In 1989 the Russian team drilled about 7.5 miles into the earth’s crust and believed they could reach even further by 1990 but they didn’t expect all of the heat!

Scientists took a 98-foot core sample from the bottom of the Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize to uncover patterns of tropical cyclones over the last 5,700 years. . | Credit: Schafer & Hill ...

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US and Cardiff University in the UK have drilled a three-quarter-mile (1.268 km) long core from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

An ice core was recently drilled out of the Antarctic continent and while it’s impressive in size, its scientific significance cannot be overstated. Experts say it could provide unprecedented ...

Hole MHB-32, the first of the five holes drilled, returned two significant copper-mineralized zones within a broader interval of 379.5 feet (115.7 metres) grading 0.33% Cu and 16.97 ppm Ag.

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 ...

The ice core analyzed in the study was drilled from Skytrain Ice Rise located at the edge of the ice sheet, near the point where the ice starts to float and become part of the Ronne Ice Shelf.

Big Sky Exploration, LLC ("Big Sky") of Eureka, Nevada, successfully completed drilling of Hole MHB-33 and mobilized the drill rig to a new pad where Hole MHB-34 has commenced drilling. MHB-33 was ...

An ice core drilled by a research team is displayed at Little Dome C field base in eastern Antarctica, during the cutting phase, Jan. 7, 2025. Researchers say studying ice cores are important ...