Climate change
Grad school files
“I thought environmental science was a really good way to connect people’s problems and Earth’s problems and learn about the physical world yet the social science world, too.”
Read MoreUneven ground: permafrost thaw and burnout
“The more positive side of people’s brains would say oh, no, no, no, these are learning opportunities or whatever, but at some point it’s actually just failure.”
Read MoreStepping off the plane to roaring Northern fur seals
“It’s sometimes hard to see a trend because we’re living in the moment of all the ups and downs. But the sea ice is something that is really dramatic.”
Read MoreFireside chat
“The key for us is being able to justify and ground decisions in good science.”
Read MoreExpanding scientific literacy beyond the research realm
“If the public who isn’t a scientist knows what we do and why, then we’ve done good in education.”
Read MoreFifty years of Arctic change
“When you lose half of your sea ice volume, in fact we’ve lost more than half of the volume in such a short period of time, that’s something that I don’t think people really anticipated.”
Read MoreThe professional life
“I feel that a lot of younger people really don’t want to be faculty and don’t want to be scientists because they feel very fed-up with the system. And I am really worried about that.”
Read MoreBraving thin ice
“I’d say within the last 20 years maybe about 15 of those years we’ve seen a lot of changes in our climates with floods, erosions, fall storms.”
Read MoreDisaster preparedness: Alaska braces for change
“First and foremost, we should be addressing our people And then addressing our scientific needs.”
Read MoreWelcoming a newborn just before an avalanche cuts power
“So it’s been a challenge just trying to get out and teach students about what’s going on with the snow pack when it doesn’t really exist.”
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