Whimsical Wavelengths
@whimsicallambda.bsky.social
I Dr Jeffrey Zurek (volcanologist/geophysicist) am the host for this science podcast whimsical wavelengths! Also juggling day job, fatherhood & a “normal” life 😅. Pod found everywhere!
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I am Dr Jeffrey Zurek and your host of Whimsical Wavelengths! A #science #podcast!
Brining some social media to here to hopefully reach more people offering a #scientific escape from a messed up world with scientific dad #jokes and #puns
“Whimsical wavelengths” everywhere pods are found
Brining some social media to here to hopefully reach more people offering a #scientific escape from a messed up world with scientific dad #jokes and #puns
“Whimsical wavelengths” everywhere pods are found
#Algorithms… flattering but I don’t understand!
Ranking anywhere is an #ego boost! However it still doesn’t make sense!
I guess a win is a win but the scientist side is extremely #puzzled 🤨 phantom listeners in #Italy?
Does #bluesky have a hypothesis?
Ranking anywhere is an #ego boost! However it still doesn’t make sense!
I guess a win is a win but the scientist side is extremely #puzzled 🤨 phantom listeners in #Italy?
Does #bluesky have a hypothesis?
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
#Algorithms… flattering but I don’t understand!
Ranking anywhere is an #ego boost! However it still doesn’t make sense!
I guess a win is a win but the scientist side is extremely #puzzled 🤨 phantom listeners in #Italy?
Does #bluesky have a hypothesis?
Ranking anywhere is an #ego boost! However it still doesn’t make sense!
I guess a win is a win but the scientist side is extremely #puzzled 🤨 phantom listeners in #Italy?
Does #bluesky have a hypothesis?
🧪⚒️1/2 This pod ep is about Mt Meager a #Canadian 🌋
2 weeks ago, volcanologist Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Mt Meager’s 🌋history and why it is unstable. Today I’m joined by Veronica Woodruff a environmental professional, to explore sediment, & human decision‑making with Lillooet River
2 weeks ago, volcanologist Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Mt Meager’s 🌋history and why it is unstable. Today I’m joined by Veronica Woodruff a environmental professional, to explore sediment, & human decision‑making with Lillooet River
February 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
🧪⚒️1/2 This pod ep is about Mt Meager a #Canadian 🌋
2 weeks ago, volcanologist Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Mt Meager’s 🌋history and why it is unstable. Today I’m joined by Veronica Woodruff a environmental professional, to explore sediment, & human decision‑making with Lillooet River
2 weeks ago, volcanologist Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Mt Meager’s 🌋history and why it is unstable. Today I’m joined by Veronica Woodruff a environmental professional, to explore sediment, & human decision‑making with Lillooet River
🧪The word is getting out everywhere. We have a plastic problem, sure, but it might not be what you think it is.
Be sure to check out the journalism on this! or check out the podcast. Earlier in this season I did an episode on this topic!
Be sure to check out the journalism on this! or check out the podcast. Earlier in this season I did an episode on this topic!
Kudos, @dpcanrington.bsky.social, for highlighting big challenges to a Feb 2025 study finding a plastic-spoon-worth of microplastics in human brains (and rising levels). Classic #whiplasheffect issue. "Matters Arising" paper will never catch up with the fear wave. threadreaderapp.com/thread/20139...
January 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
🧪The word is getting out everywhere. We have a plastic problem, sure, but it might not be what you think it is.
Be sure to check out the journalism on this! or check out the podcast. Earlier in this season I did an episode on this topic!
Be sure to check out the journalism on this! or check out the podcast. Earlier in this season I did an episode on this topic!
Might just have an upcoming podcast episode that touches on some of this! It is also likely to be one of the biggest #science stories for 2026. #Science or #STEM communication. Written by me. Remember the #podcast is found everywhere they are listed!
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
Whimsical Wavelengths: Why Artemis II matters - Freshet News
If Artemis II is successful, it will mark more than a flight, writes Freshet News science columnist Jeffrey Zurek
www.freshetnews.ca
January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Might just have an upcoming podcast episode that touches on some of this! It is also likely to be one of the biggest #science stories for 2026. #Science or #STEM communication. Written by me. Remember the #podcast is found everywhere they are listed!
