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

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 ...

Inside the drilling tent at Skytrain Ice Rise, engineers and scientists separating the inner barrel of the drill from the outer barrel between drilling runs. Ice cores provide first documentation ...

The oldest ice ever extracted from Antarctica is on its way to Europe, marking a major milestone in climate science. The ice ...

Armed with drills, scientists have trekked to the ... With a traditional [continuous] ice core, all the jigsaw pieces are exactly in the right spot," said Christo Buizert, leader of the COLDEX ...

Using the drill, the team obtained multiple ice core samples and a 0.48-meter rock sample, creating the Ice Underlying Rock Hole No 2. During the 41st expedition, the joint research team returned ...

Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic An international team of scientists announced Thursday they've successfully drilled one of the oldest ice ...

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