Top scientists say the world’s ice sheets are melting more rapidly than expected and that world leaders must ramp up their climate ambitions to avoid a catastrophic rise in sea levels.
Global warming of 2C would see “extensive, long-term [and] essentially irreversible” losses from the Earth’s ice sheets and glaciers, warns a new report.
This video documents the professor of Earth, geographic and climate sciences’ most recent trip to the archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, part of an ongoing research project supported by a grant from the National Geographic Society that is recording the devastating impact of warming Atlantic Ocean water on Svalbard.