Polar scientists drill 2,000-year-old ice core

Polar scientists drill 2,000-year-old ice core
Sydney (AFP) May 08, 2014 - Polar scientists said Thursday they had successfully drilled a 2,000-year-old ice core in the heart of Antarctica in a bid to retrieve a frozen record of how the planet's climate has evolved. The Aurora Basin North project involves scientists from Australia, China, France, Denmark, Germany and the United States who hope it will also advance the search for the scientific "holy grail" of the m ... more

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