An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic did not melt during the last interglacial event, suggesting it could ...

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world's disappearing glaciers. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ice core sample from the European Alps has been the first to be dated to the last Ice Age, providing vital historical ...

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Drilling through nearly two miles of Antarctic ice is not something you do casually. It takes years of preparation, specialized equipment, and a tolerance for temperatures that would stop most field ...

The ice sample, retrieved in Antarctica, is the oldest on record—but this discovery may just be tip of the iceberg. Reading time 3 minutes Science likes to travel far in search of new phenomena, but ...

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A researcher at Japan’s Hokkaido University Institute of Low Temperature Science cuts a slice from an ice core sample taken from a glacier in the Pamir mountain ...