Climate Change and Me: Professor Mary Edwards - Episode 3

Five scientists, working in different parts of the world, bear
witness to some of the dramatic changes to our planet that have
occurred in their lifetimes, as the global climate warms. They
share their hopes and fears and report on some ingenious local
solutions to rapidly changing conditions.


3. 3 million square kilometres of ice has been lost in the Arctic
since 1979. Geographer, Professor Mary Edwards lived in Alaska
for many years. She has witnessed a cruise ship navigating the
Northwest Passage for the first time and seen villages in the
Arctic disappear, as melting ice has led to a dramatic loss of
landmass too.


Produced by Anna Buckley for the BBC Radio Science Unit.


First broadcast on Wednesday 23 May, 2018.