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

A team of scientists have drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they ...

Air bubbles within a deep ice core drilled in Antarctica could reveal why Earth suddenly began to experience longer ice ages ...

The latest drilling went 2.8 kilometers (about 1.7 ... Both Barbante and Scoto said that thanks to the analysis of the ice core of the previous Epica campaign they have assessed that ...

Drilling to retrieve a million-year-old ice core containing critical intel about the planet's climate has begun in earnest at ...

The latest drilling went 2.8 kilometers (about 1.7 ... Both Barbante and Scoto said that thanks to the analysis of the ice core of the previous Epica campaign they have assessed that ...

By drilling 1.7 miles beneath the icy surface, the team has pulled a 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic bedrock. The gases trapped in the core are expected to yield "high-resolution ...

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

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Last week, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) began the pilot drill for the Million Year Ice Core Project (MYIC), a ...