Today's episode is on glaciers with a focus on Colorado. Late this past September Colorado lost a long standing snowfield called St. Mary's Glacier (actually a large snowfield). This was symbolic to what is happening in alpine environments around the world. Tom and Joe will discuss this event and what it signals for Colorado and the rest of the world's alpine environments.

Also a quick apology for the gap in shows. We have done a couple of recordings during this time only to discover audio problems with Joe's end. Also the original copy of this episode as corrupted - they all had to be trashed. So stay tuned as we once again get back to more regular schedule. Thanks for listening.

This episode will feature Tom Bellinger discussing the recent move by the current administration to dismantle the ocean buoy monitoring system that we depend on for tracing Climate Change, weather, etc.

The good news is that this decision was rescinded and the ocean buoy system will remain in place!! Yay!! Tom will discuss this event in terms of the importance of maintaining a variety of data collection systems such as river flow, water quality, and weather.

Joe will be back in the near futre, so stay tuned for upcoming episodes!

Today's episode will focus on our future. Tom and Joe will be interviewing three graduate students studying environmental science at the University of Colorado - Denver. The students, Jack, Tommy, and Chris are part of Tom Bellinger's Environmental Hydrology class -- each is working towards advanced degrees (Masters/Doctorate).

These students are our future - and Joe and Tom hope that the conversation will also give our listeners hope towards the future state of our planet's environmental resources!