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Amy Martin

Amy Martinis the founder and executive producer of Threshold, a podcast and public radio program. Each season, Threshold takes a deep dive into one story of pivotal change in the natural world. In 2017, Outside Online named Threshold one of the best new podcasts of year, and the Montana Broadcasters Association awarded it the best non-commercial radio program of the year.The first season of Threshold told the story of the American bison. The second season takes listeners to all eight countries of the Arctic.In addition to producing Threshold, Amy files stories for NPR’s All Things Considered, PRI’s The World, and other outlets. In 2016, she was selected for the Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In 2014, she was chosen to give a TEDx talk at the University of Montana.  Amy was raised on an Iowa farm and has lived in Missoula, Montana since 1999.
A red helicopter is shown landed on the Greenland ice sheet with team of three professors and three students unload their gear.
The Big Melt
PHOTOS: Up close and personal with Greenland’s massive ice sheet
Three people walk across ground covered in ice and snow as the horizon stretches behind them.
The Big Melt
As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’
A large oil tanker docks amid ice and snow in the Arctic. On the side, the ship's name is written in Russian characters.
The Big Melt
An environmental newspaper fights for press freedom in the Russian Arctic
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The Big Melt
As the Arctic warms up, a ‘new ocean’ is bringing new commerce to the top of the world
sea ice
The Big Melt
Ice is us: Alaska Natives face the demise of the Arctic ice pack
child
The Big Melt
The Arctic’s Sámi people push for a sustainable Norway
A sun sets behind a cloud over a grey body of water
The Big Melt
Arctic permafrost is starting to thaw. Here’s why we should all care.
A person walks through a puddle in Shismaref, Alaska.
The Big Melt
An Alaskan village is falling into the sea. Washington is looking the other way.
A large concrete sphere sits on a brown hill overlooking a slate blue sea.
The Big Melt
In Iceland, a shifting sculpture for a changing Arctic  
Sámi renideer herder Reiulf Aleksandersen and his son build a fence for gathering their herd on Rooksavardi, or Red Mountain, in far northern Norway.
Environment
This family is already being hurt by climate change. They might also be hurt by a solution.
NASA's earth science program might be at risk under the Trump Administration.
Environment
NASA’s Earth and climate research might be in jeopardy under Trump