Calla Rose Ostrander & Kori Stanton

Rain & Shine

Science EN ↓ 130 episodes

Western Colorado's Weekly Nature and Science Update. Rain & Shine is a regional weekly nature and science short-form podcast that explores how the planet works and how we work with the planet. At three to five minutes, these bitesize episodes seeks to inspire awe for the natural world and provide basic science education for people of all ages. Episodes are based off questions asked by the public, or friends and family, and are purposefully designed to invoke curiosity and place the listener in a familiar context. Episodes include a written summary and linked citations, and may be used as schoo...

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Calla Rose Ostrander & Kori Stanton

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05: Stars 23.12.2021 6:02

Send us Fan Mail This weeks Rain & Shine covers the scintillating topic of stars and many of the questions you may have asked yourself while lying in a hotspring on a cold, clear and dark winter night. Paonia resident Jez Wain helps us to answer these musings. Support the show

04: Snowflakes 16.12.2021 5:03

Send us Fan Mail Water is life. It makes up 71% of Earth’s body and 60% of ours. An essential element it is often characterized by being in motion: flowing, ebbing, falling, freezing, melting, vaporizing, condensensing. Water is ever cycling through its different states of being, as a gas (vapor), a liquid (water), and a solid (ice). One thing we don't often think about is how the speed, or t...

03: The Moon 08.12.2021 5:04

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02: To La Niña or Not La Niña? 02.12.2021 4:04

Send us Fan Mail La Niña is a weather phenomenon that arises from the temperatures of Pacific Ocean waters affecting the course of the Pacific and Polar jet streams. La Nina years typically bring wet falls (from increased Atlantic and Gulf storms) and dry winters (by bumping up the Polar jet stream) to southern Colorado. This year looks to be a dry one, but Rain & Shine’s team is holding out f...

01: Guiana Fowl Rooster Peacock 25.11.2021 5:32

Send us Fan Mail The turkey is a unique bird indigenous to the lands we now call America. Our national (and personal) feelings about this beautiful bird go deep. Originally domesticated by first peoples for its feathers, the bird now graces tables across the nation every year as fall transitions to winter. CONTACT: Email us at rainshineweekly@gmail.com and find us on Facebook https://www.facebook....