The drilling was completed earlier this month at a location called Little Dome C near the Concordia Research Station in southeastern Antarctica. An international team of scientists representing 10 ...

By analyzing a deep ice core extracted from the Antarctic ice sheet ... area of 10 km2 located 34 km from the Italian-French Concordia Station”. The campaign is an unprecedented effort in ...

located 35 km from the Italian-French Concordia Station — one of the most extreme places on Earth. By analyzing the ice cores extracted from the deep ice in Antarctica, the project will collect ...

Researchers from Europe have spent more than 200 days braving sub-zero temperatures at a drilling site near Antarctica's Concordia Research Station. This month, they finally saw the fruit of their ...

A roundup of Antarctic activities includes the French-Italian Concordia research station. Occupants are subjected to near-complete seclusion from the world, and under hostile conditions.

Analysis of the ice should provide insight into how Ice Age cycles have changed, and may help in understanding how atmospheric carbon changed climate, scientists say ...

Three kilometers above sea level at the bottom of the world is a near-unbearably cold desert. The icy landscape is featureless and flat; useful in the height of summer when the mercury climbs to ...

Three kilometers above sea level at the bottom of the world is a near-unbearably cold desert. The icy landscape is featureless and flat; useful in the height of summer when the mercury climbs to ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at ...

Three kilometers above sea level at the bottom of the world is a near-unbearably cold desert. The icy landscape is featureless and flat; useful in the height of summer when the mercury climbs to ...