Scientists Recover Ice Dating Back Over a Million Years

Blue iceberg and ice floe in Antarctica

Some of the world’s oldest ice ever recovered from Antarctica has arrived in the United Kingdom for climate analysis.

Scientists aim to unlock insights into Earth’s climate evolution, focusing on greenhouse gas concentrations, atmospheric temperatures, wind patterns, and sea ice extent…

A key objective is to understand why Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles shifted from 41,000 to 100,000 years about 1 million years ago.

This gives scientists context for predicting future climate responses to rising greenhouse gas levels…

Source: ABC News

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