Scientists have been to Antarctica drilling ice to find gas bubbles trapped in ice cores to get, after analysis, a "snapshot" of climate conditions thousands of years ago. The idea to throw ice into the well belonged to Dr. Peter Neff.
What does a 9 inch ice core sound like when dropped down a 450 foot hole? Like this! Credit to @peter_neff for the idea and @Scripps_Polar, @sciencejenna, @GeosciencesPU, @US_IceDrilling, and @paleosurface for the execution!
- John Andrew Higgins (@blueicehiggins) February 7, 2020
Sound ON
When #science is done, it's fun to drop ice down a 90 m deep borehole in an #Antarctic #glacier ❄️. So satisfying when it hits the bottom.
Happy hump day.
- Peter Neff (@peter_neff) February 28, 2018
Here's the story on this crazy sound (V1), plus the basic science @blueicehiggins, myself, & others do studying past climate with #Antarctic ice cores.❄️
- Peter Neff (@peter_neff) February 8, 2020