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  1. In-Depth Newsletter

Spring 2015

Field site on the Disko Island ice cap of west Greenland

Digging the Disko: Developing ice core climate records around Disko Bay, west Greenland

By Luke Trusel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Greenland is melting. Over recent decades, this melt has accelerated and so have contributions from the Greenland Ice Sheet to global sea level.

Mindy Nicewonger at the core processing station inside the drill tent at South Pole

Cold and SPICE-y

By Mindy Nicewonger, University of California Irvine

Thinking back to the daily life at South Pole sometimes feels like a dream. However, the hundreds of pictures I took and the 500+ meters of ice core sitting in the archive freezer at the National Ice Core Laboratory prove that it really happened.

An ice core from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide project

Antarctic ice core reveals how sudden climate changes in North Atlantic moved south

NSF Press Release 15-048

Analysis indicates that northern temperature changes led corresponding southern patterns by 200 years.

Lead driller Tanner Kuhl guides the Intermediate Depth Drill into position to start ice-coring operations

Going Deep: Drilling project to retrieve longest ice core ever from South Pole

By Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor
Courtesy: The Antarctic Sun, U.S. Antarctic Program

The South Pole is a very cold place, with an average annual temperature of around minus 50 degrees Celsius.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through an Interagency Agreement (NSF-1822953) to the U.S. Geological Survey. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the U.S. Geological Survey.

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