Arctic Scientist’s Dilemma – January 30, 2008. PRI’s The World.
Speaking of dilemmas, I did a story a few months ago about Arctic researcher Kate Moran, who studies the history of climate change. Not far from the North Pole her team found potential sources for oil and coal (oops).
If exploited, those resources could actually make global warming worse. And current warming is making the Arctic all the more accessible.
While reporting the story, Moran lent me a piece of the Arctic sea core she found that “smells like oily coal.” The fascinating and frightening black crumb now sits in a glass jar on my desk at The World.
You can see a picture of it and learn all about Kate’s research in an audio slideshow: Arctic Dilemma Audio Slideshow
