European project ’Beyond EPICA’ : A freshly drilled ice core is measured. Image: PNRA/IPEV
European project 'Beyond EPICA' : A freshly drilled ice core is measured. Image: PNRA/IPEV - Ice cores are a unique climate archive. Thanks to a new method developed by researchers at the University of Bern and Empa, greenhouse gas concentrations in 1.5 million year old ice can be measured even more accurately. The EU project "Beyond EPICA" with the participation of the University of Bern aims to recover such old ice in Antarctica. The search for the oldest ice on earth has taken an important step forward. The Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, a European consortium that includes the University of Bern, completed its second field season at the end of January. The drilling reached a depth of 808 meters.
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