https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/terraplot-maria-alex--7211288enScienceCopyright Maria Alexhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/images.spreaker.com/nuvolari-assets/green_square_mic.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/terraplot-maria-alex--7211288Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:29:02 +0000Maria AlexMaria Alexfeeds@spreaker.comhi !falsebad1560d-ebe6-55f7-bd76-ed8db5a2efc3serialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-01-when-the-ocean-died-the-vanished-mediterranean--73171818 #TerraPlot #DeepTime #Paleogeography #MessinianSalinityCrisis #EarthSciences #GeologyPodcast
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73171818Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:55:03 +0000Maria AlexStep into deep time with paleogeographer Maria Alex Cynthia Redmond as we peel back the soft green layers of our modern world to explore a jaw-dropping catastrophe six million years ago: the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Discover how the Mediterranean... #TerraPlot #DeepTime #Paleogeography #MessinianSalinityCrisis #EarthSciences #GeologyPodcast
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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73171815Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:55:48 +0000Maria AlexBeneath the muddy waters and fertile soil of the modern Nile River lies a hidden geological secret: a massive, ancient mega-canyon carved into solid granite, deeper than the Grand Canyon of Arizona. Join Maria as we reconstruct the 6-million-year...#TerraPlot #NileRiver #Eonile #EgyptGeology #DeepTimeCanyon #Paleogeography
]]>802falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-04-green-antarctica-the-tropical-past-of-a-frozen-world--73171817Fifty million years ago, the South Pole was not a frozen wilderness of white ice; it was covered in lush, rain-drenched temperate rainforests where dinosaurs and early mammals roamed. Maria explores the tectonic breakup of supercontinent Gondwana, the opening of the Drake Passage, and the birth of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that thermally isolated a continent and locked it in ice forever.
#TerraPlot #Antarctica #DrakePassage #GreenhouseEarth #PolarGeology #Paleoclimate

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73171817Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:56:09 +0000Maria AlexFifty million years ago, the South Pole was not a frozen wilderness of white ice; it was covered in lush, rain-drenched temperate rainforests where dinosaurs and early mammals roamed. Maria explores the tectonic breakup of supercontinent Gondwana, the...Fifty million years ago, the South Pole was not a frozen wilderness of white ice; it was covered in lush, rain-drenched temperate rainforests where dinosaurs and early mammals roamed. Maria explores the tectonic breakup of supercontinent Gondwana, the opening of the Drake Passage, and the birth of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that thermally isolated a continent and locked it in ice forever.
#TerraPlot #Antarctica #DrakePassage #GreenhouseEarth #PolarGeology #Paleoclimate

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