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
1/3 🧪In this time heading to Mt Meager, a 🌋complex that is 150 kilometres NW of #Vancouver. The #Cascades eg Mount St. Helens continue north into #BC 🍁.
This ep tackles Meager’s past, how pyroclastic flows once dammed the #Lillooet #River, how that dam failed, block/ash flow, & cooling joints.
This ep tackles Meager’s past, how pyroclastic flows once dammed the #Lillooet #River, how that dam failed, block/ash flow, & cooling joints.
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
1/3 🧪In this time heading to Mt Meager, a 🌋complex that is 150 kilometres NW of #Vancouver. The #Cascades eg Mount St. Helens continue north into #BC 🍁.
This ep tackles Meager’s past, how pyroclastic flows once dammed the #Lillooet #River, how that dam failed, block/ash flow, & cooling joints.
This ep tackles Meager’s past, how pyroclastic flows once dammed the #Lillooet #River, how that dam failed, block/ash flow, & cooling joints.
1/2 a 🧪share on a topic previously covered by the podcast. Research on Micro plastics is necessary! But there are pitfalls and perception issues. New letter (peer reviewed and published) questioning brain plastics increasing towards the present
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Challenges in studying microplastics in human brain - Nature Medicine
Nature Medicine - Challenges in studying microplastics in human brain
www.nature.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
1/2 a 🧪share on a topic previously covered by the podcast. Research on Micro plastics is necessary! But there are pitfalls and perception issues. New letter (peer reviewed and published) questioning brain plastics increasing towards the present
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@whimsicallambda.bsky.social delves into the messy, fascinating process of science with volcanologist Dr. Jeffrey Zurek. Explore topics from volcanoes to ice cream with scientists, all while embracing uncertainty and the joy of discovery—bad jokes included!
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
@whimsicallambda.bsky.social delves into the messy, fascinating process of science with volcanologist Dr. Jeffrey Zurek. Explore topics from volcanoes to ice cream with scientists, all while embracing uncertainty and the joy of discovery—bad jokes included!
🧪Encore addition today to allow me some 🕘to catch up! And get over a nasty 🐛. Going back ~ 1 year S1E8 to a story about wavelengths all about the enigmatic Nikola Tesla.
His name gets thrown around alot in scientific and conspiracy circles. Rightly & Wrongly.
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His name gets thrown around alot in scientific and conspiracy circles. Rightly & Wrongly.
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ENCORE Nikola Tesla- The man, the myth, the legend Pt1 - Back story and accomplishments
Podcast Episode · Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast · 2026-01-05 · 27m
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January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
🧪Encore addition today to allow me some 🕘to catch up! And get over a nasty 🐛. Going back ~ 1 year S1E8 to a story about wavelengths all about the enigmatic Nikola Tesla.
His name gets thrown around alot in scientific and conspiracy circles. Rightly & Wrongly.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
His name gets thrown around alot in scientific and conspiracy circles. Rightly & Wrongly.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
Did a #collab with @bestieapproved.bsky.social talking all about the 🧪 of wind! Need the bare bones instead of the in-depth article diving? this is for you.
We Cover
Why the #wind blows
#hurricane formation
#Climate Change Implications
#witty banter
and more!
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We Cover
Why the #wind blows
#hurricane formation
#Climate Change Implications
#witty banter
and more!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Travis FINALLY learns about wind with a literal scientist.
Podcast Episode · bestie approved · 12/31/2025 · 35m
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January 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Did a #collab with @bestieapproved.bsky.social talking all about the 🧪 of wind! Need the bare bones instead of the in-depth article diving? this is for you.
We Cover
Why the #wind blows
#hurricane formation
#Climate Change Implications
#witty banter
and more!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We Cover
Why the #wind blows
#hurricane formation
#Climate Change Implications
#witty banter
and more!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
🧪Happy Holidays From the host of Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast!
If you are looking for a short holiday read I have just started writing for my local Newspaper! Following the newest EP, here is a 🎄themed short article! Holiday #Scicomm
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
If you are looking for a short holiday read I have just started writing for my local Newspaper! Following the newest EP, here is a 🎄themed short article! Holiday #Scicomm
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
Whimsical Wavelengths: Why we still look to the stars - Freshet News
This is what the planets teach us about science, writes Jeffrey Zurek, a Burnaby-based geophysicist, science communicator and SFU PhD alumnus
www.freshetnews.ca
December 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🧪Happy Holidays From the host of Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast!
