Marco Tedesco
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How Greenland’s Ice Holds Clues to Our Future
Greenland is melting—but why and how quickly is the subject of research by polar climate scientist Marco Tedesco.
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Science for the Planet: Uncovering the Mysteries of Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheets
Marco Tedesco explains how remote-sensing data can reveal how Greenland’s ice sheets are melting.
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Research Links Climate Change to Lazier Jet Stream, Leading to Extreme Weather
A new study links climate change to increasing stalling of the jet stream, but also highlights uncertainties in climate models.
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New York’s Climate Buyout Plans Must Put Communities First, Experts Say
At the Managed Retreat conference, hosted by Columbia Climate School, researchers emphasized the need to work together with communities on climate adaptation.
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State Farm’s California Pullout: What It Means for Climate Adaptation and Communities
Do decisions like State Farm’s aid in moving people out of harm’s way? Climate School experts discuss.
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The Paradox of Lithium
The clean energy transition depends heavily on lithium, but mining this element is not “clean.” We must not fall into the same traps from which we are trying to free ourselves.
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Marco Tedesco: Snow Man
Although his parents wanted him to become an electrical engineer, Tedesco felt drawn to a life of research. Then he fell in love with snow. Now he is among the most well-respected and quoted polar experts in the world.
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Scientists Harness Satellites to Track Algae Growth on Greenland Ice Sheet
To measure algal blooms across large regions of the Greenland ice, and understand their effects on melting over time, scientists are turning to space.
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The Melting of the Greenland Ice, Seen Up Very Close
A small team of scientists ventures out onto the Greenland ice sheet to study the forces large and small that are accelerating the melting of the world’s second-largest ice mass.
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