Document Type

Podcast

Title

S1E8: What’s it like living and doing research in the world’s most remote locations? (part 2)

Name

Ron Lisnet, University of MaineFollow
Paul Mayewski, University of MaineFollow

Streaming Media

Run Time

00:20:54

Release Date

12-19-2019

Episode Description

In Part 2 of this two-part episode, Mayewski recalls drilling ice cores on glaciers and living in a tent for weeks while it’s minus 50 degrees C. In addition to sharing exciting adventures, Mayewski talks about the tremendous power and responsibility of the media to report on climate change. While climate change has become politicized, Mayewski says climate science is fact-based and that it’s important to be a fact-based society. Although he believes the climate has already entered a period of instability, Mayewski says he’s optimistic about how the world could evolve.