Oldest Air Ever Measured Found in Ice From 6 Million Years Ago

Oldest Air Ever Measured Found in Ice From 6 Million Years Ago

Ice excavated from deep under the surface of Antarctica has just yielded humanity's oldest directly dated samples of glacial ice and air ever found.

Oldest ice ever found holds a 6-million-year record of Earth's climate

Scientists found six-million-year-old ice in Antarctica, unlocking the planet’s oldest samples and evidence of dramatic long-term cooling.

Ancient Antarctic ice reveals six million years of Earth’s climate history

At the edge of East Antarctica, where the wind howls through a white emptiness and the air bites harder than steel, scientists uncovered something so old it makes even time feel young. Beneath that endless blue lies ice, and the air inside it that hasn’t seen daylight for six million years. Each bubble in that ice holds a breath from a vanished world. And when you think about it, really think about it, that’s almost spiritual. You’re holding air…

Six-Million-Year-Old Ice Discovered In Antarctica Offers Unprecedented Glimpse Into A Warmer Earth

In a groundbreaking discovery, U.S. scientists have uncovered the oldest directly dated ice and air ever found on Earth in the Allan Hills region of East Antarctica — ice that dates back six million years. The finding provides an extraordinary window into a time when the planet was significantly warmer and sea levels were far higher than today. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was led by Sarah S…