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Archive - Aug 21, 2008
Amazing photos from Greenland, where unfortunately ice runs away by hundreds of billions of tons a year
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Ice sculptures constructed from the spare core samples by the scientists working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project.
The ice samples, which the researchers analyze for clues to the temperature and concentration of greenhouse gases of the ancient atmosphere, are collected using this drill.
The visiting group of scientists, journalists and Danish environmental officials land at NEEM, the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project. NEEM had arranged for the visitors to examine their research, which focuses on the climatic conditions which shaped the warm geologic period before the earth's last Ice Age, an important clue in understanding global warming. The camp is located approximately 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle. read more »
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