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Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic

Headline from KVUE, from the development of Jan 9, 2025

Newest development Jan 10, 2025 · 2 reportsScientists pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic bedrock

The same team previously drilled a core about 800,000 years old.

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    Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic

    Headline from KVUE ·

  2. Newest

    Scientists pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic bedrock

    Headline from Anchorage Daily News ·

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  1. KVUE

    Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic (opens KVUE)

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    KVUE's feed description

    The same team previously drilled a core about 800,000 years old.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Antarctic scientists drill 2 miles down to reach 1.2 million-year-old ice (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    An international team of scientists say they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice that's at least 1.2 million years old.

  3. Newsweek

    Scientists unearth 1.2 million-year-old ice core in Antarctic bedrock (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Scientists have drilled a deep hole in the Antarctic bedrock that may hold information that dates back more than a million years.

  4. Gizmodo

    Antarctic Ice Core Unlocks 1.2 Million Years of Unbroken Climate History, Setting New Record (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    The achievement represents the longest continuous record of Earth’s climate from an ice core.

  5. The World from PRX

    Ice core tells the story of more than a million years of Earth's history (opens The World from PRX)

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    The World from PRX's feed description

    An international team of scientists successfully drilled a nearly 2-mile-deep ice core, reaching the bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. These ice samples are expected to unveil, for the first time, critical details about Earth’s climate and atmospheric history, showing a continuous record of t…

  6. Anchorage Daily News

    Scientists pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic bedrock (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Analysis of the ancient ice should provide a record of changes in Earth’s atmosphere and climate.

  7. WMUR

    An international team of scientists say they've successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice that's at least 1.2 million years old (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    An international team of scientists say they've successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice that's at least 1.2 million years old

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