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1. Antarctica’s oldest ice heading to Europe

   The oldest ice ever extracted from Antarctica is on its way to Europe, marking a major milestone in climate science.

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2. Historic drilling project finds ice over 1.2 million years old

   The Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has successfully drilled a 2800-metre-long ice core consisting of ice which is over 1.2 million years old.

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3. Antarctic drilling missions seek to understand climate and ice dynamics

   Over 30 researchers from international institutes are working on ice core drilling campaigns in Antarctica to probe the ice sheet’s behaviour, carbon cycling in the Southern Ocean, and the Earth’s climate history.

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4. Hold polar ice at Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

   British Antarctic Survey, in partnership with the University of Cambridge, will be at the 2024 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, showcasing how, using Antarctic ice cores to unlock the past, we can understand more about the future of our planet in a changing climate.

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5. Antarctic ice explains dip in CO2 levels

   Small bubbles of air from ice in Antarctica resolve a long-standing debate about why there was a decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) during the 16th and 17th centuries.

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6. Ice cores reveal rapid Antarctic ice loss in the past

   The first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank suddenly and dramatically at the end of the Last Ice Age, around eight thousand years ago, is published in a new study this week.

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7. Team embarks on mission to investigate iceberg calving

   A team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is gearing up for an expedition to the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica to unravel the mysteries behind the calving processes that result in the formation of colossal icebergs.

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8. Beyond EPICA deep drilling campaign begins

   Scientists return to East Antarctica this month (December) to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim […]

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9. Drilling of oldest ice on Earth completed

   The first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice has been successfully completed at the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica – one of the most extreme places […]

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10. How Antarctic winds shaped CO₂

    SIWHA investigates how westerly winds and sea ice have influenced CO2 uptake and release in the Southern Ocean.

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11. Polar Zero: visual arts take centre stage at COP26

    Immersive science-art ice core research exhibition to be displayed at Glasgow Science Centre during COP26

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12. Drilling projects set to break new ground

    Two new research projects – in partnership with British Antarctic Survey engineers –  will drill deeper than ever before in Antarctica and in space. The first project, called INCISED, is […]

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