Ice core samples show West Antarctic ice sheet survived the last interglacial event
An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...
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Massive ice core is a ‘time machine’ that could help solve an ancient climate mystery, scientists say
The ice, some of the oldest drilled on Earth, could provide answers to the biggest remaining questions about how the planet’s climate has changed over time. “The air bubbles trapped within the ...
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Ice core may hold answers to mysteries of Earth’s past
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. One of the best ways to assemble the puzzle pieces of ...
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Record 2-Mile-Long Ice Core Represents 1.2 Million Years of Earth’s Climate History
The history of Earth’s climate is written within ice. Drilling vertically into ice and extracting a core is akin to measuring how old a tree is by counting a stump’s rings. But ice contains more ...