ice core, Ellen Mosley-Thompson

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Ellen Mosley-Thompson, ice core
Ellen Mosley-Thompson, ice core
Ellen Mosley-Thompson
ice core
2008
ice core, 2008
Material/technique: inkjet print
Credit line: Image courtesy of Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson and the Byrd Polar Research Center at The Ohio State University
Accession number: EL2008.057
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"Climate Change at the Poles," Jan-2009, Kate Meyer, Jennifer Talbott, and Angela Watts
The highly magnified image is a thin section of an ice core that shows small air bubbles which can be studied to learn more about historical levels of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.The ice core image photographed with a ruler shows stratification (or layering) in the ice. Like tree rings, these layers represent annual precipitation over time and can be used to reconstruct a climatic record encompassing the age range of the core.

Exhibitions

Climate Change at the Poles
Kate Meyer, curator
Jennifer Talbott, curator
Angela Watts, curator
2009