“Ice cores, which are long cylinders scientists extract from glaciers, ice sheets or ice caps, contain gas bubbles, pollen, dust particles, or chemical isotopes that give scientists clues about what Earth's temperature and atmosphere were like when the ice caps first formed.”

American environmental journalist and author

Tatiana Schlossberg is an American environmental journalist and author. She worked as a science and climate reporter for The New York Times and wrote for publications including The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and Bloomberg News. She is known for reporting on science and climate, and for her 2019 book, Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have. Her work focuses on environmental questions and the hidden effects of everyday consumption.