The borehole was drilled into the blue ice so researchers could study gases inside air bubbles trapped in the ice cores.

If scientists can understand how this mineral was formed in Antarctica, they might be able to trace signs of water on Mars.

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest ... the drilling campaign was conducted at the remote ‘Little Dome C’ site by an international team of researchers.

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ABSTRACT Dome C, Antarctica, (75° south, 123° east, 3250 m) is one of the coldest and driest locations on Earth, with exceptionally low winds throughout the atmosphere. It therefore has the potential ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. AbstractWe present an analysis of the meteorological data collected at Dome A, Antarctica by the Kunlun Automated Weather Station, ...

But given these variables, White says, current widely accepted estimates include sea-level rises of about 23 feet if all of Greenland's ice vanished (or about 20 feet if West Antarctica's ice ...