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 ...

The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim is to drill an ice core to capture 1.5 million years of Earth’s climate history. The project ...

Scientists extracted deep ice cores from Antarctica as part of the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, aiming to uncover Earth ...

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 project aims to drill a 2½-kilometer deep ice core through the large fast-flowing part of the ice sheet in northeast Greenland and gain new knowledge about how and how fast the ice is moving. This ...

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

Australian scientists have begun a new major ice core drilling project in Antarctica. They hope to search through more than a million years of climate history for clues about our planet's past and ...

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 ...