Oldest Unbroken Record of Earth's Climate Pulled From Antarctic Ice ...
2 days ago · 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. Laid horizontally, the entire ice core's 2,800-meter (9,186-foot) length could extend across San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, and then some.
Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice ...
6 days ago · 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 say is at least 1.2 million years old. Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth’s atmosphere and climate have evolved. That ...
Antarctic ice core could help solve an ancient climate mystery
5 days ago · The sample extended so deep that it reached the bedrock beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The core, nearly as long as 25 soccer fields end to end or six and a half times taller than the Empire ...
Ice core may hold answers to mysteries of Earth’s past
3 days ago · The team, with members from 12 European scientific institutions, drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800-meter) ice core from the Antarctic ice sheet. The sample extended so deep that ...
Historic drilling project finds ice over 1.2 million years old
9 January, 2025 News stories 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 Antarctic ice sheet which is more than 1.2 million years old.. Funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the CNR (National ...
Antarctic Ice Core Unlocks 1.2 Million Years of Unbroken
6 days ago · An international team of scientists has extracted a 1.74-mile-long (2.8 kilometers) ice core in Antarctica, hitting the frozen continent’s bedrock. The core represents a chronological register ...
Record-shattering 2.7-million-year-old ice core reveals start
Aug 15, 2017 · Scientists announced today that a core drilled in Antarctica has yielded 2.7-million-year-old ice, an astonishing find 1.7 million years older than the previous record-holder.
Scientists drill nearly 2 miles to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core ...
6 days ago · 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 ...
Scientists Drill 1.7 Miles Into Antarctic Ice, Revealing 1.2 Million ...
5 days ago · Scientists have drilled 1.7 miles deep into Antarctica, pulling up an ice core sample that dates back at least 1.2 million years. They expect the sample to offer new insights into the evolution of ...
Million year ice core – Australian Antarctic Program
The Australian Antarctic Division is gearing up to lead one of the most ambitious and challenging scientific projects yet undertaken in Antarctica – the quest to drill an ice core containing a million-year record of Earth’s climate and atmospheric composition.