Climate Change - How do we know?  E-mail

Title: "Climate Change - How Do We Know?"
 Keywords: climate change, WAIS, ice cores
Affiliation: DHS | WAIS Divide Ice Core Project
Contact(s):  Kendrick Taylor
Description: Dr. Kendrick Taylor of the Desert Research Institute is the Chief Scientist for the WAIS Divide Ice Core project. In this video, Kendrick takes you on a tour around the camp, discusses the process by which ice cores are drilled and extracted from the ice sheet, and explains the importance of ice cores in the overall understanding of Earth's climate history and current climate change.

 

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