20 - Stories Trapped in Ice Series - THE PAST TELLS US ABOUT THE FUTURE
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124,000 BCE or 126,000 b2k Ice Core - NGRIP 75°6′N 42°18′W Depth - 3081,65m The Eemian interglacial, which occurred just before the last glacial period, the Weichselian, culminated with temperatures in Greenland that were 7.5°C warmer than today. The Eemian (named after the Dutch river Eem, where they found sediments from this period first) was indeed about 2 C warmer than the Holocene, but not only that. During the Eemian interglacial, sea levels were 6-9 metres higher than today. Deep sea sediments and the Antarctic ice core from Dome C show that the Eemian was warmer than any interglacial in the last 1,000,000 years, which is the period when humans existed. So, a more than 2 C warming will take the world into a new climate situation in the entire history of human civilisation.
What's particularly interesting about this ice core piece is the size of the ice crystals. The light refracting of the ice crystals shows their enormous size. The single crystals are the size of a tennis ball, and that's because the Eemian ice in Greenland sits so deep in the ice sheet and so close to bedrock that geothermal heat warms up the ice from below. In some locations, such as NGRIP, the heating is enough for the ice sheet to melt from below. The ice in this core has not yet reached basal melting, as melting occurs just 30 m below this core, but the temperature is quite high, -3 C, compared to the -30 C of the ice sheet. These high temperatures cause large crystals to grow, thus removing small crystals. Also, as the Eemian ice is very clean, i.e. with less dust and chemical impurities, there are no anchor points for small crystals to remain, and crystal growth is unhindered.
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*Canson Edition Etching Rag 310g is a museum-grade paper with deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, and optimum colour graduation. Its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs, and exceptional black-and-white portraits.