Cold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt Andrew Christ

Published: May 12, 2021, 12:01 a.m.

How did a Cold War era debacle help us better understand the dangers of climate change? In episode 99 of Parsing Science, we talk with Drew Christ from the University of Vermont about his research into how fossils plucked from forgotten experiment in the Arctic led to his discovery the last time Greenland\u2019s glaciers completely melted, it happened under climate conditions very similar to the present day. His open access article \u201cA multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century,\u201c was published with multiple co-authors on March 30, 2021 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).\nCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew Christ\xa0Cold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew Christ {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7689 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7689",embed_code:""\n,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7689_12",settings_ap7689); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); \n\xa0\nWebsites and other resources\n\n\tDrew's website, photography & Twitter\n\tDrew's webinar on this study:\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CVEVPC5e8\n\n\n\t\n\n\txkcd's Earth Temperature Timeline\n\tPropaganda documentary on Camp Century:\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPQ15EgyTY\n\n\xa0\nNews and Media\nWired | SciTechDaily | World Economic Forum | Weather Channel | Popular Science | CNET | Washington Post | Science Alert\n\n div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;} \n\xa0\n\ufeff\n\nBonus Clips\n\n\nClips available include ...\nFull episode with available download\nMore coming soon\n\n\n\U0001f50a Access bonus content here.\n\n\n \nMake a one-time donation via PayPal.\n\n\n\nOr support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime.\nWe\u2019re not a registered tax-exempt organization,