2 ForOregonState.org/Stater MOME N T S A team of 22 scientists from the Oregon State University-led Center for Old- est Ice Exploration, or COLDEX, spent its first field season in Antarctica in pursuit of the Earth’s oldest ice and the climate records preserved within it. “Just like tree rings, ice layers are fan- tastic recorders of past climate and the environment, and have the truly unique attribute of preserving samples of ancient air — tiny time capsules we open in the lab that tell us about changes in greenhouse gases and climate over geo- logic time,” said COLDEX Director Ed FROZEN IN TIME
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