Climate warming

…biogeochemical models to study how climate warming, eutrophication and extreme weather alter successional patterns, identify conditions that open windows of opportunity for particular functional groups, and assess likely future changes. The results aim to improve forecasts of phytoplankton

Sarah Das explains how polar ice sheets, sea ice and mountain glaciers respond to climate warming. Drawing on decades of research in Antarctica and Greenland, the episode examines ice-sheet mass balance, glacier flow, satellite measurements and the consequences of ice loss for sea level and communities. It connects observations of rapidly changing frozen landscapes with their global effects.