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Scientists drill deep into the earth's core to reveal secrets of ancient ice
the project to obtain the core. The latest drilling went 2.8 kilometers (about 1.7 miles) deep, with a team of 16 scientists and support personnel drilling each summer over four years in average ...
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Australian Antarctic Division starts pilot drill for world’s oldest ice core
Last week, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) began the pilot drill for the Million Year Ice Core Project (MYIC), a ...
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Massive ice core is a ‘time machine’ that could help solve an ancient climate mystery, scientists say
The team had to work to prevent drill failures and ensure that the electromechanical core drill was progressing through the ice layers. Each meter of ice can contain as many as 13,000 years of ...
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Antarctica historic milestone, successful drilling of a 2.800 meters long ice core, more than 1.2 million years old
The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has achieved a historic milestone this week, by successfully drilling a 2800-metre-long ice core, consisting of ice from the ...
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Ice core 2-miles-deep may expose the threat that almost wiped out our ancestors
The bottommost 688 feet (210 meters) of this core appear to hold exceptionally old and possibly deformed ice. The drilling team is eager to examine these compressed bands and understand how they ...
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Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic
Barbante also directs the Polar Science Institute at Italy's National Research Council.The same team previously drilled a core about 800,000 years old. The latest drilling went about 1.7 miles ...