WAIS Divide: Modeling Our Future Climate
http://www.waisdivide.unh.edu/multimedia/modeling-our-future-climate.shtml

WAIS Divide Ice Core Project , Desert Research Institute and University of New Hampshire


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This video tells the story of how ice cores, extracted from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) are used to analyze changes in temperature and atmospheric CO2 concentration over time, providing a record of climate change in the past, from which models of climate change in the future, can be constructed.


Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Theme: Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Climate Change, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Environmental Science