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SUMMARY:Antarctic climate of the last 115\,000 years from ice cores - Isob
 el Rowell
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CONTACT:David Gershlick
DESCRIPTION:Ice cores hold valuable information about Earth's past climate
 \, which help us to better understand climate processes on long timescales
  and ultimately inform and refine future projections of climate.\nI'm part
  of the WACSWAIN ice core project. WACSWAIN is interested in the Last Inte
 rglacial period (~113\,000 years ago) when the Earth was around 2 degrees 
 C warmer and sea levels several metres higher than today. This represents 
 an interesting target of investigation\; to understand what led to this se
 a level rise e.g. whether or not the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed or
  retreated and by how much\, would help us to make better predictions abou
 t potential sea level rise as a result of anthropogenic climate change.\nM
 y research looks at the last glacial cycle (115\,000 years ago to present)
  and I am hoping to pick apart how the climate varied across Antarctica du
 ring this time. My work will include a trip to the West Antarctic island\,
  Sherman Island\, in January 2020\, where I will make use of the British A
 ntarctic Survey's Rapid Access Isotope Drill\, and I will drill ice down t
 o 420m in just a few days.\n
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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