Biomineralogy (SHELLS) with Robert Ulrich
(Image description: A smiling Rob Ulrich wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a t-shirt and a button up shirt over it. He is standing outside surrounded by out of focus leaves and the ologies logo is in the lower right corner. Photo by Sebastian Hernandez/UCLA.)
Bones. Shells. Reefs. Teeth. Biomineralogy. The wonderful UCLA geochemist Rob Ulrich answers a giant pile of questions such as: How do crystalline structures materialize out of thin air and water? How do squishy animals make such hard shells? What’s the difference between a shell and an exoskeleton? What’s the noise you hear when you listen to a seashell? What’s up with ocean acidification? How do you keep a fiddle leaf tree alive? How do you meet new friends without battling LA traffic? Start by becoming virtual BFFs with this -ologist, who is shella cool...
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