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Call for applications for a thesis : Evolution of snow and air circulating in the snow beyond the surface of Antarctic ice sheet

Publié le 14 janvier 2021

Credit : Xavier Faïn, IGE photo library

In ice cores, air bubbles are only trapped in the ice 60 to 120 m under the ice sheet surface at the bottom of the unconsolidated snow or firn. The composition of air and structure of snow is strongly modified during the processes of firn to ice densification and bubble closure entrapment with important consequences to understand ice core climatic and environmental records. In this PhD project, we propose to explore two important effects.

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Bravo Claude and Jérôme

Publié le 9 janvier 2021

Figure by Alexis Lamothe base on a picture from Tookapic

What are you thinking about when tasting your whisky ? ... On January 1, 2021, Claude Lorius was named Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor and Jérôme Chappellaz Knight of the Legion of Honor.

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