Author Archives: Andrew Shepherd

Andrew Shepherd is Professor of Earth Observation at the University of Leeds, Director of the NERC Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Principal Scientific Advisor to the European Space Agency CryoSat satellite mission, and co-leader of the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise for ESA and NASA. He uses satellites to study changes in Earth's land ice and sea ice cover, and has led numerous field campaigns to Antarctica and Greenland.
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Melting Greenland Could Displace 400M People; UN Climate Deal Does Little to Help

by Andrew Shepherd

A new study says that Greenland is melting at a pace far faster than previously estimated and could displace 400 million people due to global sea-level rise. Story Transcript DIMITRI LASCARIS: This is Dimitri Lascaris reporting for The Real News Network from Montreal, Canada. A new study released during the just concluded comp 25 in […]