During the past 70 years, Peruvian engineers virtually eliminated the risks posed by glacial lake floods. But climate change and a political blind eye are increasing the dangers once again.
Jane Palmer
Jane Palmer is a freelance writer for Eos who came on board in March 2019 when she wrote a feature on efforts to mitigate glacial lake outburst floods in the Peruvian Andes. A freelance science journalist since 2013, she writes for a diverse range of outlets including Nature, Science, Proto Magazine, and Mosaic Science. She typically covers natural hazards and the impacts of climate change on public health and likes to write about the impacts of science on society. Before becoming a journalist, Palmer was a scientist and has worked as a computational modeler at a biotechnology company and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratories in Golden, Colo. She has a B.Sc. in cognitive science and a Ph.D. in computational molecular modeling from the University of Sheffield in England.