Beyond Boulder: Digging in the Arctic mud for answers to climate change
Working from a small boat on the choppy lake waters in northern Canada, Sarah Crump, a paleoclimatologist, pulls up a 5-foot mud core sample from the undisturbed lakebed. Crump and her research team work with a sense of urgency. Even in summer, bad weather can move in quickly. And they must always be vigilant for polar bears.Ìý
Known as the world's “climate change barometer," the Arctic, which includes Baffin Island, is classroom