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QRC 50th Anniversary Photo Competition Winners
Congratulations to our 50th Anniversary Photo Competition Winners!
First Place: Steve Warren
Description: Seawater freezes to the base of the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, forming clear “marine ice”. The marine ice becomes exposed to view when an iceberg capsizes.
QRC's 50th Anniversary Speaker Series | Oct 4 - Jan 27
Celebrating 50 years of UW’s Quaternary Research Center!
The QRC is hosting talks by scholars at the cutting edge of Quaternary Research to celebrate Quaternary Pasts and Futures: A multidisciplinary series on the Earth an its inhabitants over the past 2 million years.
QRC Members Shares Research Experience in Mongolian Glaciers with UW News
QRC member, Bataa Jigjidsurengiin, was recently featured in the UW News on his research on the glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Read the original article here or pasted below.
March 6, 2018
Glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert actually shrank during the last ice age
by Hannah Hickey
The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice sheets expanded around the planet.