Big Picture Science: Arctic Dispatch
The Arctic serves as the world’s refrigerator, keeping the planet cool.
But temperatures in the Arctic are rising nearly four times faster than
the
rest of the world and its sea ice is near a historic low. We put out a
call to
scientists aboard research vessels currently sailing in the Arctic
Ocean, and
two answered “aye.” Hear our ship-to-shore conversations with them
about how warmer temperatures affect life on land and sea. Plus, a
biologist who recently
returned from the field describes how he inadvertently stumbled upon
surprising
data during his decades-long study of polar bears.
Guests:
- Autun Purser – Marine biologist at the Alfred- Wegener Institute and the current Chief Scientist on the Arctic research vessel, the Polarstern
- Andrew Derocher – Zoologist at the University of Alberta in Canada who is leading a decades-long study on polar bears of the West Hudson Bay region, in the high Canadian North
- Jonathan Nash – Oceanographer, Oregon State University, and member of the GIANT team sailing near Greenland aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough
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