Record-Breaking Antarctic Ice Core Unlocks 1.2 Million Years of Earth’s Climate History

Representing the longest continuous record of the Earth’s climate, the giant ice core may soon unlock some much-wanted data into Earth's climate history.

Scientists drilled into Antarctica and uncovered Earth’s oldest known air, which is rewriting climate history

Scientists are drilling deep into East Antarctica for ancient ice. This ice holds air bubbles from Earth's past. The Beyond EPICA project aims to retrieve ice cores up to 1.5 million years old. This ...