Quelccaya Ice Core (IMAGE)

Ohio State University

Quelccaya Ice Core

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This is a section of ice core that researchers at The Ohio State University extracted from the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru in 2003. Though the ice appears pristine, it contains evidence of human-produced air pollution from as early as the 16th century.

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Photo by Paolo Gabrielli, courtesy of The Ohio State University.

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