Scientists to take 1.5m-year-old ice samples for climate research

East Antarctica drilling project will give snapshot of Earth's atmosphere and climateScientists are planning to extract ice samples from more than 1.5m years ago in a bid to discover more about our ancient climate - and hopefully learn more about our future climate.The Beyond Epica project plans to extract samples from the bottom of a 2.75km-thick ice sheet in East Antarctica. The ice cores will be the oldest ever drilled for. Continue reading...