Nature 313, 535 - 540 (14 February 1985); doi:10.1038/313535a0

The record of global pollution in polar snow and ice

Eric W. Wolff & David A. Peel

British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK

Many attempts have been made to trace increases in global pollution from the record of impurities preserved in polar snow and ice layers. Although inadequate sampling and analysis techniques have hampered some of the studies, others have improved uniquely our understanding of the history of changes in airborne pollution.

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