Engaging Scientists in Public Discorse

Me and Ryan Nelson interviewed Dr. Sarah G. Evans last week about her research paper titled, "Contrasting hydrogeologic responses to warming in permafrost and seasonally frozen ground hillslopes".  We asked her many questions about this paper but started off with the basics such as, how long did it take you to do your research and publish the article?  Her response to this was it took her about four years.  We also asked her what impact does she think her research will have on other scientists in her field.  Her response was that she hopes they will read it and apply it to their specific type of frozen ground where they are doing their research. Hopes that more research will be done in the arctic regions. In her research she noted that the thawing pattern in frozen ground will increase groundwater discharge. So we asked her what kind of an impact do you think this will have on the surrounding environment? Her response was that the biggest concern is carbon loss due to thawing ground. This increase in CO2 emissions which will cause more melting so she explained to us how it was a positive feedback system . To end our interview we asked her if she had any plan to continue researching the impacts on frozen ground? She told us that she is pursuing several possible projects. One being missing data in several arctic regions due to previous oversights. It was great to be able to meet with Dr. Evans and learn more about her research.