This ancient Antarctic ice reveals 50,000 years of vital climate change history
Antarctic ice is helping scientists to understand how the climate has changed in the last 50,000 years.
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Antarctic ice is helping scientists to understand how the climate has changed in the last 50,000 years.
The Laura Bassi vessel reached a point with the coordinates of 78° 44.280 S in the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea
Scientists have returned to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim is to drill an ice core to capture 1.5 million years of Earth’s climate history. The project, Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice, will answer important questions about big shifts in the past record of Earth’s climate.
Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding have affected 5 million people this year in 19 countries across West and Central Africa, according to a recent U.N. World Food Program situation report.
Researchers uncovered the Oldest existing sediment cores, which may include specimens dating back 5 million years.