Listen to climate change in Alaska through place-based narrative.
Ice and Fire is a podcast that uses audio storytelling to share cryosphere change as the global climate warms. The cryosphere is all of Earth's frozen surface water including frozen freshwater lakes, glaciers, permafrost and sea ice -- frozen saltwater.
It only takes a small temperature increase for water to melt or thaw from solid into liquid form, yet a cascade of impacts result when we lose ice to fastly flowing liquid.
Season one emphasizes the significance of glacier melt, and connects listeners to distant glaciers rapidly responding to anthropogenic climate change through dialogue with researchers, traditional knowledge-bearers, and by sharing audio of ice-melt in real time.
Season two, available now, is all about permafrost thaw.
In the closing episode of the Permafrost Thaw season, we hear stories of landscape change that have long-sustained and been observed by Native people in Alaska's Kuskokwim River area. We hear their stories of adaptation, including managed retreat of buildings away from rapidly eroding riverbanks. We are reminded of ways in which permafrost thaw relates to distant, global populations. topics and purpose: changes to the land described by the Yup'ik people, and adaptation approaches in present t...
10 Jun 2025
usteq
This episode explores the Yup'ik term "Usteq" for climate change-induced land collapse in Western Alaska, examining its definitions and the real-time impacts on communities.
10 Apr 2025
the carbon cycle and us
This episode explores how human activities disrupt the natural carbon cycle by releasing long-sequestered carbon, leading to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.
12 Mar 2025
woolly mammoth bones
This episode explores carbon stores visually apparent in oxidizing or thawing permafrost, specifically within woolly mammoth bones and ancient plants found in a permafrost tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska.
22 Jan 2025
microbes reawaken
This episode explores the microbial reawakening in thawing permafrost and examines the significant impact of these microscopic life forms on Earth's atmosphere.
31 Dec 2024
layers
This episode explores soil layers in northern landscapes, revealing the depth of permafrost and the impacts of its thaw on local populations and global climate.
19 Nov 2024
impermanently frozen soil
This episode introduces the topic of permafrost thaw in northern latitudes and colder regions, where historically frozen soil layers are now thawing due to rising global temperatures.
1 Aug 2023
fire and ice
The hosts analyze Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice," connecting the poem's themes to climate anxiety and individual responsibility in the climate crisis.
12 Jul 2023
glacier thread
A researcher explores Greenland's ice sheet, gathering data where glaciers meet seawater, highlighting the global transition of ice to freshwater and the importance of this frozen reservoir.
16 Jun 2023
acoustic refuge
This episode explores how tidewater glacier habitats serve as acoustic refuges, highlighting the importance of glaciers to various species and the cascading effects of their loss.
12 May 2023
roping up
Frank Olive from the University of Alaska Fairbanks discusses risk mitigation strategies like roping up to prevent injuries from crevasse falls on snow-covered glaciers, emphasizing safety during glacier travel.
12 Apr 2023
glacier walkers
Judy Ramos shares the history of glacier travel in Lingít Aaní, discussing the Spirit of the Glacier and the impact of glacial changes on Indigenous communities in this interview.
22 Mar 2023
ablation stake
Dr. Eric Petersen and his field team discuss real-time audio capture of glacier melt on the Kennicott Glacier, sharing glacial retreat measurement techniques in this interview.
1 Mar 2023
flyover
Host Theresa Soley introduces the Ice and Fire podcast, sharing her interest in glacial ice and discussing geological history, glacier change, and the Wrangell Mountains Center in Alaska.
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