Half time in the International Polar Year... (t cores from the seafloor under the Anta...)

Half time in the International Polar Year 2007-2008

Date:3/4/2008

t cores from the seafloor under the Antarctic ice shelf give insights into 20 million years of climatic history. These data are essential for predicting how the Antarctic ice will react to further climate warming, says Dr Gerhard Kuhn, project manager and geologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

The significance of the International Polar Year 2007/08

The Polar Regions are not only extremely affected by warming. They also represent a unique climate archive. Complex and expensive expeditions to the most remote regions of the Earth are necessary in order to explore them. In the International Polar Year, the strengths of many countries are pooled, and common research interests are more important than national interests. All projects of the Polar Year promised to file their data and place them at the disposal of international science, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Dietrich said. Many PR representatives and teachers are involved in the activities in order to enable everyone to visualise and experience polar and climate research.

Bremerhaven, March 4, 2008

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Half time in the International Polar Year...(t cores from the seafloor under the Anta...)