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    An ICE CORE is a cylindershaped sample of ice drilled from a glacier. Ice CORE records provide the most direct and detailed way to investigate past climate and atmospheric conditions. Scientists can tell how much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere of at different points in earth's history.

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    An ICE CORE is a cylindershaped sample of ice drilled from a glacier. Ice CORE records provide the most direct and detailed way to investigate past climate and atmospheric conditions. Scientists can tell how much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere of at different points in earth's history.

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    ICECORES

    WhatisanIceCore?
    Anicecoreisacylindershapedsampleoficedrilledfroma
    glacier.Icecorerecordsprovidethemostdirectanddetailed
    waytoinvestigatepastclimateandatmosphericconditions.
    Snowfallthatcollectsonglacierseachyearcapturesgasesand
    particlesfromtheatmospheric.

    Whatareexamplesofinformationscientistscangetfromicecores?
    Analyzingicecoresshowsscientistshowmuch
    carbondioxide
    wasintheatmosphereofat
    differentpointsinEarthshistory.Scientistscanalsotellthe
    temperature
    ofearthbystudyingice
    18
    16
    cores.Thereare2differenttypes
    (isotopes)
    ofoxygenatomsknownas
    Oand
    O,whichhave
    16
    differentweights.IcethatcontainsahighproportionofO(lightoxygen)wasformedwhenthe
    18
    Earth'stemperaturewaslow,whileicecontaininglotsof
    O(heavyoxygen)wasformedinwarmer
    temperatures.Thismethodiscalledisotopeanalysis.

    Icecanalsotrap
    pollen
    fromdifferentplants,
    ash
    fromvolcaniceruptions,
    dust
    fromdeserts,and
    salt
    fromtheocean.Thesaltistransportedbywindfromtheocean.Themoresaltintheice,the
    closertheoceanwaslocated.

    HowdoweFindtheageoftheice?
    Scientistshavetobeabletoworkouttheageoftheicetheyarestudying.Anicecoreislikea
    timeline
    thenewesticeliesclosesttothesurfacewhileicethatwasformedthousands,oreven
    millions,ofyearsagoisdeeplyburied.Scientistsalsoknowhowquicklyiceusuallyformsin
    particularregionsoftheworldandthishelpsthemworkoutwheneachsectionofanicecorewas
    formed.Antarcticaisthoughttohavebeencoveredbyiceforover30millionyears.Sofar,
    scientistshavedrilledicecoresstretchingback800,000years,andtheyarenowworkingtoextend
    theirrecordsbackto1.4millionyearsago.

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