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Scientists Have Found Some Truly Ancient Ice, But Now They Want Ice That’s Even Older – WRVO Public Media
The oldest ice on Earth probably is hiding somewhere in Antarctica, because this frozen continent holds ice that's hundreds of thousands and even
The oldest ice on Earth probably is hiding somewhere in Antarctica, because this frozen continent holds ice that’s hundreds of thousands and even millions of years old. Scientists are hoping to find it.
But even the scientists hunting for old ice aren’t sure how long the very oldest ice might have stuck around, says John Higgins, a geochemist at Princeton University.
“Would I be surprised at this point if we had 5-million-year-old ice?” asks Higgins. “I mean, I’d be surprised, but not it’s not unfathomable.”
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