María José Sanz, the most powerful Spaniard in climate change science: "We are going in the right direction but not fast enough"

2024-01-19T14:25:50.380Z

Highlights: María José Sanz, the most powerful Spaniard in climate change science: "We are going in the right direction but not fast enough" The Valencian biologist has spent 25 years negotiating climate treaties and preparing scientific reports for the IPCC, the UN group of experts. In July, she became the second Spaniard to form part of the IPCC Board, a task that she combines with the direction of the Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3). María JoséSanz in the BC3 Ice Laboratory.

A freezer preserves a scientific treasure at 80 degrees below zero. These are ice samples from Greenland and the Pyrenees obtained by drilling into the ground thousands of meters away...