COLDEX is an NSF Science and Technology Center formed in 2021 to explore Antarctica for the oldest possible ice core records of our planet’s climate and environmental history, and to help make polar science more inclusive and diverse. Learn more.
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Oldest ever ice offers glimpse of earth before the ice ages (Science, 4/22/24)
Congratulations to COLDEX alum Ellen Mutter, who was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Ellen was a postbaccalaureate researcher at Amherst College, working with Nick Holschuh, and is now a PhD student in the Cornell Hydrology, Ice, and Radar Physics Lab at Cornell University.
COLDEX will be well represented at the upcoming EGU General Assembly 2024 in Vienna, Austria. See the list of COLDEX presentations here.
Michigan native goes viral on TikTok sharing journey in Antarctica during research trip (WXYZ Detroit, 1/24/24): Featuring Austin Carter
Live: What Polar Ice Cores Tell Us About Our Climate (NSF webinar, 1/18/24): Featuring Richard Nunn
The ‘Climate Action Handbook’ is a guide to protecting the climate (Yale Climate Connections, 1/3/24): Featuring Heidi Roop
American scientists explore Antarctica for oldest-ever ice to help understand climate change (CBS News, 12/26/23)