Hello!
Interested in talking to me about Greenland, Antarctica, glaciers and climate change? I am often contacted by journalists with questions and clarifications, and I’m (usually) happy to help where I can. I speak English and Danish fluently and understand and speak Dutch and French reasonably well. I read German ok but don’t promise not to mix up with some of my other languages when writing/speaking. My Spanish is rudimentary but passable!
I have a video channel on peertube that I occasionally update with science related content that you can find here. The main idea is to give short snappy videos on key processes and interesting ideas.
The low sea ice in Antarctica in combination with my work on our Horizon Europe funded OCEAN:ICE project has meant several phone calls fom journalists especially in Denmark including national broadcaster DR and the weather team at the other national broadcaster TV2. On a similar theme, popular science magazine videnskab.dk are running a series than launches today (25/09) on the extreme weather events we’ve seen this year and the possibility of a system change.
My Petermann Glacier post was prompted by some fact checking for a Reuters piece, that has also now been passed round to other outlets.
I commented to AFP journalist Roland Lloyd Parry about the change from Mastodon to Twitter – if you’re here because of that – welcome! I also write a couple of quick guides to help you find your feet on mastodon which you can find here. I’m by no means an expert though. IT seems ot have been syndicated to quite a few different news organisations – with predictable consequences on Twitter (I discovered accidentally).
A new paper I’m a co-author on about the Ice sheet Mass Budget Intercomparison Exercise (IMBIE) data is out. I was interviewed by Seth Borenstein of AP for it along with many very eminent colleagues.
And here is the Danish Newspaper Jyllands-Posten’s take on it (Paywalled sorry)
Greenland temperatures surge in the Washington Post in which I try to explain the concept of Föhn winds
I was asked to provide some explanation on the record low Antarctic Sea Ice by Globelynx. It’s on vimeo and I also wrote a few thoughts down about it here.
AP News: Two-thirds of the world’s glaciers to disappear
Euronews: Climate Live on youtube What’s happening in Greenland and Antarctica?
BBC World Service, Crowd Science: How Long Before All The Ice Melts?
We know the Earth’s atmosphere is warming and it’s thanks to us and our taste for fossil fuels. But how quickly is this melting the ice sheets, ice caps, and glaciers that remain on our planet? That’s what listener David wants to know.
With the help of a team of climate scientists in Greenland, Marnie Chesterton goes to find the answer, in an icy landscape that’s ground zero in the story of thawing.
BBC World Service, Crowd Science: Where Do We Go When The Ice Melts?
After learning how long it will take the Earth’s ice sheets to melt in the previous episode, we continue our journey in Greenland. As world leaders gather in Egypt for the annual UN climate conference, listener Johan isn’t too optimistic about governments’ ability to curb greenhouse gas emissions and get a handle on climate change. So from his coastal perch in Denmark, he has asked where we should live when the poles have melted away and coastlines creep inland.
The Guardian, “Photograph lays bare the reality of climate change”
Klimamonitor.dk: Risking life and limb for climate data
Politiken: En indsamling af vidnesbyrd fik klimaforsker til at se på klimaforandring på en ny måde
Rapidly melting sea ice in Greenland has presented an unusual hazard for research teams retrieving their oceanographic moorings and weather station equipment.
A photo, taken by Steffen Olsen from the Centre for Ocean and Ice at the Danish Meteorological Institute on 13 June, showed sled dogs wading through water ankle-deep on top of a melting ice sheet in the country’s north-west. In the startling image, it seems as though the dogs are walking on water.
The Guardian: New data reveals extreme global heating in the Arctic
I contributed a letter to “Is this how you feel?” An extraoridnary project aimed at capturing how scientists who worked in the climate change area felt in 2014
Weekendavisen, “Isens Lune”, GUNVER LYSTBÆK VESTERGÅRD
Glatføre. »Verdens farligste usikkerhed.« Sådan beskriver en glaciolog vores manglende viden om, hvor meget og hvor hurtigt klodens store iskapper vil smelte i varmen og få havene til at stige.
The Eco-Show on British local radio station Marlow FM
Carbon Brief Explainer: The Polar Vortex and the Beast from the East
I write a regular annual update on “How the Greenland Ice Sheet fared” for the Carbon Brief, which you can find archived here
The Guardian: Arctic warming and crazy temperatures
The Guardian: Heatwaves amplify record melt in Greenland
The melting of Greenland’s ice sheet for Radio New Zealand
Sterna Paradisaea 