Science Aug 17 Scientists explore large-scale geoengineering to slow glacier melt By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin
Science Aug 13 Watch 6:54 Trump administration ends funding for Arctic climate report The Trump administration said it would stop funding the Arctic Report Card, the longstanding effort to collect research on how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing. It's the latest in a series of moves by the administration to curtail… By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas
Science Jun 22 Watch 6:11 The scientist and his family tracking melting glaciers for nearly half a century The world’s glaciers are receding at an alarming rate, losing more than a trillion tons of ice a year. Fueled in part by climate change, it’s driving sea levels higher, which could threaten coastal communities around the world. One man,… By Ben Tracy
Science Feb 04 Watch 5:28 Researchers face serious obstacles to measuring Antarctica's fastest-melting glacier If you’ve been following Miles O’Brien’s reports from Antarctica, you know he’s with an international group of researchers trying to measure what’s happening to the rapidly melting Thwaites Glacier. Their work has been trying to capture information in ways that… By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin
Science Jan 19 Watch 12:00 On board the voyage to Antarctica to learn why a massive glacier is melting Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's happening. But it's a journey that provides no guarantees… By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin
Dec 31 Watch 5:19 Onboard an expedition to study a massive, melting glacier in Antarctica By Lisa Desjardins, Jackson Hudgins, Miles O'Brien, Courtney Norris Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the Thwaites Glacier is melting fast and threatens to raise global sea levels. That’s why a team of nearly 40… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 6:43 As glaciers melt, scientists study potential for more violent volcanic eruptions By William Brangham, Lorna Baldwin Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. Continue watching
Aug 13 Floodwaters from Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau break record levels and prompt evacuations By Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Continue reading
Aug 12 Alaskan glacier ice dam releases floodwater toward downstream homes By Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 4:53 Study warns 1.5-degree warming limit can't prevent dangers of melting glaciers By John Yang, Andrew Corkery The 2015 Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe climate change impacts. But new research says even that level is too high to prevent the catastrophic consequences… Continue watching