The ice cores — cylindrical tubes of ancient ice – were retrieved from depths of up to 2,800 metres at Little Dome C in East Antarctica.
The ice cores — cylindrical tubes of ancient ice – were retrieved from depths of up to 2,800 metres at Little Dome C in East Antarctica.
Extracted during the fourth drilling campaign of the project, these cores are expected to reveal a climate and atmospheric record stretching back more than 1.5 million years. Over the next few years, these samples will be meticulously analysed at laboratories across Europe, including at BAS, to unlock secrets about the Earth’s climate evolution and greenhouse gas concentrations.
Funded by the European Commission, Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice brings together researchers from 10 European countries and 12 institutions. The project’s ultimate aim is to reconstruct up to 1.5 million years of Earth’s climate history, significantly extending the current ice core record of 800,000 years.
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The Beyond EPICA cores were collected from Dome C in East Antarctica over several years. (Photo Credit: PNRA:IPEV)
