By drilling 1.7 miles beneath the icy surface, the team has pulled a 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic bedrock.

People walk through an ice core storage cave at Little Dome C field base on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in in eastern Antarctica. ...

The research should provide insight into how ice age cycles have changed and help in understanding how atmospheric carbon ...

An international team of scientists announced yesterday they have successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2.8km to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least ...

Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough in Antarctic exploration, the international team announced on Thursday. The scientists drilled nearly 2 miles deep and uncovered an ice core that is at least 1.2 ...

Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth's atmosphere and climate have evolved. Scientists say it should ...

Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, receives the National Medal of Science from White ...

In our news wrap Thursday, Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested while leaving an anti-government protest in Caracas, Lebanon's parliament elected a new president, Gaza ...

The post makes multiple false statements about Antarctica, which does not consist of an "ice wall" that surrounds all seas. The continent has been extensively explored, including the area beyond ...