Australian Antarctic Division unveils drill that will tell us what the weather was like 1 million years ago
5 years, 5 months ago

Australian Antarctic Division unveils drill that will tell us what the weather was like 1 million years ago

ABC  

Technicians have developed a drill that will plunge 3 kilometres down into an Antarctic ice cap to extract the world's oldest continuous ice core, revealing what the weather was like 1 million years ago. Key points: Scientists hope the ancient ice will tell them why the length of time between ice ages has increased The drill is 9 metres long and made from stainless steel, aluminium bronze and titanium Drilling will begin in 2021 about 1,200 kilometres inland in Antarctica The Australian Antarctic Division's 9-metre ice core drill will be able to extract ice at a remote field camp 1,200km inland in Antarctica. Dr Tas van Ommen, the senior principal research scientist with the AAD, said ice cores were time capsules of past atmosphere. "We want to get that ice, analyse those time capsules and understand what did through that period around a million years ago when the climate was changing."

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China's 41st Antarctic expedition team deploys cutting-edge drill to gather data
2 weeks, 5 days ago

China's 41st Antarctic expedition team deploys cutting-edge drill to gather data

China Daily  

A team of researchers from Jilin University, China University of Geosciences and the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean poses for a photo in the Antarctic. China's 41st Antarctic expedition team recently utilized an Ice and Bedrock Electromechanical Drill to gather critical data about how the Antarctic sheet may evolve in response to future …

Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic
2 months, 1 week ago

Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic

Associated Press  

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old. Isotope analysis gave the ice’s age as at least 1.2 million years old, he said. Both Barbante and Scoto said that thanks to the …

Researchers Discover 2 Million-Year-Old Ice In East Antarctica
11 months ago

Researchers Discover 2 Million-Year-Old Ice In East Antarctica

News 18  

Researchers and scientists over the years have been braving across Antarctica amid the hottest, driest, coldest, windiest and most extreme conditions to understand the earth’s climate better. Researchers discover 2.7 million years old ice Back in 2022, Carter along with a team of researchers headed to Alan Hills in East Antarctica to conduct a range of studies to improve the …

Living through Antarctic snowstorms, Australian scientists are undertaking some of the 'most ambitious' research
1 year, 1 month ago

Living through Antarctic snowstorms, Australian scientists are undertaking some of the 'most ambitious' research

ABC  

In a whitewashed corner of one of the world's coldest continents, 27 Australian scientists are living in tents and working to solve 500 years of climate clues. Key points: The Denman Terrestrial Campaign is a three-year project being carried out by the Australian Antarctic Division Scientists are working to piece together 500 years of climate history It has been labelled …

Australian Antarctic Division prepares to drill million-year-old ice core to understand ice age shift
3 years, 5 months ago

Australian Antarctic Division prepares to drill million-year-old ice core to understand ice age shift

ABC  

The Australian Antarctic Division is preparing for what it says will be its most ambitious expedition season, as it chases the world's first million-year-old ice core sample. Key points: The Australian Antarctic Division has plans to drill the world's first million-year-old ice core sample Chief scientist Nicole Webster says it means scientists will be able to reconstruct past climate conditions …

Scientists drill record West Antarctic hole
6 years, 1 month ago

Scientists drill record West Antarctic hole

India TV News  

Scientists have for the first time successfully drilled over two kilometres through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using hot water, an advance they say will help understand how the region will respond to a warming climate. "There are gaps in our knowledge of what is happening in West Antarctica and by studying the area where the ice sits on …

Antarctic's climate history to be revealed by ice core sample from the deep
6 years, 10 months ago

Antarctic's climate history to be revealed by ice core sample from the deep

ABC  

Spending 70 days working at below-freezing temperatures was always going to be a challenge. But Dr Tessa Vance, of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, and her international team of climate scientists faced more than a sharp chill while drilling a 300-metre-long ice core from beneath Mount Brown South in East Antarctica. "This ice core will hopefully give …

Australian scientists shedding light on Antarctica's melting glaciers
8 years, 4 months ago

Australian scientists shedding light on Antarctica's melting glaciers

ABC  

Australian researchers are hoping the first voyage of the Antarctic summer season on board the icebreaker Aurora Australis will help them better understand how melting glaciers are impacting sea level rise. "Since we had the ship go aground in Mawson Harbour we've done a really good review with P & O Maritime into that event and so we have tightened …

Million-year-old ice the 'holy grail' of climate research in Antarctica
9 years ago

Million-year-old ice the 'holy grail' of climate research in Antarctica

ABC  

The mission to unlock the secrets of Antarctica's deep, old ice will be a major feature of a week-long climate science conference in Hobart. "It's about halfway between a very long ice core record that was drilled inland by the Europeans and a record we had at the coast," Dr van Ommen said. "Things that are really important for the …

Drilling project to reveal climate change in Antarctic
15 years, 1 month ago

Drilling project to reveal climate change in Antarctic

The Hindu  

The world’s largest marine geoscience project is underway to drill deep beneath the Antarctic to discover clues to climate change. McKay says the two-month expedition would help to understand the past climate history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. “The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the world’s largest and we hope to collect rocks that are over 34 million years …

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