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Into the Thaw: A Colorado adventurer captures climate change in the Arctic

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22min 06sec
Chris Korbulic
July snowstorms—once common in the Arctic—still occur as warmer temperatures put more energy into the Earth’s atmosphere and cause greater variability and extreme weather events. Summer hardly came in 2022.

For four decades, the Arctic has riveted Carbondale outdoorsman Jonathan Waterman. We discuss melting permafrost, zombie fires, vulnerable communities and hungry polar bears. His new book -- part travelogue, part photo spread -- is "Into the Thaw: Witnessing Wonder amid the Arctic Climate Crisis."