40-year-old air extracted from firn on Greenland (IMAGE)

Utrecht University, Faculty of Science

40-year-old air extracted from firn on Greenland

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Researchers obtained up to 40-year-old air from compacted snow, called firn, on Greenland. In this image you see Thomas Röckmann holding two barrels of compressed air.

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Thomas Röckmann

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