Findings Reporting
Thompson and his colleagues published a study based on their analysis of the samples two years after they were obtained. “Kilimanjaro Ice Core Records: Evidence of Holocene Climate Change in Tropical Africa,” the article was titled. As the title suggests, the scientists traveled to Kilimanjaro to investigate the impact of climate change on the ice fields. However, they discovered something far more intriguing that linked science and religion.
Radioactive Substances
Thompson and his colleagues' dating procedures were nothing short of astounding. The scientists discovered a chemical marker in the ice—a spike of the isotope chlorine-36—a radioactive relic of an early 1950s nuclear bomb test! And, once the radioactive material was discovered in the ice cores, the scientists were able to better explore the ice cylinders' unique history.