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Today, we have a question from one of our reporters, Kolya Shields. They keep seeing timelapse photos showing ice sheets shrinking faster and faster. That made them curious about the impacts of this melting, and what we might be able to do about it
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Aired on The Public's Radio on September 12th, 2023.
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Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall.
Today, we have a question from one of our reporters, Kolya Shields. What do you have for us, Kolya?
Kolya Shields: I keep seeing timelapse photos showing ice sheets shrinking faster and faster. That made me curious about the impacts of this melting, and what we might be able to do about it.
Megan Hall: We had Janek Schaller from our Possibly team help Kolya look into it. Welcome, Janek and Kolya!
Janek Schaller: Hi, Megan!
Kolya Shields: Hello!
Megan Hall: So, first of all, what are glaciers, and why should we be worried about them melting?
Kolya Shields: Well, in short, Glaciers are large formations of ice and snow that slowly flow across land and stay frozen during the warm seasons.
Janek Schaller:...
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Possibly is a co-production of The Public’s Radio, Brown University’s Institute for Environment and Society, and Brown’s Climate Solutions Initiative.
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- Produced: Aug 31, 2023
- Producers: Megan Hall, Kolya Shields, Janek Schaller
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