CWU's Nick Zentner announces the launch of a new "A to Z" livestream series this winter. The new 'Ice Age Floods' episodes will be live each Thursday at 12:00 pm (Pacific) and each Sunday at 9:00 am (Pacific).
I am so looking forward to another series! You and the community have already shared so many papers and so much information that was previously unknown and/or inaccessible to me, so thank you Nick, and thank you all the Zentnerds for the continuing opportunity to learn more about one of my favorite topics.
I'm stoked about this! I have ZERO formal education in geology, etc. The scablands and the history there is super cool (don't judge. I'm from GA, our geology is mush), I found your lectures days after I learned they existed and I've been addicted ever sense 😊
I'm a geologist living in New England (on the shore of glacial Lake Hitchcock, in a failed rift valley). I love the Pacific Northwest because I was born there and it's beautiful, but I away when I was a child. I love your videos.
I'm so looking forward to this series. I guess the real question is will there be an appearance of the blackboards over the series. I will enjoy each episode either way, of course, but your mastery of the chalkboards is a joy to watch, too. :) Whether I take notes or not, I don't retain as much as I wish I did, so a bit of a repeat here and there isn't a bad thing, so don't worry about trying to have it all "fresh" and "new" as you go. Just enjoy the process, and we will, too. Thanks again, Nick, for helping so many of us learn about things we might otherwise not even be interested in. You have a way of engaging with your audience that draws us in. Cheers!
The best way to learn about Ice Age Floods is to visit professor Zentner, right here. I expect to learn even more than I have from the future LS series. Thank you ahead of time Nick.
There is a great deal to unpack with this topic. I'm looking forward to watching live (and almost live) If I don't make it as the lectures unfold. It's exciting!
I'm excited to learn from this. I watch the Columbia flow by my window every day, and its beautiful valleys endlessly intrigue me. I'd like to know more about how the hills around my home came to be.
Thanks for doing this series, Nick! I'll be so interested to see what emerges from your investigation. Of course, no series about the ice age would be complete without a look at the influence of Glacial Lake Columbia. How far north did it reach? Was there a sudden release from it...accounting for the huge streamlined features in the deposits on the NW side of the Columbia River across from the Hunters, WA campground? (See LIDAR image) And what can the erratic boulders scattered for square miles over the ridge east of Curlew, WA (Boulder Creek Rd) tell us? Which advance are they associated? Why were so many dropped there? Exciting stuff!
Dearest Nick, Once again I take keyboard in hand to write to you. I am sad. Due to my age and lack of retirement planning I am forced to watch most of your presentations on my phone that gives me so called unlimited broadband. On my computer I am limited to just 100 gigs per month and that doesn't go very far for an internet addict such as myself. SO ... presently working tirelessly to get truly caught up, I am using 'playlists' and this precludes my chance to thumb you up. I am sorry. I'm sure you will be OK though. I look forward to Elon, one day, offering us old indigent folks a cheap plan for big time broadband. We can dream. I WILL however do all within my power to catch this Thursday's live broadcast as my first participation in a live event and do it on my big screen where I can talk to the folks and you. Blessings.
You might try adjusting the video quality to reduce you usage. For example, this video looks best in 4K(35-70 Mbps) but is still quite enjoyable at 360p(1.5Mbps) - that's a 20x savings ! But that's still about 5Gb per hour. Another idea is to cast the phone display to your TV or computer. Starlink is great but Elon didn't become the richest man by being cheap (to customers).
