Ice of the Planet

Polar ice sheets and high-altitude glaciers retain memory of past climate change, providing records that extend back almost 1 million years. At risk of disappearing due to glacial melting, international research is now being conducted to salvage these precious archives. Paolo Gabrielli is a research scientist at Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center of The Ohio State University. His primary interest is the study of ice cores with emphasis on paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstructions.