An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.