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Investigating Smoke on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Ross Edwards discusses black carbon nanoparticles deposited on ice sheets in Greenland.

Aired 10/25/2017 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Investigating Smoke on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Special | 58m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Ross Edwards discusses black carbon nanoparticles deposited on ice sheets in Greenland.

Ross Edwards, Visiting Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UW-Madison, discusses black carbon “smoke” nanoparticles on the surface of ice sheets in Greenland. Edwards traversed the country on a solar-powered Inuit Windsled, taking samples of the black carbon left behind from fires and fossil-fuel combustion.

Aired 10/25/2017 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Investigating Smoke on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Special | 58m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Ross Edwards, Visiting Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UW-Madison, discusses black carbon “smoke” nanoparticles on the surface of ice sheets in Greenland. Edwards traversed the country on a solar-powered Inuit Windsled, taking samples of the black carbon left behind from fires and fossil-fuel combustion.

Aired 10/25/2017 | Rating TV-G

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