The Frozen Diary – history unlocked with the help of ultrapure water

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The Frozen Diary – history unlocked with the help of ultrapure water

19 May, 2006

Published over 20 years ago. See the latest and most current information on Environmental laboratory.

Dr Paul Whitehead
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For more than ten years Carlo Barbante and his research team at the University of Venice’s Department of Environmental Sciences have been digging up the Antarctic snow to look for trace levels of heavy metals. The snow is a deep-frozen record of atmospheres of centuries past, and the heavy metals show how atmospheric pollution has changed with the passing years.

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