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Edwin Waddington is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, specializing in geophysics and the interpretation of paleoclimate records using polar ice cores. His research focuses on understanding ice dynamics in Greenland, Alaska, Antarctica, and Mars, where he collaborates with students to measure surface velocities and strain rates of ice sheets through various methods, including GPS technology. Waddington employs ice-penetrating radar to identify layering within the ice and to analyze how ice is distributed below the surface, reflecting each ice sheet's unique historical context. By integrating collected data with computational models, he aims to derive ice flow patterns and reconstruct climate conditions from hundreds of thousands of years ago.
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