North House Folk School

Professor Paul Bierman is a geoscientist, environmental historian, and writer at the University of Vermont. Both his research and teaching focus on the interaction of people and Earth’s dynamic surface. He is particularly interested in working at the interface between active research, education, and science literacy at all levels. Bierman currently has active research projects in both the tropics (Cuba, Puerto Rico) and the arctic (Greenland). When the Ice is Gone (WW Norton, 2024), his book about the history and future of the Greenland Ice Sheet, is a New Yorker Best Book selection and was featured in the New York Times and on Minnesota Public Radio.