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Meet Willi Dansgaard

Willi Dansgaard was a Danish paleoclimatologist who made significant contributions to our understanding of Earth's past climate. He is most notable for his pioneering work in the field of ice core analysis, which provided a unique window into Earth's climate history.


Three of Dansgaard's greatest contributions to science are:

1970s

Dansgaard was one of the first scientists to use ice cores to study past climate. He developed a technique to extract tiny air bubbles trapped in ice cores, which allowed him to reconstruct atmospheric composition and temperature over the past 100,000 years.

1974

Willi Dansgaard discovered the first ice core record of climate change, which provided crucial data on the Earth's past climate and its potential future. 

1980s

Dansgaard's analysis of ice cores from Greenland revealed that the Earth's climate has experienced sudden and dramatic shifts in the past. He identified several abrupt climate change events, including the Younger Dryas, a period of cooling that occurred around 12,000 years ago.

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