In his 30+ years of experience as a science reporter, Miles O’Brien claims that scientists’ reaction to the “sea curtain solution” to the melting Thwaites (or Doomsday) Glacier is the most vehement he has ever seen.
Elise asks why this is the case, and Miles explains how scientists believe that putting effort into the “sea curtain solution” would divert resources away from the work of mitigating climate change. Miles points out that the unfortunate truth is it may be too late for mitigation alone and these grand ideas are worth exploring.
We see a clip from the television show detailing the importance of Thwaites Glacier and what its melting would mean to the world: how a 10-foot rise in sea levels would affect our lives.
Miles spent two months on this Antarctic journey in one of the most extreme cases of “remote work” there has ever been. He talks about the resources that made it possible for him to continue reporting for PBS News Hour from the Southern Ocean.
