Ice core samples show West Antarctic ice sheet survived the last interglacial event
An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...
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Antarctic ice sheet may be less vulnerable to collapse than expected
The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...
Antarctic Ice Core Unlocks 1.2 Million Years of Unbroken Climate History, Setting New Record
Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more than 200 days, drilling into the ice and processing the ice core at a remote ...
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Massive ice core is a ‘time machine’ that could help solve an ancient climate mystery, scientists say
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Scientists Baffled After Recovering 1.7-Mile-Long Ice Samples Dating Back 1.2 Million Years, Call It a ‘Time Machine’
Scientists Baffled After Recovering 1.7-Mile-Long Ice Samples Dating Back 1.2 Million Years, Call It a ‘Time Machine’ ...
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Antarctica historic milestone, successful drilling of a 2.800 meters long ice core, more than 1.2 million years old
The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has achieved a historic milestone this week, by successfully drilling a 2800-metre-long ice core, consisting of ice from the ...
Scientists Used a 1.7-Mile-Long ‘Time Machine’ to See Into Earth’s Climate Past
“We have a strong indication that the uppermost 2,480 meters contain a climate record that goes back to 1.2 million years in ...
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Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic
An ice core drilled by a research team is displayed at Little Dome C field base in eastern Antarctica, during the cutting phase on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (PNRA/IPEV Beyond Epica via AP) An ...
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'Time machine' ice core discovery in Antarctica may unlock mysteries of climate change
A research team has drilled into Antarctica and uncovered a 9,186-foot-long ice core dating back 1.2 million years. The core holds several secrets about the Earth's climate. According to Carlo ...
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Scientists just excavated an unprecedented specimen from Antarctica
A historic ice core recently drilled from deep beneath the Antarctic surface by the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project. Credit: Scoto © / PNRA / IPEV At an extremely ...
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1.2-million-year-old ice pulled up from under Antarctica
At 1.2-million-years-old, a newly uncovered Antarctic ice core represents the oldest known ice on the planet. The 1.7 mile-long ice core was recovered from over 9,000 feet (2,800 meters ...
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Ice core may hold answers to mysteries of Earth’s past
The team, with members from 12 European scientific institutions, drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800-meter) ice core from the Antarctic ice sheet. The sample extended so deep that ...