How an ambitious engineering project in Antarctica could prevent the worst effects of sea-level rise with Dr. Brent Minchew

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This episode of Green and Bold heads to Antarctica, where the potential collapse of the Thwaites, or "Doomsday," glacier could raise sea levels by six feet or more and displace hundreds of millions of people. Guest Dr. Brent Minchew, Professor of Geophysics at Caltech and co-founder of the Arête Glacier Initiative, explains the science behind stabilizing ice sheets, the barriers and criticisms facing this emerging field, and the thorny questions of who would decide to deploy such a technology and who would pay for it. Brent Minchew's work at Caltech Arête Glacier Initiative