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• Jay Fleisher (Part 2)
  SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and long–time Chair of the Earth Sciences Department, Jay Fleisher began his career in oil exploration but soon changed, his direction, earned his PhD and arrived at Oneonta in the late l960’s. His first experience on the Juneau ice field guided him into glacial research in Alaska, primarily at the Bering Glacier. His research involved important discoveries about glacial surges and was in effect an early exploration of the intense interest now in climate change. He continued his research activities in retirement and from 2010 to 2013 served as the Director of the Juneau Icefield Research Program
• Jay Fleisher (Part 1)
  Distinguished SUNY Teaching Professor Dr. Jay Fleisher presents an informed view of climate change, beginning by making a crucial distinction between weather (immediate) and climate (long range). He points out an array of longitudinal measurements which demonstrate both the kinds and pace of change – warming of the oceans; diminishing glaciers; and hence rising sea levels. Disastrous results are already occurring, with worse to come. His takeaway is that the problem is too big and taking place too slowly for the public to accept. And, indeed, we may have already passed a tipping point.