Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine

Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on our changing climate.

Snow back lit by sunlight

I just loved these colours from a still in the presentation. A great and engaging talk from Lee Hotz on this fantastic project. The work on these ice cores will unravel the planets history and illuminate us all about climate change and global warming. From the fabulous TED Talks click below and enjoy.

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