Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

The Ice Age was a hard period in Earth's history, but ancient humans were quite the hardy bunch. They managed survive and ...

A core of ice extracted from Antarctica had literally frozen in time the climate of the planet going back nearly 70,000 years.

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest ... “It was exciting to see the ice age as we drilled deeper, and especially when we knew we were drilling ice older than the EPICA ...

Scientists have returned to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim is to drill an ...

Antarctica holds 90% of the world’s fresh water and God help us, if it melts], whales will be swimming in the streets of New York — Jacques Yves Cousteau ...

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Antarctica's ice sheet was much thicker during the last ice age, and it is possible that the same process of unloading and expansion of magma and gas may have contributed to past eruptions.

Suspended inside the ice are ancient air bubbles which scientists hope will help solve an enduring mystery about our planet's climate history. The European scientists worked over four Antarctic ...

Historical evidence indicates that similar processes may have occurred during the last ice age when Antarctica’s ice sheet was much thicker. While the study emphasizes the slow pace of these ...

Isotope analysis gave the ice's age as at least 1.2 million years old ... funded Beyond EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) with support from nations across the continent.