Getting to the Core of Climate Change:
How can we use ice core data from the polar regions to investigate changes in Earth's climate past, present, and future?

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Snowfall built up over thousands of years has produced vast ice sheets that blanket Greenland and Antarctica. Buried deep within the ice are ancient traces of air, chemicals, and dust from Earth's atmosphere. Cores extracted from these ice sheets provide vital clues to understanding climate change past, present, and future.

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