Caves fascinate people. I visited Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico as a kid when my family was on a summer vacation. Maybe that early exposure to the wonders of what geologic processes can do helped influence my decision to study natural science in college.
Late in the last century scientists published reams of data about Earth’s climate derived from ice cores taken from Greenland and Antarctic glaciers. By drilling down into the ice with hollow bits (think of using a spinning pipe as a drill) workers were able to pull columns of ice up to the surface.
PROSSER, Wash. — The American Society for Enology and Viticulture opens its 61st annual conference in Seattle on Monday, June 21, with the 7th annual Symposium on Cool Climate Viticulture and Enology.