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Stories about: ice core samples

Ice Mirrors Control Earth's Climate Antarctica, the Arctic and Greenland play critical roles in determining the overall evolution of Earth's climate, say researchers, and this is why studying them in great detail could also provide hints for the future, in addition to helping augment existing climate models.The ice sheets and glaciers covering the... 29 December 2010 04:48 GMT Antarctica May Have Been Battered by Huge Explosion While investigating ice cores collected from various sites in Antarctica, a team of experts noticed an unusual large concentration of tiny particles from meteorites inside the samples. In addition, large accumulations of extraterrestrial dust was also identified, and so the group concluded that a large space rock may... 4 March 2010 05:42 GMT The 'Divide' Project Drills for Answers on Past Climate Scientists with the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide project are thrilled about the fact that they are working on a study that may finally reveal the most accurate accounts of past climates on the planet. They argue that their new investigations will provide massive details about how global weather patterns shi... 28 January 2010 04:01 GMT