Researchers led by Yuko Motizuki from the Astro-Glaciology Laboratory at the RIKEN Nishina Center in Japan have developed a new laser-based sampling system for studying the composition of ice cores ...

If you could look back in time, what would you search out? Would you head back to Ancient Egypt, visit the dinosaurs, step into Medieval times, or even the Stone Age? Think of all the unsolved ...

Researchers are looking into our planet’s past to understand its future. Just like archaeologists investigate layers of dirt for ancient artifacts, geologists analyze layers in cores—tube-shaped ...

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After years as a professional research assistant at INSTAAR’s stable isotope lab, Valerie Morris estimates she’s processed more than 10 kilometers of ice from around the world. “You’ve done more ice ...

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A mile-long ice sample extracted by the U.S. military while it was studying whether to arm Greenland with nuclear missiles is filled with perfectly preserved insects and plants from hundreds of ...

Have you heard about scientists who drill ice cores? Ice cores are samples taken from glaciers using special machines that go deep down into the glacier and take out solid tubes of ice and bring them ...

Ancient viruses preserved in glacial ice hold valuable information about changes in Earth’s climate, a new study suggests. For decades, the Guliya Glacier, located above 20,000 feet in the far ...

Researchers led by Yuko Motizuki from the Astro-Glaciology Laboratory at the RIKEN Nishina Center, in Japan, have developed a new laser-based sampling system for studying the composition of ice cores ...