Episode 225 - Forests

Forests are among the most widespread and diverse biomes on our planet. This episode, we’re joined by our favorite paleobotanist, Dr. Aly Baumgartner, to explore what defines a forest, how these habitats function, and how they differ around the globe. Then, we’ll take a trip into the past to discuss how paleontologists study ancient forests and how these biomes have changed over hundreds of millions of years.

In the news: ocean sediments, early penguins, island foxes, Canadian dragonflies, and ancient deer.

Time markers:

Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00

News: 00:06:00

Main discussion, Part 1: 00:37:30

Main discussion, Part 2: 01:47:10

Patron question: 02:48:35

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at ocremix.org

Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0