Madeline Ostrander

Madeline Ostrander who has written At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth. From rural Alaska to coastal Florida, a vivid account of Americans working to protect the places they call home in an era of climate crisis.In At Home on an Unruly Planet, Madeline Ostrander reflects on the climate crisis not as an abstract scientific or political problem but as a palpable force that is now affecting all of us at home. She offers vivid accounts of people fighting to protect places they love from increasingly dangerous circumstances. Ostrander pairs deeply reported stories of hard-won optimism with lyrical essays on the strengths we need in an era of crisis.

Today on Cool Science Radio John and Lynn's speak with (0:15) Dr. Mario Juric, an associate professor of Astronomy and the director of the Data-Intensive Research in Astronomy and Cosmology at the University of Washington. Mario works with large data sets and algorithms designed to discover undetected near-earth asteroids in our solar system.Then (27:49) Madeline Ostrander who has written At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth joins the show. From rural Alaska to coastal Florida, she gives a vivid account of Americans working to protect the places they call home in an era of climate crisis.