January 10, 2025|
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|11 months agoSwiss Scientists Extract World's Oldest Ice Core
University of Bern researchers recover 1.2-million-year-old Antarctic ice core, marking breakthrough for climate research.
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- University of Bern researchers have recovered the oldest ice core from Antarctica
- The ice core is 2.8 kilometers long
- The ice core contains climate records dating back 1.2 million years
- Previous longest continuous ice core dated back 800,000 years
By The Numbers
2.8
kilometers of ice core length
13,000
years compressed per meter of ice
2,480
meters of high-resolution climate record
They Said
"historic milestone for climate research"
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Historic Breakthrough
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