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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change: Ice Cores and History of Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing research done in the West Antarctica, where ice cores were removed to a depth of two miles, providing information on climate change over the last one hundred thousand years. (Date published: Feb. 2, 2011)
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Website
Ohio State University

Byrd Polar Research Center: Ice Core Paleoclimatology Research Group

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the research of the Ice Core Paleoclimatology Group. See how they are coring ice samples all around the world to help better understand Earth's changing climate. Provides links to teaching materials.
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Handout
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Ice Core Facility (Nsf Icf): About Ice Cores

For Students 9th - 10th
A fantastic resource for learning about how ice cores are collected, the information we can learn from them about Earth's climate history, the types of research being done with them, and how they are stored. Includes lots of videos.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2: A Record of Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Using images and graphs, this interactive resource illustrates scientists' efforts to study Earth's climatic history for the last 250,000 years by drilling into the Greenland Ice Sheet and examining ice cores. Includes background reading...