US EditionThey Drilled Into Mont Blanc… and Uncovered a 12,000-Year-Old Climate Secret
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A treasure buried under the ice: discovery of a 12,000-year-old glacier heart in the Alps At the heart of the Alps, a scientific discovery upsets our understanding of the past climate. A 12 000-year-old glacial core, extracted recently, opens a fascinating window on the climatic and environmental conditions of the period. But what can this frozen vestige reveal about our past and, above all, about our climate future? This 40-metre-long ice core …
They Drilled Into Mont Blanc… and Uncovered a 12,000-Year-Old Climate Secret
An extraordinary ice core extracted from Mont Blanc has unveiled a continuous climate and atmospheric record dating back over 12,000 years, offering the oldest alpine ice ever studied in Western Europe. A Frozen Time Capsule Deep In The Alps Collected from Dôme du Goûter, a high-altitude glacier on the flanks of Mont Blanc, the 40-meter ice core contains a meticulously preserved sequence of aerosol particles, chemical traces, and pollen. These m…
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