Researcher with ice core (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Researcher with ice core

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Emma Kahle holds ice from 1,500 meters (0.93 miles) depth, the original goal of the South Pole drilling project, in January 2016. New research uses this ice core to calculate temperature history back 54,000 years

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Eric Steig/University of Washington

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