An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

“We have a strong indication that the uppermost 2,480 meters contain a climate record that goes back to 1.2 million years in a high-resolution record where up to 13,000 years are compressed into one ...

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An international team of scientists have drilled nearly two miles down into the Antarctic bedrock, extracting an ice core sample that's estimated to be at least 1.2 million years old, they ...

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The extracted ice core harbors data such as historical atmospheric temperatures, as well as incredibly preserved samples of air – and the greenhouse gases within it – spanning thousands of years.

ice core from Antarctica that's nearly as long as 25 soccer fields end-to-end. - PNRA/IPEV A research team has collected what may be among the oldest ice samples on Earth. The team, with members from ...

ice core from the Antarctic ice sheet. The sample extended so deep that scientists reached the bedrock beneath it. The ice core spans at least 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history.