Scientists have drilled 1.7 miles deep into Antarctica, pulling up an ice core sample that dates back at least 1.2 million years. They expect the sample to offer new insights into the evolution of ...

A camera dropped 305 feet through a hole in the ice in Antarctica has revealed remarkable insights into the continent’s geological past. This unusual experiment, conducted by researchers exploring the ...

Humans have been recording the weather for thousands of years. Antarctic ice, however, has been at it for over a million. An international team of scientists has extracted a 1.74-mile-long (2.8 ...

Researchers from Europe have spent more than 200 days braving sub-zero temperatures at a drilling site near Antarctica's Concordia Research Station. This month, they finally saw the fruit of their ...

Frozen deep beneath Antarctica and Greenland lies something remarkable. Tiny bubbles of ancient air, locked away in ice for hundreds of thousands of years, hold secrets about our planet's past.

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they have successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least ...

People walk through an ice core storage cave at Little Dome C field base on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in in eastern Antarctica. (PNRA/IPEV Beyond Epica via AP) (AP) — An international team of scientists ...