50 min. video.Columbia at Home: The Antarctic Ice Sheet | Past, Present, and Future with Jonny Kingslake

Glaciologist Jonny Kingslake, an assistant professor at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, leads a family-friendly program, sharing insights and photographs from his research trips to Antarctica. In language aimed at younger attendees, he explains how the study of past and present ice flow in the Antarctic ice sheet is key in predicting sea-level rise.

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