About Ice Cores Part II
Cross-section of an ice core. Photo: Sepp Kipfstuhl
In the first article about ice cores, we learned why ancient stories lie dormant in the ice. We got to the icy library and looked at how the stories can be recovered in the form of ice cores. This article will deal with the question how we can reveal the stories of the ice cores. To do this, we need to understand the different languages of the ice.
About Ice Cores Part I
A transforming icy library slowly descending towards the valley. Glacier in the northeast of Greenland. Photo: Jan Rohde
On earth there is a lot of ice and snow and not only in winter – at least at the moment. At the poles there are huge sheets of ice and in between exist many smaller and larger glaciers on high mountains. Stories are preserved in the ice. Stories from long ago. How this happened and how these stories can be brought to the surface, we will learn in this article.
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