If you are looking for a short holiday read I have just started writing for my local Newspaper! Following the newest EP, here is a 🎄themed short article! Holiday #Scicomm
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
If you are looking for a short holiday read I have just started writing for my local Newspaper! Following the newest EP, here is a 🎄themed short article! Holiday #Scicomm
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
🧪1/3 At this time of year, the night #sky tends to mean a little more.
Stars show up in #holiday #stories, winter traditions, and old myths. Long before telescopes, people looked up for meaning.
But those same lights— especially the wandering ones — also tell a story about how #science works.
Stars show up in #holiday #stories, winter traditions, and old myths. Long before telescopes, people looked up for meaning.
But those same lights— especially the wandering ones — also tell a story about how #science works.
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
1/3 🧪Who Becomes a Scientist? Exploring #STEM Pathways and Identity in #Astronomy
If we want a thriving and diverse scientific community, we need to understand why people choose or do not choose careers in STEM.
Hooked? Listen to the newest Ep!
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If we want a thriving and diverse scientific community, we need to understand why people choose or do not choose careers in STEM.
Hooked? Listen to the newest Ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
1/3 🧪Who Becomes a Scientist? Exploring #STEM Pathways and Identity in #Astronomy
If we want a thriving and diverse scientific community, we need to understand why people choose or do not choose careers in STEM.
Hooked? Listen to the newest Ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
If we want a thriving and diverse scientific community, we need to understand why people choose or do not choose careers in STEM.
Hooked? Listen to the newest Ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
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• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
⚒️🧪People fear the void — the dark nothingness where meaning dissolves.
Geophysicists don’t.
Geophysicists label it “low sensitivity” and immediately argue about whether the prior was too restrictive.
Join me for this EP! We get #nerdy about #geophysics #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/07ME...
Geophysicists don’t.
Geophysicists label it “low sensitivity” and immediately argue about whether the prior was too restrictive.
Join me for this EP! We get #nerdy about #geophysics #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/07ME...
Machine Learning Meets Geophysics: Image Segmentation and Inversion Tools with Johnathan Kuttai
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November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
⚒️🧪People fear the void — the dark nothingness where meaning dissolves.
Geophysicists don’t.
Geophysicists label it “low sensitivity” and immediately argue about whether the prior was too restrictive.
Join me for this EP! We get #nerdy about #geophysics #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/07ME...
Geophysicists don’t.
Geophysicists label it “low sensitivity” and immediately argue about whether the prior was too restrictive.
Join me for this EP! We get #nerdy about #geophysics #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/07ME...
1/3🧪⚒️New Whimsical Wavelengths ep! 🎧
We dig into how ML + #geophysics intersect: #image #segmentation, synthetic training #data, & why inversion problems have ♾️ possible solutions. Need #physics + constraints to reduce them to fit #geoscience
Research-soon published:
www.earthdoc.org/content/pape...
We dig into how ML + #geophysics intersect: #image #segmentation, synthetic training #data, & why inversion problems have ♾️ possible solutions. Need #physics + constraints to reduce them to fit #geoscience
Research-soon published:
www.earthdoc.org/content/pape...
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
1/3🧪⚒️New Whimsical Wavelengths ep! 🎧
We dig into how ML + #geophysics intersect: #image #segmentation, synthetic training #data, & why inversion problems have ♾️ possible solutions. Need #physics + constraints to reduce them to fit #geoscience
Research-soon published:
www.earthdoc.org/content/pape...
We dig into how ML + #geophysics intersect: #image #segmentation, synthetic training #data, & why inversion problems have ♾️ possible solutions. Need #physics + constraints to reduce them to fit #geoscience
Research-soon published:
www.earthdoc.org/content/pape...
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Before birds ruled the skies, pterosaurs did. A newly described Australian species — Haliskia peterseni — offers a fresh look at how these ancient reptiles once soared over the Early Cretaceous seas, revealing more about flight, evolution, and life in a vanished world.
