Facility Holding Ice Core Samples Collected By Canadian Scientists Over 40 Yrs. To Shut Down

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A one-of-a-kind archive of ancient Canadian ice cores, collected over 40 years by federal scientists as evidence of climate change and pollution trends, is scheduled for "shutdown" within months because of "strategic budget compressions" at Natural Resources Canada, Postmedia News has learned.

The plan to put the ice archive on ice, and the "radical downsizing" of an associated Geological Survey of Canada research lab, are revealed in a message issued to fellow scientists last week by federal glaciologist Christian Zdanowicz, who has appealed to universities or other scientific bodies to consider taking over management of the targeted research resource. The GSC ice-core collection consists of hundreds of metres of cylindrical shafts of ice gathered from High Arctic glaciers and frozen mountaintops, including Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, as well as Ellesmere, Baffin and Devon islands.

"Before we proceed with destroying the collection," says Zdanowicz's email missive, "we wish to ensure that the core holdings be made available to researchers with an interest in using them for climate and atmospheric studies."

But a senior Natural Resources Canada official strongly disputes Zdanowicz's interpretation of the collection's fate, insisting that it will neither be destroyed nor given away. David Scott, manager of the GSC's northern research branch, acknowledged that the department — facing "hard choices" and limited resources — is ending its use of the ice cores for the kind of climate-focused research conducted during the last several decades.

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http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Budget%20cuts%20archive/5396714/story.html

[Fumesucker]

1. I have to give the Canuckistanis points for their use of language..

I haven't heard "strategic budget compressions" before..

"Hard choices" on the other hand is passe, a tired and thoroughly used up cliche so a couple of demerits for that bit of hackery.

[kenny blankenship]

2. "Head Shot"

Conservatives just destroy facts they don't like.

[n2doc]

3. Destroy the past, control the future. n/t

[Nihil]

6. Isn't that the truth though ...?

You just know that the deniers will be celebrating like there was
no tomorrow ... oh, wait ...

[GliderGuider]

4. Jesus I'm embarrassed by my government! /nt

[applegrove]

5. Me too.