Take me home count-tree throw - with Emily Throop

About this episode

Emily Throop discusses her research on tree throw and its effects on landscape evolution.

Today on the show we have Emily Throop, a masters student focusing on the impacts of tree throw (the divot and mound of soil a tree leaves when it is uprooted) on landscape evolution. Hear about Emily's beginnings in informatics, her experience with GIS and how she used it when she worked for an environmental consulting firm, how tree throw may impact the rockiness of a hill slope, what it's like teaching as a graduate student, and some great book recs.

People in this episode

Host: Shelby Rader

Guest: Emily Throop

Topics covered

• tree throw
• landscape evolution
• GIS
• graduate teaching
• environmental science

Keywords

• tree throw
• landscape evolution
• GIS
• graduate student
• environmental consulting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: environmental consulting firm

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