Last month, Times science editor Tom Whipple stood on what used to be a glacier, on rock that used to be below 40 metres of ice. Then, glaciologist Matthias Huss hacked out a chunk of ice to take home. By the end of this summer, that may be the last remnant left.

This is the story of the glacier that no longer is – but which 15 years ago weighed a million tonnes – and a climate change milestone which is beyond dispute.

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Guest: Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Link: Tom Whipple’s new book is available at the Times Bookshop: The Battle of the Beams: The secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War

https://timesbookshop.co.uk/the-battle-of-the-beams-9781787634138 

Clips: BBC News.

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