Emilie Capron looking through a thin piece of ice core with visible bubbles (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Emilie Capron looking through a thin piece of ice core with visible bubbles

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The study's lead author Emilie Capron looks through a thin, polished piece of ice core from the NEEM ice core which was drilled through the Greenland ice cap. Ice cores consist of compressed snow, and a small amount of air is sealed in bubbles during the compression. Ice-core scientists reconstruct the composition of the atmosphere of the past by analysing these bubbles.

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Photo: Sepp Kipfstuhl.

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