Scientists in Arctic race to preserve ‘ice memory’

The Svalbard Archipelago in northern Norway yields ice cores 125 metres deep
The Svalbard Archipelago in northern Norway yields ice cores 125 metres deep.

Scientists camped in the Arctic are set to start drilling to save samples of ancient ice for analysis before the frozen layers melt away due to climate change, mission organizers said on Monday.

Italian, French and Norwegian researchers are in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in what they called a race against time to…

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News Source: phys.org


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