Antonio Zamora Podcast
Antonio Zamora Podcast
Antonio Zamora
The Carolina Bays and a variety of other interesting scientific topics
Podcast CB029 - Let there be Light
This is the story of a comet impact on the Laurentide Ice Sheet 12,900 years ago that triggered the Younger Dryas Cooling Event.
Oct 10, 2022
10 min
Podcast SC004 - Snowball Earth Comet Impact
The rings of the Aïr Mountains in Niger could be the result of impacts by fragments of a comet that disintegrated entering the Earth's atmosphere and triggered the Cryogenian Period known as Snowball Earth.
Jan 20, 2022
8 min
Podcast CB028 - Modeling the Carolina Bays
This presentation discusses various physical models that have been proposed to explain the formation of the Carolina Bays.
Jan 19, 2022
7 min
Podcast FN001 - Starships, Galaxies and Carolina Bays
This starship adventure explores the characteristics of the Carolina Bays and examines the theories of their formation.
Jan 18, 2022
9 min
Podcast CB027 - Eolian Delusion
Some scientists attribute the formation of the Carolina Bays to wind and water mechanisms, but there is no evidence that wind can create elliptical structures like the bays.
Jan 8, 2022
16 min
Podcast CB026 - Carolina Bays in the Midlothian gravels
Description of the Carolina Bays in the gravels near Midlothian, VA and the possible role of acoustic fluidization in their formation.
Jan 4, 2022
7 min
Podcast NE001 - Nebraska's Carolina Bays
This presentation examines the geological characteristics of the Nebraska Rainwater Basins and discusses the common geometry with the Carolina Bays.
Jan 4, 2022
5 min
Podcast CR003 - Meteor Crater in Arizona
Meteor Crater, also known as Barringer Crater, is a meteorite impact crater located near Flagstaff, Arizona. It is the most thoroughly investigated and one of the least eroded impact craters in the world.
Dec 30, 2021
9 min
Podcast SC003 - Controversial Science
This presentation describes the scientific method and examines the reasons why controversies arise about scientific hypotheses.
Dec 25, 2021
14 min
Podcast YD024 - Surviving the Younger Dryas
This presentation compares the stress on society of the COVID-19 corona virus to the cataclysm of a comet impact at the onset of the Younger Dryas cooling event 12,900 years ago.
Dec 18, 2021
5 min
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