Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project

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The Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project is an international scientific initiative that drills and analyzes ice cores from Roosevelt Island in Antarctica to reconstruct past climate and ice-sheet behavior.

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instanceOf Antarctic research program
ice core drilling project
paleoclimate study
scientific research project
aimsTo improve understanding of West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability
provide data for climate models
reconstruct past climate
reconstruct past ice-sheet behavior
analyzes aerosol and dust content in ice cores
greenhouse gas concentrations in ice cores
ice core stratigraphy
stable water isotopes
conductsResearchAt Roosevelt Island
conductsResearchOnContinent Antarctica
contributesTo reconstruction of Holocene climate in Antarctica
understanding of ice divide evolution
dataUsedFor assessment of future sea-level rise scenarios
climate model validation
ice-sheet model validation
focusesOn West Antarctic Ice Sheet
marine-based ice-sheet margins
hasAcronym RICE
hasFullName Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution project
hasPrimaryArchive Roosevelt Island ice core
hasResearchField climate science
cryosphere research
glaciology
paleoclimatology
hasStudyRegion Ross Ice Shelf sector
linked to: Ross Ice Shelf

Ross Sea region
linked to: Ross Sea
investigates atmospheric circulation changes over Antarctica
grounding-line stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
regional climate variability in the Ross Sea sector
involves international collaboration
isInternational true
providesInformationOn ice-sheet response to climate change
past sea-level contributions from Antarctica
relatedTo Antarctic ice core projects
climate evolution studies
studies Antarctic climate history
ice-sheet dynamics
ice-sheet stability
past climate variability
typeOfCore deep ice core
usesMethod ice core analysis
ice core drilling

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Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) hostsProject Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project
Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project hasFullName Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution project
linked to: Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project
Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project hasPrimaryArchive Roosevelt Island ice core
linked to: Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project