Brian Menounos

scientist

Brian Menounos is a prominent Canadian glaciologist and professor at the University of Northern British Columbia. He serves as the chief scientist at the Hakai Institute, where his research focuses on the dynamics of glaciers and their response to climate change. Recently, he has been in the news for his role as the lead author of a study that revealed alarming rates of glacier melt in Canada, the United States, and Switzerland, highlighting that these glaciers have lost 12% of their ice since the early 2000s. Menounos emphasizes the urgent need for better climate modeling to understand the implications of glacier loss for ecosystems and human societies.