🎶 Baby, it’s cold inside… ❄️ The USGS houses and operates the U.S. National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF) located in Denver, Colorado, where scientists work in temperatures far below freezing to protect some of Earth’s most valuable climate records. The facility’s main job is to safely store and care for ice cores, which are long cylinders of ice collected mainly by NSF-funded projects. Scientists can study these frozen “time capsules” here without traveling to remote locations. The main archive freezer is about 55,000 cubic feet and kept at a frosty -36°C. An adjacent 12,000-cubic-foot room at -24°C gives scientists space for close-up ice core examination. By analyzing ice cores, scientists can reconstruct past climates and better understand how the Earth’s climate is changing today. Science has never been cooler 🥶 Learn how to request samples, view the inventory, and visit the facility by clicking the link in today's story. 📷1: All bundled up and ready to e...