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Welcome!

Virtual Field Labs

Climate Investigations that Connect Students and Scientists

Warm-up

  • Consensus
  • Direct and Proxy Measurements

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Warm-up

  • Building Scientific Consensus

Spring and Early

Summer Growth

Late Summer and

Fall Growth

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Warm-up

  • Building Scientific Consensus

Snowfall that accumulates in spring and summer forms light bands.

Snowfall that accumulates in fall and winter forms dark bands.

1-year

Some ice core facts…

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Warm-up

  • Building Scientific Consensus

How many years of climate data are captured in this ice core sample?

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Warm-up

  • Direct data/measurements vs. proxy data/measurements
  • Proxy rainfall data: How many years, after this tree started growing, did it first experience a drought?
  • Direct rainfall data: How many inches of rain fell?

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Warm-up

  • Direct vs. proxy data/measurements
  • Direct data from ice cores: How old is the ice? How much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere when this ice formed?
  • Proxy data from ice cores: How much warmer or cooler than average was the Earth when this ice formed?

O18 present

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snow

Mathematical models from direct measurements

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Abrupt Climate Disruptions

  • VFL-Abrupt Climate Disruptions with Erich Osterberg
  • VFL-Climate Warnings from Alaska with Dom Winski