Sarah Das is an American glaciologist and climate scientist. She works at the

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Education

Das holds a Ph.D. in

Geosciences Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spher ...

from

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State becam ...

and a Bachelor of Arts in Geological Sciences from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to ...

Scholarship

Das' research interests are in

glaciology Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, c ...

and

paleoclimatology Paleoclimatology (American and British English spelling differences, British spelling, palaeoclimatology) is the study of climates for which direct measurements were not taken. As instrumental records only span a tiny part of Earth's history, the ...

, and teaching interests are in polar science,

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

, and experiential outdoor science education. Her scholarly contributions have been featured in journals such as ''

Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans ar ...

'', and circulated in news media such as CNN, ''

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'', ''

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'', '' National Geographic'', and ''

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''. She also has been leading scientific expeditions to the polar ice sheets for over 25 years. She is a principal investigator at the Disko Bay Ice Coring Project. Her research with the Woodwell Climate Research Center was presented at the Conference of Parties or COP26 titled "Refreeze the Arctic: Increasing our Ambition to Maintain a Safe and Stable Climate." She has studied Greenland

ice core An ice core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier. Since the ice forms from the incremental buildup of annual layers of snow, lower layers are older than upper ones, and an ice core contains ...

s, to study climate history, She documented increasing melt rates. Das has served on the

U.S. National Academies The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (also known as NASEM or the National Academies) are the collective scientific national academy of the United States. The name is used interchangeably in two senses: (1) as an umbrell ...

Polar Research Board.

Works

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References

External links

What We Know
Sarah Das, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
PolarConnect Event with Erin Towns and Dr. Sarah Das from Ilulissat, Greenland
PolarTREC, May 11, 2022
Interview with Glaciologist Sarah Das
Exploratorium, July 21, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Sarah American climate activists Living people Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Pennsylvania State University alumni Cornell University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)