What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure

Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water and crops.

Chelsea Fisher, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of South Carolina • conversation
Feb. 26, 2024 ~11 min

A single Antarctic heatwave or storm can noticeably raise the sea level

To narrow our predictions of global sea level rise, we need to know more about these sudden ‘non-linear’ changes to ice sheets.

Ruth Mottram, Climate Scientist, National Centre for Climate Research, Danish Meteorological Institute • conversation
Feb. 20, 2024 ~7 min


What will happen to the Greenland ice sheet if we miss our global warming targets

The ice will survive if temperatures are soon brought back down – new study.

Bryn Hubbard, Professor of Glaciology, Aberystwyth University • conversation
Oct. 18, 2023 ~6 min

To predict future sea level rise, we need accurate maps of the world's most remote fjords

Some of the world’s biggest glaciers flow into fjords in Greenland and we need to know what they’ll bump into on the seabed.

Martin Jakobsson, Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Stockholm University • conversation
Aug. 21, 2023 ~7 min

When Greenland was green: Ancient soil from beneath a mile of ice offers warnings for the future

Knowing Greenland’s ice-free history offers a warning for the future as global temperatures rise.

Tammy Rittenour, Professor of Geosciences and Director of Luminescence Lab, Utah State University • conversation
July 20, 2023 ~10 min

Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure

Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm that sea level rise could be much more abrupt than current models forecast.

Alun Hubbard, Professor of Glaciology, Arctic Five Chair, University of Tromsø • conversation
June 29, 2023 ~11 min

From raising the global sea level to crushing life on the seafloor -- here's why you should care about icebergs

Icebergs don’t just pose a risk to ships – they have a profound impact on the natural world and human societies.

Lorna Linch, Principal Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Brighton • conversation
June 28, 2023 ~7 min

The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it

To fully understand the extent of climate-related dangers the Arctic – and our planet – is facing, we must focus on organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.

Arwyn Edwards, Reader in Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University • conversation
June 23, 2023 ~27 min


Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic is getting rainier and seasons are shifting, with broad disturbances for people, ecosystems and wildlife

The annual report is also a reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world.

Twila Moon, Deputy Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Dec. 13, 2022 ~9 min

Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic is getting rainier and seasons are shifting, with broad disturbances for people, plants and wildlife

The annual report describes the changes underway and the impact they’re having on people and wildlife. It’s also reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world.

Twila Moon, Deputy Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Dec. 13, 2022 ~9 min

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