In an exciting development for climate science, researchers have extracted an Arctic ice core containing an astonishing 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history. The discovery, reported by the ...
The storing of the very first heritage cores in Antarctica marks a pivotal moment for the Ice Memory project launched in 2015 by CNRS, IRD, the University of Grenoble-Alpes (France), CNR, Ca' Foscari ...
Scientists reached Antarctic bedrock after drilling 1.7 miles through more than a million years of ice deposits on the white continent. “The objectives of this campaign present unprecedented ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice cave and cores storage at the Concordia Station in Antarctica. (© Gaetano MaccrÌ-PNRA-IPEV) Designed to protect ice cores from ...
Antarctica's ice cores are like frozen diaries of Earth's past, preserving ancient air and climate clues. Most continuous records go back about 800,000 years. But in a region called the Allan Hills, a ...
ROME (AP) — Scientists in Antarctica on Wednesday inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores, preserving the history of the Earth’s atmosphere in a frozen vault for future ...
On a high, wind-scoured plateau of Antarctica, scientists have carved a small frozen vault into the ice and begun filling it with cylinders of ancient snow. Each core is a time capsule, holding ...
1. Introduction -- 2. Antarctic blue ice areas (BIAs) -- 2.1. Definition -- 2.2. Geographical distribution -- 2.3. Ice flow -- 2.4. Meteorology -- 2.5. Surface characteristics -- 2.6. Classification ...
"Ice cores are like time machines that let scientists take a look at what our planet was like in the past," explained Shackleton, who has worked on several Antarctic drilling expeditions. "The Allan ...
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples from glaciers rescued worldwide are now beginning to be stored there for ...
Emeritus Professor of Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples ...