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Ice core

earth science Maturity 11-13

Scientists find long tubes of ice.

Icecore 4.jpg
Icecore 4.jpg
They pull them from deep snow. The ice holds old air. It tells us about the past. We can learn how the Earth was. Do you like ice?
GISP2 1855m ice core layers.png
GISP2 1855m ice core layers.png

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File:Icecore 4.jpg
Icecore 4.jpg
File:Taku glacier firn ice sampling.png
Taku glacier firn ice sampling.png
File:Brooks ice auger patent drawings 1932-retouched.png
Brooks ice auger patent drawings...
File:Drilling mechanical-drill-head.jpg
Drilling mechanical-drill-head.jpg
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Gripsaw.jpg
File:GISP2 1855m ice core layers.png
GISP2 1855m ice core layers.png
File:Vostok Petit data.svg
Vostok Petit data.svg
File:Greenland firn CFCs.png
Greenland firn CFCs.png
File:Upper Fremont glacier ice cl36.gif
Upper Fremont glacier ice cl36.gif
File:2000 core-repository02 hg.jpg
2000 core-repository02 hg.jpg
File:Co2 glacial cycles 800k.png
Co2 glacial cycles 800k.png
File:EPICA delta D plot.svg
EPICA delta D plot.svg
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