West Greenland Ice Core (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

West Greenland Ice Core

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Ice cores from the West Greenland Ice Sheet 'percolation zone' were studied under a light table at Dartmouth’s Ice Core Laboratory to reveal ice layers that tell the history of how much melt has occurred through time.

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Robert Gill/Dartmouth College

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