Dr. Patrick Gonzalez, climate change scientist, forest ecologist, and Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity, discusses climate change science, snow and ice loss, and renewable energy solutions, in the January 12, 2024 issue of Parks Stewardship Forum https://doi.org/10.5070/P540162917.
Human-caused climate change has reduced snowfall and melted snowpack, glaciers, and sea ice around the world. Reductions of snow and ice decrease downstream water supplies, diminish the cool conditions that maintain moist ecosystems, and raise sea levels. Eliminating coal, oil, and other fossil fuels and replacing them with solar, wind, and other renewable energy is an essential solution to halt climate change.
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, Aotearoa New Zealand, photo by Patrick Gonzalez.
