Greenland's 100,000-Year-Old Ice

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Published 2017-08-29
This movie shows the new 3D map of the age of the Greenland ice sheet, using a collage of live footage and animation to explain how scientists determined the age from data collected by ice-penetrating radar.

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All Comments (21)
  • @tiborlak8404
    Greenland's 100,000-year-old ice is determined from counting "rings" in the ice. It is assumed by the investigators that each "ice ring" represents one year. This date however, is totally inconsistent with the ice sheet temperature as measured by the Greenland Ice Sheet Project II (GISP II) in 1993. The temperature data showed that the Ice Sheet is being warmed from below, since the temperature near the top (below 300 feet) is -32 degree C, and is much colder than at the bottom (-9 degree C) at ~ 10,000 feet below the surface. Since the Ice Sheet is warmed from below the time for the ice sheet to completely disappear can be calculated. The thermal analysis shows that all the ice would have melted in less much less than 30,000 years. It is IMPOSSIBLE for this ice sheet to be over 100,000 years. I wish the investigators would consider the temperature data since it contradicts the > 100,000 year date. I am a heat transfer analyst and I challenge the investigators or anyone else to show that the ice sheet is 100,000 years old based on the GISP II measured temperature data. If interested, please watch my YouTube video "Ice Age" by Tibor Lak. You will find it very interesting.
  • I love this. Thanks! I really want to visit Greenland. Although not for the glaciers but for the Precambrian rocks.
  • @HobbyOrganist
    AdmiralPeary found remains of a petrified conifer forest in the northern part- large tree stumps, I don't know how long it takes for dead stumps to become petrified, but it must have happened faster than the wood would have rotted away, it suggests the climate went from tree growing to frozen wasteland very quickly, quickly enough the wood didn't just rot and crumble away, and now it's heading back in that direction, clearly a long term cycle that happened before
  • are these layers also magnetically alined to the poles? are they all alined the same?
  • @evanhoerlein2891
    Drilling and radar is awesome and truly a wonderful look into history! It is amazing how you can see layers of volcanic ash, atmospheric gasses, and dust debris through the years! I do have a point of contention: you claim the layers are as old as 100,000 years. How do you know that the ice is 100,000 years old? Here are my examples: The Lost Squadron: In Greenland (using the same ice cores as in this video), over 263 feet of ice was laid down over 48 years. There were hundreds of ice rings/layers over just 48 years. The planes didn't sink through because they are top heavy (plane found horizontal), and the plane was fully intact. On average, over 5.5 feet of snow was deposited per year. Over the course of 9 years, there were 30-40 layers. I encourage you to research this more! The Crater Glacier: The Crater Glacier on Mount Saint Helens was formed in 1980. In just over 42 years, there is over 300 feet of ice. This was not annual and proportional (some years had a many periods of snowfall, and thus many layers in one season). Again, research this, it is interesting! I do not see sufficient evidence to support the conclusion that layers support a 100,000 year+ old earth. I would be happy to discuss with anyone!
  • @vovasoft
    The volume of the voice il lower then the music. Wrong. I'm not an expert but this must be the basics of video clips. Am I right ?
  • @Infarlock
    Where is the real SpaceRip with the badass voice? :(
  • @Tuttomenui
    Music is to loud apposed to the voice over.
  • @DingXiaoke
    Imagine use that extracted ice, make into cubes, and put them in your coke
  • @NA_NA1915
    I really wander if they will ever find something strange under all that ice
  • @chbrules
    The video stayed very neutral and scientific. I applaud you, SpaceRip. However, it's inevitable the comments will be ripe with climate change talk. Anthropogenic climate change is happening. How could it not? We do a shit ton of activity that releases greenhouse gases. There's no question about this. However, the question comes down to how much we're affecting the climate, what will it do to the Earth and climate, what will happen to large pockets of people that could potentially be harmed by severe weather or flooding, and is it even worth attempting to do anything about this? As far as I can gather, the predictive models have been from total shit to meh. Predicting the future is something climate science isn't particularly great at in the short to medium term here if these models have anything to say about it. It will take a lot more "sciencing" to figure things out. In the mean time, pushing economically-ignorant legislation and short-sighted policies on people isn't a solution. Massively rising energy costs and subsidizing inefficient energy endeavors in the West certainly isn't going to solve the potential issue, and it just means more poor people are going to live harder, shorter lives around the world. And you're a naive fool if you think China is realistically going to adhere to any international treaties on the environment. India much the same.