Drilling down in an Antarctic glacier
Robb Kulin (photo: Eric Niiler)
Eric Niiler reports on the search for ancient air trapped in the ice of an Antarctic glacier. It could provide a window into the climate of the past and clues to the warmer climate of the future.
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