Scientists to take 1.5m-year-old ice samples for climate research
by Rupali Dabas from on (#4C2TR)
East Antarctica drilling project will give snapshot of Earth's atmosphere and climate
Scientists are planning to extract ice samples from more than 1.5m years ago in a bid to discover more about our ancient climate - and hopefully learn more about our future climate.
The Beyond Epica project plans to extract samples from the bottom of a 2.75km-thick ice sheet in East Antarctica. The ice cores will be the oldest ever drilled for.
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