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 ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more than 200 days, drilling into the ice and processing the ice core at a remote ...

As part of the European-funded Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, the team successfully concluded a decisive drilling campaign, reaching the depth of 2,800 meters—where the Antarctic ice sheet ...

Researchers collected the core during the fourth campaign of the Beyond EPICA — Oldest Ice project, funded by the European Commission. The campaign took place over the most recent Antarctic ...

The project was announced this week as part of ... This research aims to bridge that gap by examining Antarctic species, such as the fish Harpagifer antarcticus, using specially adapted imaging ...

A historic ice core recently drilled from deep beneath the Antarctic surface by the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project. Credit: Scoto © / PNRA / IPEV At an extremely ...

The European Union funded Beyond EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) with support from nations across the continent. Italy is coordinating the project. The announcement was ...

SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zheng Di, member, China's 41st Antarctic Expedition team; Antarctic project manager, China Railway Construction Group (starting with shot 4): "The cable tray is a key task ...

At 1.2-million-years-old, a newly uncovered Antarctic ice core represents the ... from the European Union-funded Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice project braved temperatures of -31 degrees Fahrenheit ...

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