# Ice Cores

- **Website:** <https://icecores.org>
- **Primary alias:** `icecores.org`

## Description

The National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF) is a premier research institution dedicated to the storage, curation, and analysis of meteoric ice cores collected globally. Formerly known as the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory, NSF-ICF plays a crucial role in preserving over 17,000 meters of ice cores from key glaciated regions, primarily Antarctica, Greenland, and North America. The facility's advanced storage capabilities include a main archive freezer maintained at -36°C, ensuring the integrity of these invaluable climate records.

In addition to storage, NSF-ICF offers services for examination and core processing, allowing scientists to study the climate history encapsulated within the ice layers. This unique facility provides an environment for scientists to cut and analyze core samples, facilitating vital research that contributes to our understanding of historical climate dynamics and future climate projections. By anchoring scientific inquiry with actual samples dating back hundreds of thousands of years, NSF-ICF stands at the forefront of paleoclimate research, aiding in the reconstruction of Earth's atmospheric history.

## Industries

- 🧪 Science and Education
- 🧪 Earth Sciences _(under Science and Education)_

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