NEEM: Ice Cores Tell of Climate History
Program Summary
In July 2009, Dr. Jørgen Peder Steffensen explained the goals of the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project and what the ice cores can tell us about our climate history.
For more information on NEEM, see:
- Greenland Icecore Drilling Project Reaches Milestone
- Drilling Back to the Future: Climate Clues from Ancient Ice on Greenland
- Greenland: Life on the Greenland Ice Sheet
- Greenland: The Pilots of the 109th Airlift Wing
- Greenland: Ice Cores and Climate
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