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Understanding Oceans 09:04 - 09:59 (00:55) / 0.5 MB "Alfred Wegener", "Tanya L. Atwater", Greenland, "continental drift", ocean, oceanography, technology
Valley Glaciers and Ice Sheets 06:38 - 07:38 (01:00) / 1.2 MB glacier, "valley glacier", "ice sheet", mountain, valley, "glacial flow", landmass, continent, polar, Greenland, Antarctica, "continental glacier", dome, snowfall
Ice Core Sampling 19:30 - 20:38 (01:08) / 1.5 MB "Chester C. Langway Jr.", Greenland, "Greenland Ice Core Program", "continental glacier", "ice sheet", drilling, glacier, "glacial ice", climate, weather, "ice core"
Age of Ice 20:38 - 21:09 (00:31) / 0.7 MB Greenland, "ice core", drilling, "geologic age", season, "carbon-14 dating", glacier, "glacial ice", "Greenland Ice Core Program"
Ice Core Analysis 21:09 - 22:12 (01:03) / 1.5 MB "Greenland Ice Core Program", Greenland, "ice core", "State University of New York - Buffalo", "gas composition", glacier, "glacial ice", nitrogen, oxygen, atmosphere, "Greenhouse Effect", methane, "carbon dioxide", "Ice Age", "biological activity"
Seasonal Layers 22:12 - 23:50 (01:38) / 2.5 MB "Chester C. Langway Jr.", climate, "stable oxygen isotope", oxygen, snow, glacier, "glacial ice", "ice core", "Ice Age", precipitation, season, temperature, Antarctica, Greenland, Equator, climatologist, meteorologist, wind
Melting Glaciers 23:14 - 24:09 (00:55) / 1.2 MB "Ice Age", glacier, ocean, "sea level", "eustatic change", "water volume", Greenland, Antarctica
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