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Air bubbles within a deep ice core drilled in Antarctica could reveal why Earth suddenly began to experience longer ice ages ...

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.

“We have a strong indication that the uppermost 2,480 meters contain a climate record that goes back to 1.2 million years in ...

Researchers say a collected sample is the longest continuous record of Earth’s past climate from an ice core Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Scientists have drilled 1.7 miles deep into Antarctica ...

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.

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, stretching back more than a million years.

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