The European team spent four years drilling at the remote Little Dome C site, located on the Antarctic plateau in the eastern part of the continent at an altitude of nearly 3,200 meters. According to ...

Scientists drilled a 2-mile-deep ice core in Antarctica, allowing them to peer back in time at Earth's climate over 1.2 ...

Scientists in the Antarctic have successfully extracted the world's oldest ice—drilling down 1.7 miles for ice samples a million years old.

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, stretching ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has achieved a historic milestone this week, by successfully drilling a 2800-metre-long ice core, consisting of ice from the ...

A team of scientists has uncovered a million-year-old ice core in Antarctica that could unlock critical climate history ...

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

An ice core was recently drilled out of the Antarctic continent and while it’s impressive in size, its scientific significance cannot be overstated. Experts say it could provide unprecedented climate ...

Antarctic scientists have extracted what is believed to be the world's oldest ice. The international team successfully ...

Parts of the oldest ice core ever recovered will arrive at the University of Bern from Antarctica in the middle of summer.

Antarctic scientists have extracted what is believed to be the world's oldest ice. The international team successfully drilled a 2.8-kilometer-long ice core, reaching the bedrock beneath the ...