E8: Polar ice in a warming world
Episode · May 28, 2026
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James Kirkham discusses a new assessment of what exceeding 1.5 degrees of global warming could mean for glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice and permafrost. The segment examines why the duration and size of an overshoot matter, how losses in frozen regions affect the wider world, and why bringing temperatures down later may not reverse some of the damage.