Arctic Interviews
In 2008 and 2009, CA-CP has interviewed a wide range of Arctic experts. Find out how their research in various fields explains aspects of a warming Arctic.
Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky, permafrost and climate change expert of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, discusses his research, the implications of crossing regional climatic thresholds, as well as his recent trip to Mongolia. January, 2009
Dr. Cameron Wake, paleoclimatologist, Research Associate Professor at the Climate Change Research Center of the University of New Hampshire, and Chief Scientist of Clean Air - Cool Planet discusses the importance of ice cores with CA-CP. October, 2008
Dr. Howard Epstein, a tundra ecosystem ecologist in the Department of Environmental Sciences of University of Virginia, discusses his research on climate-plant-soil interactions in Arctic environments. October, 2008
Dr. Konrad Steffen, Director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, talks to us about his research on the Greenland Ice Sheet. September, 2008.
Dr. Mads C. Forchhammer, of the National Environmental Research Institute at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, discusses his research on how climatic changes affect the lives of species and the environment in which they are embedded. August, 2008.
Dr. Drew Shindell, of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) discusses his research on tropospheric ozone, a form of global air pollution involved in summertime "smog", and how it contributes to Arctic warming. August, 2008.
Dr. Sean Fleming of the University of British Columbia discusses his research on how the presence of glaciers in a watershed affects the way that river flows respond to climatic variability and change. July, 2008.
Dr. Sheldon Drobot, Applied Climatologist with the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research at the University of Colorado, talks to us about his research on Arctic sea ice and the impacts of its decline. June, 2008.
Dr. Walt Meier, of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), answers important questions about Arctic sea ice and discusses the likelihood of an ice free summer in the near future. June, 2008.
Dr. Shari Gearheard discusses her research with Inuit hunters and elders. June, 2008.
Brooks B. Yeager, Executive Vice President for Policy at Clean Air-Cool Planet, discusses the conditions and future of the Arctic, and the options we have for protecting the region. August, 2009.