Before birds ruled the skies, pterosaurs did. A newly described Australian species — Haliskia peterseni — offers a fresh look at how these ancient reptiles once soared over the Early Cretaceous seas, revealing more about flight, evolution, and life in a vanished world.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Before birds ruled the skies, pterosaurs did. A newly described Australian species — Haliskia peterseni — offers a fresh look at how these ancient reptiles once soared over the Early Cretaceous seas, revealing more about flight, evolution, and life in a vanished world.
Before birds ruled the skies, pterosaurs did. A newly described Australian species — Haliskia peterseni — offers a fresh look at how these ancient reptiles once soared over the Early Cretaceous seas, revealing more about flight, evolution, and life in a vanished world.
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This is a horror story for Jamaica. Climate change is making storms like #HurricaneMelissa more intense.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/sector_...
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/sector_...
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is a horror story for Jamaica. Climate change is making storms like #HurricaneMelissa more intense.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/sector_...
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/sector_...
🧪Plastic and the environment — and what you think you know.
It’s not as simple as “good” or “bad.” The first plastics were made to solve real engineering problems, not create new ones.
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
#Science #Podcast #Plastic #Environment
It’s not as simple as “good” or “bad.” The first plastics were made to solve real engineering problems, not create new ones.
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
#Science #Podcast #Plastic #Environment
Plastic, science, and environmental trade offs - interviewing an industrial scientist
Podcast Episode · Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast · 2025-10-27 · 59m
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October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🧪Plastic and the environment — and what you think you know.
It’s not as simple as “good” or “bad.” The first plastics were made to solve real engineering problems, not create new ones.
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
#Science #Podcast #Plastic #Environment
It’s not as simple as “good” or “bad.” The first plastics were made to solve real engineering problems, not create new ones.
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
#Science #Podcast #Plastic #Environment
I have a data conundrum. The podcast in on a ranked Apple List! Amazing! In Indonesia 🇮🇩! The issue? I don’t have any data suggesting I have any listeners from there!! It is very strange and I don’t know what it means….
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I have a data conundrum. The podcast in on a ranked Apple List! Amazing! In Indonesia 🇮🇩! The issue? I don’t have any data suggesting I have any listeners from there!! It is very strange and I don’t know what it means….
UVIC Alumni Association put together a wonderful profile of my (the host) career thus far!
www.uvic.ca/alumni/read-...
www.uvic.ca/alumni/read-...
The sounds of science - Alumni - University of Victoria
Geophysicist Jeffrey Zurek became hooked on Earth science, particularly the mysteries of volcanoes, as a child. Now, he shares his passion for discovery in a lively science podcast.
www.uvic.ca
October 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
UVIC Alumni Association put together a wonderful profile of my (the host) career thus far!
www.uvic.ca/alumni/read-...
www.uvic.ca/alumni/read-...
🧪🔭1/3 we’re diving into the deep end of the universe: supermassive black holes!
Dr. James Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History and City University of New York, comes to explore the strange physics and luminous surroundings of the darkest objects in the cosmos.
Dr. James Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History and City University of New York, comes to explore the strange physics and luminous surroundings of the darkest objects in the cosmos.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🧪🔭1/3 we’re diving into the deep end of the universe: supermassive black holes!
Dr. James Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History and City University of New York, comes to explore the strange physics and luminous surroundings of the darkest objects in the cosmos.
Dr. James Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History and City University of New York, comes to explore the strange physics and luminous surroundings of the darkest objects in the cosmos.
Got the next few episodes loaded and ready to go and now I the host am off to Saudi Arabia! Day job time in Geophysics! Hopefully new pics on geology and the like in a few weeks!
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Got the next few episodes loaded and ready to go and now I the host am off to Saudi Arabia! Day job time in Geophysics! Hopefully new pics on geology and the like in a few weeks!
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The Department of Energy has added these terms to its growing “list of words to avoid” because words are dangerous:
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Department of Energy has added these terms to its growing “list of words to avoid” because words are dangerous:
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
1/3 I scream U scream we all scream for Ice cream #science?
🕘for sweet delicious 🧪delivered here
#love the breath here. We investigate the 🧪that goes into the greatest frozen dessert🍦!🍦like other materials (like magma) melt, freeze & deform in complex ways depending on structures within the material
🕘for sweet delicious 🧪delivered here
#love the breath here. We investigate the 🧪that goes into the greatest frozen dessert🍦!🍦like other materials (like magma) melt, freeze & deform in complex ways depending on structures within the material
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM