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Ice cores, the time keepers

2013

MUSE - The Science Museum

MUSE - The Science Museum
Trento, Italy

Climate changes’ history is written on ice… That means, in an “ice core”. The several layers contained in these samples are like pages of a book. Each layer corresponds to a historical age, which climatic composition has been “imprisoned” inside the ice. These samples are easy to “read” in Antarctica and Greenland, while in temperate areas - where the ice melting during the summer mixes pages and words - these ice cores are hard to read.

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  • Title: Ice cores, the time keepers
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Location: Vostok, Antarctica
  • Photographer: Matteo De Stefano
  • Object Name: Antarctica ice core
MUSE - The Science Museum

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