Inside a huge walk-in freezer in suburban Denver, a college student in a thick parka shoots a jolt of electricity through a yard-long column of ice extracted from Antarctica. Just outside the freezer, ...

Antarctic ice holds clues to earth's changing climate - Copyright AFP Nicolas TUCAT Antarctic ice holds clues to earth's changing climate - Copyright AFP Nicolas ...

Million-year-old air preserved in ancient ice holds clues to a mystery that has stumped scientists for decades: Why did the ice ages that once transformed Earth every 40,000 years begin to occur less ...

If it were to melt completely, the vast West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) holds enough ice to raise the global sea levels by 4 to 5 meters (13 to 16 feet). The WAIS abuts the Ross Ice Shelf, the world's ...

Glaciers held the narratives of a time before us as they accumulated. However, the transition in climate destroyed this evidence. A new study employed the study of an Alpine ice core to record the ...

More than a century ago, explorers from several countries raced to reach the globe’s southernmost point, driven by fierce international rivalries. Now, a new race is under way in Antarctica, this time ...

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