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This week, uncover some of the oldest ice on Earth, follow a dinosaur highway, learn how Pluto sealed the capture of its moon Charon with a “kiss,” and more.
Australian scientists have started analysing the first batch of samples from the "Million Year Ice Core" project.
A unique ice core is currently being examined in the Alfred Wegener Institute's ice laboratory: the oldest continuous ice core that has ever been drilled on Earth. As part of the EU-funded Beyond ...
Analysis of ancient core samples from the bottom of a lagoon in the Northern Territory suggests future monsoons across ...
An international team of scientists recently recovered a 1.7-mile-long ice core with ice samples dating back 1.2 million years (and possibly) later—400,000 years older than previous samples ...
Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin and causing changes to its axis, new studies find. The shifts are causing feedback beneath the surface, impacting the planet's molten core.
The 2,800-meter ice core samples will be transported to Europe using specialized cold containers to maintain each core segment’s temperature. Once the core pieces reach their destinations, scientists ...
(CNN) — One of the best ways to assemble the puzzle pieces of Earth’s past is hiding deep beneath its white polar sheets: ice cores.
This week, uncover some of the oldest ice on Earth, follow a dinosaur highway, learn how Pluto sealed the capture of its moon Charon with a “kiss,” and more.