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# Interview: How to Save The “Doomsday Glacier” with Brent Minchew
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/specials/interview-how-to-save-the-doomsday-glacier-with-brent-minchew-kbyila/
- Published: 2026-09-09T21:01:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T13:30:11.000Z
- Description: Glaciologist Brent Minchew on the “Doomsday Glacier," a bold fix, and his path from the Marines.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_6da8b32a-d7c3-4340-9f8d-84c9a29411d0, #special

Brent Minchew is a glaciologist at Caltech, where he studies Thwaites Glacier and its role in global sea level rise. He joins Hakeem to discuss the science behind the "Doomsday Glacier," a proposed intervention to stabilize it, and his own path from the Marine Corps and the Pentagon on 9/11 to a career in climate science.