Climb-it for Climate - Climate Change in the Himalayas
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Mountain environments all over the
Mountain environments all over the world, especially the Himalaya, are coming under
new stresses and strains as climate change increases temperatures and changes
weather patterns across the globe.
One of the leading scientists studying the world’s fast-changing mountain environments
is Professor Paul Mayewski, the Director of the Climate Change Institute at the
University of Maine. In his forty-year career, Professor Mayewski has made first ascents
of many Himalayan peaks and led expeditions to remote areas of Antarctica and the
Andes in the search of precious ice cores. These records have provided extensive and
robust information on the health of the world’s mountain environments, and in particular
their glaciers.
Professor Mayewski was interviewed in his home in Maine, USA, for the Australian
Youth Climate Coalition, on the health of the mountain environment and glaciers in the
Himalaya. He says the delicate environment that AYCC’s volunteers are trekking
through for Climb it for Climate 2015 is coming under increasing pressure from rising
temperatures and changing weather patterns, and the people of the region are likely to
experience great challenges as the environment around them is transformed by climate
change.
Video production by Ed Giles
new stresses and strains as climate change increases temperatures and changes
weather patterns across the globe.
One of the leading scientists studying the world’s fast-changing mountain environments
is Professor Paul Mayewski, the Director of the Climate Change Institute at the
University of Maine. In his forty-year career, Professor Mayewski has made first ascents
of many Himalayan peaks and led expeditions to remote areas of Antarctica and the
Andes in the search of precious ice cores. These records have provided extensive and
robust information on the health of the world’s mountain environments, and in particular
their glaciers.
Professor Mayewski was interviewed in his home in Maine, USA, for the Australian
Youth Climate Coalition, on the health of the mountain environment and glaciers in the
Himalaya. He says the delicate environment that AYCC’s volunteers are trekking
through for Climb it for Climate 2015 is coming under increasing pressure from rising
temperatures and changing weather patterns, and the people of the region are likely to
experience great challenges as the environment around them is transformed by climate
change.
Video production by Ed Giles
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