{"id":2,"date":"2015-10-20T23:43:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T06:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/koppes\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:52:57","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/koppes\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

My work focuses on how glaciers, landscapes, and the people who dwell within them are responding to ongoing climate change. Some of my current research projects focus on\u00a0 landscape and hazards responses to changing glacier dynamics, the effects of climate change on glacier meltwater systems, and the lived experiences of people living with these changes. I have ongoing research projects in BC, Alaska, Patagonia, Greenland and the Himalayas. I am fascinated with all components of geomorphic change, particularly the loss of ice, the imprints of humans on the landscape, and how we process and adapt (or maladapt) with the cascading effects of climate change.<\/p>\n

I am also interested in the limitations of western scientific thought in understanding and living with landscape change in the Anthropocene, and what other ways of knowing and being are necessary if we are to survive the climate and nature emergency. Current projects can be found at my labs website: Landscapes of Climate Change Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research groups I enjoy thinking and playing with at UBC include the Systems Being Lab<\/a>, Himalaya program<\/a>,\u00a0 Center for Climate Justice<\/a>,\u00a0 Sound and the Humanities<\/a> research cluster, the Sherpa Lab, Critical Physical Geography group, Indigenous\/Science<\/a> research cluster and the Public Humanities Hub<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Research Projects\"IMG_4468\"<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n