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Japanese Scientists Dig up Million-year-old Ice

Posted by samzenpus on from the ancient-daiquiri dept.

ToxikFetus writes "During expedition to Antarctica to research past climate patterns, Japanese scientists unearth million-year-old block of ice, breaking the previous mark by 200,000 years."

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  1. Re:In related news. by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Informative

    The article lead-in is wrong, since they have no plans to get anywhere near the core. They are planning on drilling down to the mantle (which is correctly reported later in the article). As this figure shows, this is akin to breaking through the skin of an apple to see what mushy goodness lies within.

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