East Antarctica’s tectonic plate probably broke off of the supercontinent about 80 million years ago, with today’s ice sheet forming 34 million years ago. Today, the researchers write, the flat ...

The planet’s oldest ice was drilled from within the Antarctic ice sheet, and could provide new insights into the evolution of ...

Like the inverse of a butterfly flapping its wings in China, ice cores extracted in Greenland show the rise and fall of ...

For much of the planet’s recent geological history, ice ages came and went every 41,000 years. Then, during a period ...

Visiting a glacier — Guliya ice cap is located in western China as part of the Tibetan Plateau. It is some 22,000 feet above sea level and can reach below 40 degrees Fahrenheit at its coldest ...

The ice was extracted from the deep ocean in East Antarctica earlier this year and is thought to be around 1.2 million years ...

Apr. 20, 2023 — The seven worst years for polar ice sheets melting and losing ice have occurred during the past decade, according to new research, with 2019 being the worst year on record. The ...

Osterberg said ice core samples showed ice ages 1 million years ago occurred every 40,000 years. Then about 800,000 years ago, ice ages jumped to occur every 100,000 years.

The schism in the ice revealed several square miles of the island's surface, which held a large number of whale bones. Some ...

Environment Climate Change In Ancient Ice, Clues That Scientists Are Underestimating Future Sea Levels The cold, hard facts By John Mahoney Updated Jun 28, 2021 9:15 AM EDT ...

Ice is usually ephemeral; it doesn't last that long before melting. But some ice on our planet has stayed frozen for millions of years, according to scientists on a quest to find the oldest ice.