Antarctic Ice Core Provides Longest Continuous Record of Earth's Climate
A Europe-wide collaboration has extracted a 2.8-kilometre-deep ice core in Antarctica that reveals atmospheric conditions dating back 1.2 million years.
Record-Breaking Climate Data
A Europe-wide collaboration has unveiled the longest continuous record of Earth's climate and atmospheric conditions to date. The data were extracted from an ice core drilled to a depth of 2.8 kilometres in Antarctica.
This ice core provides a continuous record stretching back 1.2 million years. According to reports, this represents the longest continuous record of the Earth's climate ever obtained.
Scientific Significance
The extraction of the core allows researchers to access data regarding the planet's climate history that was previously unavailable. By analyzing the layers of ice, scientists can reconstruct atmospheric conditions and temperature fluctuations over a period exceeding one million years.
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- 1.Nature — Daily briefing: Ice core is the longest-ever continuous record of Earth’s climate
- 2.Gizmodo — Record-Breaking Antarctic Ice Core Unlocks 1.2 Million Years of Earth’s Climate History
- 3.Nature — Ice core reveals longest-ever continuous record of Earth’s climate
- 4.Zmescience — Earth’s Longest Ice Age May Have Repeatedly Thawed and Refrozen for 56 Million Years
- 5.Dailymail — UK Home | Daily Mail Online
- 6.Gizmodo — Antarctic Ice Core Unlocks 1.2 Million Years of Unbroken Climate History, Setting New Record
- 7.Dailypost — Daily Post Nigeria - Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers
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