The Dark Snow Project

Sampling Greenland: The Dark Snow Project

Project website

http://darksnowproject.org

Project website
http://darksnowproject.org

Over the past decade, the Greenland ice sheet has been getting darker, and less reflective, absorbing more solar energy. This past summer a record breaking melt extended over the entire surface area of the ice sheet.

Greenland expert Jason Box has been studying and publishing about this phenomenon, and has become concerned about the possible role of increasing wildfires worldwide, and increased darkening of the ice sheets.

The only way to nail the science is to go to the top of the ice sheet and take samples - Dr Box, along with Bill Mckibben, and videographer Peter Sinclair, are kicking off the Dark Snow project to raise funds for for such an expedition, the first crowd-sourced scientific expedition to the arctic.

News Release from Byrd Polar Center

http://bprc.osu.edu/~jbox/DS/20121205_news_release_CALIPSO_etc.pdf


Press coverage so far:

http://news.discovery.com/earth/soot-speeding-greenlands-ice-melt-121207.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50118167/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UMJ2...

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/12/ is_earth_f_ked_at_2012_agu_meeting_scientists_consider_advocacy_activism.html

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctic-wildfires-pose-growing-threat-to-gr...

http://www.businessinsider.com/greenland-thaw-from-arctic-wildfires-2012-12

http://phys.org/news/2012-12-ice-wildfires-darkening-greenland-snowpack.html

http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/12/06/climate-wildfire-soot-darkening-green...

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