US EditionFrom Antarctica to Brussels, Hunting Climate Clues in Old Ice
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, JUL 18 – Analysis of ice cores will extend climate and atmospheric records beyond 1.5 million years to improve understanding of past climate cycles and future greenhouse gas impacts.
- This month, the consignment arrived at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, and scientists hope it will reveal past climate shifts.
- With EU funding, the Oldest Ice endeavour unites researchers from 10 European countries and 12 institutions.
- At Little Dome C on the East Antarctic Plateau, the ice cores contain air bubbles that capture past atmospheric conditions and temperatures.
- This summer, analysis plans were outlined, and the samples will be analysed by laboratories across Europe over the next few years to understand Earth's climate evolution and greenhouse gas concentrations.
- According to Dr Liz Thomas, this unprecedented ice core dataset will provide vital insights into CO2–climate links, offering valuable context for predicting future climate change.
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Antarctica's oldest ice arrives in UK for analysis on climate shifts
The ancient ice, which could be some 1.5 million years old, was retrieved from depths of up to 2,800 metres and will be analysed by experts at the British Antarctic Survey.
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From Antarctica to Brussels, hunting climate clues in old ice
In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of thousands of years old in search of clues to our planet's changing climate.
Brussels - In a small refrigerated room at the University of Brussels, parka scientists cut tens of thousands of years old Antarctic ice cores, the first step of a long track to decipher global warming. At the heart of these ice cylinders, tiny air bubbles offer a snapshot of the Earth's atmosphere as it was at that time. Analyzing "the climates of the past" allows us to understand what "may happen in the future" on the planet, explains Harry Ze…
At the heart of a Brussels laboratory, scientists analyse ice cores from Antarctica, a true archive of past climates. In a room kept at low temperatures at the University of Brussels, researchers dressed in insulating combinations carefully manipulate samples of ice from several millennia old. These translucent cylinders, extracted from the depths of Antarctica, have been shown to be the first to [...] Article Belgian researchers track the secre…
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