Air bubbles within a deep ice core drilled in Antarctica could reveal why Earth suddenly began to experience longer ice ages ...

An international team of scientists say they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 ...

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

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 ...

CP-144 Assaying of the historic diamond drill core has confirmed significant co-product credits consisting of gold, silver and molybdenum with the copper mineralization. Recent drilling confirms ...

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The same team previously drilled a core about 800,000 years old. Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth's atmosphere and climate have evolved. It should provide insight into how ...

An ice core drilled by a research team is displayed at Little Dome C field base in eastern Antarctica, during the cutting phase on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (PNRA/IPEV Beyond Epica via AP) ...

Sample assay results, reported herein, are from the seven underground drillholes completed on Level 448 at San Andres. All ...