Robert Hunziker

“Thwaites demise is inevitable” (Inside Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier, PBS, August 19th, 2026). Aboard the South Korean icebreaker Araon: “This is Thwaites, a glacier on the edge of Earth, teetering on the edge of collapse – the most consequential glacier on the planet. No ship has ever made it this far. For the scientists aboard, many of whom have tried and failed to reach this place before, the anticipation is as palpable as the beauty,” Ibid. Global warming knows no boundaries, even the...

“An estimated 82% of the world’s oceans are currently experiencing marine heat waves.” (A Surge of Marine Heat Waves Threatens to Scramble Ocean Life, YaleEnvironment360 d/d Sept. 3, 2026) According to Copernicus, as of August 10, 2026: “July saw exceptionally high temperatures for the month across a large portion of the tropical Pacific, an area where El Niño conditions are present and forecast to further strengthen in the coming months.” Consequently, extreme unbearable heat, raging...

Global warming is becoming a self-advertised nuisance with the recent Nepal disaster bringing renewed attention: Is global warming fueled by fossil fuel CO2 emissions behind the Nepal catastrophe? In High Mountain Asia, there are thousands of glaciers at some stage of transforming into large lakes that may burst, barreling down mountainsides. The recent Nepal incident is but a warning, according to Jason Gulley, professor of geology, University of South Florida, who focuses on glacier...