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NOAA drills Antartic Ice Cores to study paleoclimate

Postby kanaloa on Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:03 am

NOAA RESEARCHERS TRAVEL BACK MORE THAN THREE CENTURIES TO
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Postby phileysmiley on Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:06 am

This is fascinating. It is a good beginning. When I was studying geology, core samples were used to study solid objects like ancient plant spores or ash layers. This analysis of trapped gas will, hopefully, lead to a much better understanding of the role human activity has played in climate change. :yesnod:
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Postby kanaloa on Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:20 am

It always has amazed me what they can tell by a air bubble like that.
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