In spring 2024, Jeffery DelViscio, chief multimedia editor at Scientific American, endured a month-long expedition on the Greenland ice sheet, confronting extreme weather and discomfort. Despite initial challenges, he adapted to the harsh conditions and participated in a significant scientific operation. He documented the extraction of a bedrock core, vital for understanding Greenland's climate history and potential implications for the future. DelViscio emphasizes the importance of these geological findings in revealing when Greenland was last ice-free, asserting their relevance for ongoing climate discussions.
There’s memory everywhere, DelViscio says. Cores like these reveal our planet's climate history, and the rock below Greenland's ice will help scientists learn when the island was last ice-free.
On the ice stream, survival was a group exercise for DelViscio, the researchers, and their survival specialists. DelViscio documented the extraction of a special bedrock core, significant for climate studies.
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