Scientists in the Antarctic have successfully extracted the world's oldest ice—drilling down 1.7 miles for ice samples a million years old.
Ice core analysis from Greenland reveals volcanic upheaval that coincides with the creation of mysterious "sunstones" in ...
Greenland, a vast but sparsely populated Arctic island, has been transformed by the climate crisis in recent decades.
The synchronization of data from two natural climate archives -- a speleothem from the Herbstlabyrinth Cave in Hesse (Germany) and ice cores from Greenland -- offers new insights into the chronology ...
During an April 2024 flyover of Greenland, NASA researchers made a startling discovery—a vast network of tunnels hidden beneath a hundred feet of ice. At first, they had no idea what they were seeing.
Will Hutchison, the lead author from the University of St Andrews, called it a "genuine eureka moment" when their team ...
Ancient forest preserved under ice on the Beartooth Plateau provides a rare look into how warming climates could reshape ...
The National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility, which opened in 1993 in Lakewood, Colorado, houses thousands of meters of ...
Ancient forest preserved under ice on the Beartooth Plateau provides a rare look into how warming climates could reshape alpine ecosystems.
By SETH BORENSTEIN Remote, icy and mostly pristine, Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by ...