Haunted Hydrology (SPOOKY LAKES) with Geo Rutherford
Mudbank bones. River wrecks. Salty seas. Pink ponds. Poison dust devils. Steamy streams. It’s Haunted Hydrology with your favorite Spooky Lakes ambassador, the artist and author Geo Rutherford who is widely known as Geodesaurus. Geo covers the dark history of The Great Lakes, a stump that controls the weather, the what and why of a good lagoon, the field excursions she’s been on for research, the lakes she wants to see the most, and how a drought can shiver your spine. It’s a Spooktober spectacular, folks. It’s Haunted Hydrology.
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A donation went to the Alliance for the Great Lakes
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Links to things we discussed:
Great Job, Internet!: Count down to Halloween with a whole month of spooky lakes
This TikToker Is Highlighting the Spookiest Lakes in the World
Bogs & Fens: What's the Difference, for Peat's Sake!?
Lake Tahoe’s Depth: A Global Comparison
Salton Sea gets boost to tap vast lithium supplies
A Drying Salton Sea Pollutes Neighboring Communities
The Salton Sea is California’s most imperiled lake. Can a new conservancy turn back the tide?
'Unlucky' creatures that enter rare Red Sea brine pools are immediately stunned to death
The Jacuzzi of Despair Is a Deadly Lake Within the Gulf of Mexico
The Scientist and The Sacred | Boiling River Research Plumbs Remarkable Depths
Andrés Ruzo’s 2014 TED Talk: The boiling river of the Amazon
Lake Hillier: The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
Western Australia’s Lake Hillier loses iconic pink colour, but there is strong hope for its recovery
Kelimutu, The Volcano Whose Lake Waters Changes Color
Crater Lake will be closed to these recreational activities for years after this summer
Here’s what we know about all of the remains found at Lake Mead
The sounds of cracking ice over the shallows of Lake Baikal [depth: 5,387 feet (1,642 meters)]
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee
Managing Director: Susan Hale
Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth
Transcripts by Aveline Malek
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn