Ice cores are some of our best natural 'archives' of Earth's long-term climate. They don't necessarily contain a complete, ...

New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate records and expanding researchers' understanding of how the planet has changed ...

Frozen air from Antarctica is giving scientists a longer look at a climate mystery that has lingered for decades: why Earth ...

Ice core records stretching back hundreds of thousands of years show that airborne mineral dust, not carbon dioxide alone, played a leading role in driving some of the most dramatic climate shifts in ...

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Glacier ice contains valuable information about the climates of the past. Researchers are scrambling to study them before it's too late.