New ice core studies expand histories of greenhouse gases and ocean temperature to 3 million years

New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate ...
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Something Else Used to Drive Climate Changes, Ancient Ice Cores Reveal

A windy day at Allan Hills in December 2022. (Peter Neff/COLDEX) The rapid climate change we are experiencing today is mainly ...
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Ice core reveals low CO2 during warm spell 3 million years ago

For the first time, scientists have measured atmospheric gases from the late Pliocene, yielding data that could help to predict the future climate ...

Scientists Analyzed Air Bubbles Frozen in Ice. They’re Full of Warning Signs for Humanity.

While hydrogen itself doesn’t trap greenhouse gases, its interaction with other gases can indirectly heat the atmosphere 11 ...
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Alpine Ice Core Reveals Pre-Industrial Pollution from Roman Era to Early Modern Europe

The Weißseespitze glacier ice core analysis reveals long-term records of atmospheric pollution, emphasizing the impact of ...

A race against time to save Alpine ice cores that record medieval mining, fires, and volcanoes

Ice cores taken from glaciers reveal the air pollution of the past, using atmospheric particles incorporated in snow that ...
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Scientists find the first ice core from the European Alps that dates back to the last Ice Age

Glaciers hold layers of history preserved in ice, offering unique insights into Earth's past that can also help us interpret the future. Trapped amidst the frozen water are microscopic deposits of ...
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Remembering Chet Langway, former UB professor and ‘savior of ice cores’

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Much like the ice he helped preserve for decades, Chester “Chet” Langway’s legacy at the University at Buffalo endures. Faculty here are still studying the ancient sediments that ...