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Minus 10 degrees fahrenheit. but even here in patagonia's most extreme environment, there are hardy pioneers. this camp is the temporary home of an elite team of glaciologists. you need much more than a ph.d. to work at place like this. >> very little is known about the impact of climate change on the ice field. chile general water director is funding research to find out how much it's melting. the expedition leader is never happier than when he's up here

Research center, and whole hanley, a great weatherman name, is his student. his ph.d focus is wildfire forecasting, because that's a thing. so, i was saying, i live in oakland. there hasn't been a wildfire since i've been living there, but i have asthma, so, like, during fire season, sometimes i look at the air quality app on my phone and it says, don't go outside, seal every window. spl >> that's really the pathway that most people are affected by the fires. there was even an economic analysis of the 2018 season. they found that the economic impact of the health effects of the lowered air qua...

Temperatures can drop below minus 10 degrees farenheit. but even here in patagonia's most extreme environment there are hearty pioneers. this camp is the temporary home of an elite team of glaciologists. you need much more than a ph.d. to work at a place like this. >> very little is known about the impact of climate change on the ice field. chile's general water directorate is funding research

>> who those people are, nothing. >> and they're all excited about the perpetrator in new zealand? >> terror attack. the first little girl was clearly watching something where you were hearing gunshots. >> yeah. yeah. >> wow. and those are kids. >> those are kids. >> pete simey, ph.d, is an professor at chapman university. he studies extremist groups and terror organizations. >> there are people that are well educated that are involved in these groups, from middle-class backgrounds, upper-class backgrounds. we have this broader historical ingrained kind of almost in our collective psyche about...

But even here in patagonia's most extreme environment, there are hardy pioneers. this camp is the temporary home of an elite team of glaciologists. you need much more than a ph.d to work at place like this. [ speaking spanish ] >> very little is known about the impact of climate change on the ice field. chile is funding research to find out how much it's melting. expedition leader is never happier than when he is up here