Indeed, the oldest directly dated ice ever retrieved from Earth has been pulled from the frozen expanse of East Antarctica, ...

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A 5-mile-long stretch draped across the South Pole recently caught the attention of scientists. Accommodating nearly 30 million cubic kilometers of ice and almost 60% of Earth’s fresh water, this ...

A team of U.S. researchers uncovered the world’s oldest directly dated ice and air trapped deep within the Allan Hills region ...

The Southern Ocean absorbs nearly half of all ocean-stored human CO2, but its future role is uncertain. Despite models predicting a decline, researchers found that freshening surface waters are ...

The ice cores were collected from East Antarctica's Dome C and are now being held in a freezer room at the British Antarctic Survey. IPEV Researchers in the United Kingdom plan to melt ancient ice ...