#027 Extreme weather: an intimate history

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The study of extreme weather usually involves lots of numbers, graphs, and statistical comparisons. What's missing is the human element; the way people responded to unusual weather events. During the ice cold winter of 1838, did people stay huddled indoors or learn to skate? How about the flooding of the river Trent in the early 19th century? Were they scared? Georgina Endfield is a professor of environmental history at the University of Liverpool. Her team has assembled a fascinating collection of diaries, letter and other personal accounts of how people felt about dramatic shifts in weather over the past several centuries. This history of extreme weather raises important questions about our own, modern, ability to withstand a changing climate.

Extreme weather history database: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/extreme-weather/search/

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#027 Extreme weather: an intimate history

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Extreme weather history database: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/extreme-weather/search/

University of Liverpool Online's programs: https://www.online.liverpool.ac.uk/

Kai Engel's compositions: https://www.kai-engel.com/

Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#Science #Higher Education #Medicine #Social Sciences #Podcasting Education #University Of Liverpool

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#041 How to overcome decision inertia 25:03

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#037 How to Predict a Volcanic Eruption? 27:33

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Researchers are designing robots with artificial intelligence that evolve on their own. The programmer sets a goal to be accomplished and then, generation after generation, successful traits are passed on to the next generation. The result is AI that evolves at an astonishing rate to complete the complex task or goal, without the guidance of a programmer. The process is called Neuro-evolution and University of Liverpool PhD student James Butterworth is conducting research into applying artificial intelligence to drones . Here is an example of Super Mario neuro-evolution: http://bit.ly/uolmario Another fascinating example: http://bit.ly/uoltruck Here is some recent work from James showing drones trying to maximally cover an area. http://bit.ly/uoldrone Music in the podcast is by Kai Engel http://www.kai-engel.com/…

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