Glaciers hold layers of history preserved in ice, offering unique insights into Earth's past that can also help us interpret the future. Trapped amidst the frozen water are microscopic deposits of ...

The Müller Ice Cap ice core, the deepest in the Americas at 613 metres, is being processed in a University of Alberta lab. From it, scientists hope to trace 10,000 years of climate data in the form of ...

Peggy Weil's projection piece depicting Greenland ice titled "88 Cores," was on display at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2019. (Courtesy of Peggy Weil) LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CN) — The first quarter ...

The Dartmouth-led study analyzed ice core data from Greenland and a 700-foot core members of the research team extracted from Denali National Park and Preserve in 2013. The Denali ice core contains a ...

After years as a professional research assistant at INSTAAR’s stable isotope lab, Valerie Morris estimates she’s processed more than 10 kilometers of ice from around the world. “You’ve done more ice ...

These ancient cores may contain clues about an unexplained change in Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles, and could shed light on how human-generated emissions will shape our planet’s future. Reading ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Much like the ice he helped preserve for decades, Chester “Chet” Langway’s legacy at the University at Buffalo endures. Faculty here are still studying the ancient sediments that ...

At the National Ice Core Facility in Lakewood, Colorado, ice is sliced up with band saws. (Amanda Pampuro/Courthouse News) Silver band saws inside Colorado's National Ice Core Facility.

Researchers from Europe have spent more than 200 days braving sub-zero temperatures at a drilling site near Antarctica's Concordia Research Station. This month, they finally saw the fruit of their ...