Layers of sediment from the bottom of Lake Junín, at an elevation of 13,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes, hold the record of climate change as far back as 200,000 years. In the summer of 2015, Don Rodbell, professor of geology at Union College, led an international team of 30 paleoclimatologists and students who set out to answer some urgent questions about Earth’s climate history.
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Monday, July 27, 2015 -- The road to the Andes
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 -- A 'day off'
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 -- The launch