How to feed a starving glacier, with glaciologist M Jackson

About this episode

Dr. M Jackson discusses the current state of glaciers and their potential for recovery on the Climate Curious podcast.

Our glaciers are starving, but there’s a solution! Says glaciologist, National Geographic Explorer and TED Fellow Dr. M Jackson on the Climate Curious podcast. In conversation with Maryam Pasha, M breaks down why our glaciers are currently starving and how they have the remarkable ability to grow back, if we give them the right conditions! From the “isostatic rebound” of the springing Earth, to 40 generations of human breath captured in an ice core, we hear why glaciers will not be lost to history. Recorded live at TED 2026. Find more about M: www.drmjackson.com Artwork Photography by Jake Dyson Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod   Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara…

People in this episode

Host: Maryam Pasha

Guest: M Jackson

Topics covered

• glaciers
• climate change
• environment
• science
• sustainability
• education

Keywords

• glaciers
• climate change
• M Jackson
• TED
• National Geographic
• environment
• sustainability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Geographic, TED, TEDxLondon

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