Scientists in the Antarctic have successfully extracted the world's oldest ice—drilling down 1.7 miles for ice samples a ...

above sea level, presenting numerous challenges. The team had to work to prevent drill failures and ensure that the electromechanical core drill was progressing through the ice layers. Each meter ...

While sea ice did form in McMurdo Sound in the following ... Scientists are preparing to drill into the rock of an Icelandic volcano to learn more about how volcanoes behave.

More than two hundred days of successful drilling and ice core processing operations occurred ... 3,200 metres (around 10,500 feet) above sea level, and an average summer temperature of -35 ...

Multiple cold seeps have been identified in the South China Sea and were first found in the ... During gas hydrate drilling expeditions to two of these seeps, researchers collected “long ...

As part of the European-funded Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, the team successfully concluded a decisive drilling campaign ... of 3,200 meters above sea level and with an average summer ...

Sea ice classification is crucial for understanding and monitoring the Arctic and Antarctic environments, particularly as climate change continues to impact these regions. Synthetic Aperture Radar ...

Even though it is almost summer in Antarctica in early December, at 3,200 meters above sea ... to drill down thousands of meters to extract and analyze samples of the Earth's oldest ice and ...

Deep below the surface of the South China Sea, an undiscovered species sat in ... During gas hydrate drilling expeditions to two of these seeps, researchers collected “long drilling core(s ...