"Every part of the Cryosphere is changing faster & in more dramatic ways than I ever anticipated." an interview with Jonathan Bamber

Description

Jonathan Bamber has always loved to climb mountains. It’s why, when he wrote an essay about ice crystal formation in clouds as an 18-year-old undergrad, he found his calling studying glaciers and the natural environment. He’s traveled the world as a glaciologist, studying ice thickness in a field that only matured 10 years ago. In 1992, he was climbing in the Himalayas, close to Pakistan border, and suffered a severe accident that left him with a shattered leg. He spent four years on crutches and had to re-learn to walk, taking a total of eight years to regain his full capacity to be active. Despite now having one leg two centimeters shorter than the other, he completed a half marathon two days before his 40th birthday. Actually, he won that race. Today he serves as , president of the European Geophysical Union and Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol, UK. (Recorded 12 December 2018)

Participants

• Greg Roth
  
• Jonathan Bamber
  
• AGU Narratives
  

Interview By

• AGU Narratives