Tag: Beyond Epica

• Friday, February 10th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Drilling in Antarctica to find the Earth's oldest ice and 1,5 million years of climate history

  

  Scientists in East Antarctica drilling to find the Earth’s oldest ice have reached a key milestone after two months of fieldwork in sub-zero temperatures. The team is part of Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice, an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim is to drill an ice core to capture 1.5 million years of climate history.

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Ice core drilling in Antarctica to discover environment evolution over the last 1,5 million years

  

  The first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice has been successfully completed at the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica – one of the most extreme places on Earth. By analyzing a deep ice core extracted from the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists aim to find out information on the evolution of the temperatures, the composition of the atmosphere, and on the carbon cycle over the last 1.5 million years.