Exploring the Deep 3 | Traces of Climate Change

MARUM scientists Ursula Röhl and Alex Wülbers are investigating what the ocean floor has to tell us about the climate in the past.

The geologists are part of the international IODP (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program) project.

In this report they talk about an especially challenging expedition; how with a drilling ship they navigated the Arctic ice to the Lomonosov Ridge, an underwater shelf that extends through the northern polar region. There, where the once supposedly "eternal ice cap" has begun to disappear, drillings can now be carried out deep into the sea bed.

The cores of sediment the scientists drill out of the ocean floor are kept in cold storage at MARUM. The collection plays a central role in the IODP project. The two researchers tell us about the fascinating information they are trying to extract from the deep-sea core samples.

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Science & Technology

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• Deutsche
• Welle
• DW-TV
• animals
• ocean
• sea
• underwater
• climate
• marum

[SUNNYRAINWIND]

100 years no more ice? are they gonna nuke it? lol and millions of years old.. yeah right!

[D4rkC1own187v2]

are they chanting mexico or let it cold

[D4rkC1own187v2]

@synnr666

nope there is a USA flag

[synnr666]

lol - America was left out, worst than being picked last for a team - not being picked at all.

[jyanksfan42]

ok just because they found evidence of past climate change doesnt mean that what is going on now is normal. climate change in the past happened over MILLIONS of years not a few decades. WE caused global warming and we are the only ones who can fix it

[sirillclint]

wow cold!

lol @ golfer and kilt dude

[AlbertaAllan]

Haha Victoria where I grew up and went to high school. 4667 km from the North Pole! Oh I see a skyjack I see the maintenance people use those at work to fix the overhead cranes.

[utubeisthetruth]

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