific topics, the kinds of research that scientists do to answer their questions, and how current research can help us understand our changing world. Science topics span ecology, geology, chemistry, archaeology, hydrology, and any other -ology that might come our way. Kristina also explores the human side of science by asking researchers why they chose to pursue science careers and what they most enjoy about the work they do.

Join us every Friday at 11:30 am for Science Moab or listen later on SoundCloud, iTunes, & Stitcher

Science Moab Podcasts on KZMU are underwritten by Canyonlands Natural History Association.

You can follow Science Moab on instagram and facebook to stay up-to-date with the science in Moab. Funding is provided in part by the BYU Charles Redd Center for Western Studies

February 4, 2019

The way that trees are arranged in a forest can be more important than it seems. This interview with Dr. Andrew Sanchez-Meador explores the composition of forests in the Southwest and why changes to forest structure can influence how the forest works.

February 4, 2019

This show explores ecological change on the Colorado Plateau over time with Dr. Laura Huenneke from Northern Arizona University. She explains the kinds of changes that have occurred and dissects the types of management actions available to address current and future landscape changes.

February 4, 2019

Plants have many and incredible chemical compounds that they use to survive in our desert. These chemical compounds found in plants can have interactions that structure whole ecosystems. Here we explore the many and incredible ways that chemical compounds work to defend plants and what chemical ecology can teach us...

February 4, 2019

The Colorado River is one of the main forces shaping the landscape around the Colorado Plateau. Here we talk with Dr. Joel Pederson from Utah State University and tease apart the Colorado River and the forces and processes that result in the landscapes we see around us. We explore the...

February 4, 2019

Here we talk about how wildlife moves through the landscape and how wildlife corridors might be the best chance to preserve the different members of ecosystems with Dr. Paul Beier a professor in the School of Forestry from Northern Arizona University. As a conservation biologist Dr. Beier studies wildlife corridors,...

February 4, 2019

There are an incredible number and many diverse types of volcanoes in four corners region. Here we are speak with Dr. Michael Ort from Northern Arizona University about the different kinds of volcanoes on the Colorado Plateau, how they erupt, and when they might erupt again.

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