NEWSLETTER OF THE NATIONAL ICE CORE LABORATORY - SCIENCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE

Volume 6 Issue 1 • SPRING 2011


Searching for Ancient Air on the Taylor Glacier
By Thomas Bauska, Oregon State University
Around 11,500 years ago the methane content of the atmosphere increased by about 50% in as little as 200 years. Read More →



The Ultimate Classroom: Fieldwork at Allan Hills, Antarctica provides lifetime of learning
By Nicole Spaulding, University of Maine
When I was asked to write about my experience working in the Allan Hills, I could scarcely think of where to begin: the beauty? the wind? Read More →



NICL Update
By Betty Adrian, Acting Technical Director, NICL
It's midsummer in Denver, and the city has been baking under a heat wave for a couple of months. But in one small corner of the sprawling Denver Federal Center... Read More →



A Story Captured in Ice
By Daniel J. Vaccaro, Regis University
Essentially, it goes something like this. The story of our world is written in snow. Or more specifically in the layers of deposited snow that fall each year in the high and cold places of the planet, which eventually compact into ice and form glaciers. Read More →



WAIS Divide Ice Core Update
By Joe Souney, WAIS Divide Ice Core Project SCO
After a ~16-day weather delay, RPSC opened WAIS Divide via a Basler on November 8 with a seven person put-in team. Read More →



image of data table Recently Funded Projects
View the projects related to ice core research that have been funded by the National Science Foundation since the last issue of In-Depth was published. Read More →




 
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Dedication. Commitment. Diligence. Those words come to mind when watching the WAIS Divide ice core processing at NICL this summer. Staff, interns and students spend hours every day in the freezer at -24C measuring, cutting and repackaging the core for archiving and shipping to institutions for a multitude of analysis. They go about their work carefully and safely day after day. The enthusiasm of the group is remarkable and training of the next generation of scientists is taking place. Also helping spark the willingness of the group to endure the harsh working conditions, are ice core researchers visiting NICL and giving science talks to inspire the crew.

-MST