Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic
An international team of scientists say they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice that's at least 1.2 million years old.
Scientists Drill 1.7 Miles Into Antarctic Ice, Revealing 1.2 Million Years of Climate History
Scientists have drilled 1.7 miles deep into Antarctica, pulling up an ice core sample that dates back at least 1.2 million years. They expect the sample to offer new insights into the evolution of Earth’s climate and atmosphere throughout history.
Antarctica: Historic drilling campaign reaches more than 1.2-million-year-old ice
The fourth Antarctic campaign of the “Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice” project, funded by the European Commission, has achieved a historic milestone for climate science. An international team of scientists successfully drilled a 2,
Scientists Drill 1.2 Million-Year-Old Ice Core From Antarctic Bedrock
By drilling 1.7 miles beneath the icy surface, the team has pulled a 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic bedrock. The gases trapped in the core are expected to yield "high-resolution" insights into Earth's climate history.
Frozen Time Capsule: Scientists Unearth 1.2-Million-Year-Old Ice in Antarctica
In a remarkable scientific achievement, researchers from the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project have successfully drilled a 2,800-meter (9,186-foot) long ice core from the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica.
Antarctic scientists drill 2 miles down to reach 1.2 million-year-old ice
An international team of scientists say they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice that's at least 1.2 million years old.
Massive ice core is a ‘time machine’ that could help solve an ancient climate mystery, scientists say
Air bubbles within a deep ice core drilled in Antarctica could reveal why Earth suddenly began to experience longer ice ages ...
Scientists just excavated an unprecedented specimen from Antarctica
Scientists in Antarctica successfully drilled thousands of feet beneath the surface and excavated an unprecedented ice core ...
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 ...
Predicting The Climate Of The Future With The Oldest Ice On Earth
An international research team has extracted what it claims is the world's oldest ice sample from deep within Antarctica.
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Antarctic Ice Drilling Achieves Continuous Climate Record Spanning 1.2 Million Years
An international team of researchers from twelve institutions across ten European countries has achieved an unprecedented ...
Million year-old bubbles could solve ice age mystery
What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica.
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Ice core reaches back more than a million years
An international team of scientists successfully drilled a nearly 2-mile-deep ice core, reaching the bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. These ice samples are expected to unveil, for the first ...