Science
The Age Of Earth’s Oldest Ice Is a Mystery – NPR
Ice is usually emphemeral; it doesn’t last that long before melting. But some ice on our planet has stayed frozen for millions of years, according to scientists…
Preparing to drill Earth’s oldest ice cores. Image captures the inside of the Blue Ice Drill (BID) tent with drillers Tanner Kuhl (left) and Elizabeth Morton (right). Graduate students Austin Carter, Jacob Morgan, and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Sarah Shackleton in the background. Allan Hills, Antarctica, 2019.
John Higgins
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…
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