Greenland Ice Core Project (GREENLAND)

The Greenland Ice Core Project (GREENLAND) involves drilling deep into Greenland’s ice sheet to extract long cylindrical samples, known as ice cores. These cores contain trapped air bubbles, dust, and other materials that record past climate conditions over hundreds of thousands of years. By analyzing these layers, scientists can study changes in temperature, greenhouse gases, and atmospheric composition over time. This helps us understand Earth's climate history, how it has shifted during past ice ages and warm periods, and provides crucial insights into current and future climate change.