A veteran of over 50 research expeditions in Antarctica, the Arctic, the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, Professor Mayewski is one of the world's leading glaciologists and climatologists. Also Director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, he has published over 300 papers on climate-related research and co-authored The Ice Chronicles, a book that captures the adventure of scientific research in remote reaches of the Earth and relates important new breakthroughs in the understanding of climate change.
In the first interview published on SciencePoles, Professor Mayewski answers questions about the difference between natural and human induced climate change, as well as about the potential severity of the human impact on global climate.
In the second, Professor Mayewski answers questions about two of the most significant projects he has worked on in the Polar Regions: The Greenland Ice Sheet (GISP 2) project and the ongoing International Trans Antarctic Expedition (ITASE).