
Let's Talk Science: But What About Beryllium and Aluminum?
Last week, we shared with you how we use carbon to help us date the rocks. This week, Dr. Derek Fabel is sharing how we do something...
Let's Talk Science: C-14 Dating
Last week, we mentioned how isotopes are created in quartz. One of these isotopes is carbon-14. We can use carbon-14 to tell how old the...


Let's Talk Science: Why Quartz?
So, last week on Let’s Talk Science we talked about cleaning up our rock samples to so that they become pure quartz. But why quartz? What...


Let's Talk Science: The Quartz Car Wash
Welcome to our blog series, “Let’s Talk Science,” where we break down the science behind our team’s work. With the team back from...


Let's Talk Science: Bringing Antarctica to the Classroom
In this week's installment of Let's Talk Science, we feature some of the ways in which our team has been talking science with students of...

Let's Talk Science: Mapping
Welcome to our blog series, “Let’s Talk Science,” where we break down the science behind our team’s work. Over the past couple weeks,...


Let's Talk Science: Ice Streams
Welcome to our blog series, “Let’s Talk Science,” where we break down the science behind our team’s work. Last week, we talked about...

Let's Talk Science: Nunataks
Welcome to our blog series, “Let’s Talk Science,” where we break down the science behind our team’s work. Last week, we talked about how...

Let's Talk Science: Mapping and Verification
In our last article, we began explaining how remote sensing helps us with our mapping, the first “M” of our acronym. We use this to begin...

Let's Talk Science: What is "remote sensing?"
Remote sensing uses satellites to help us see a big chunk of land from a bird’s-eye-view. When the sun shines on the land, radiation bounces