Antarctic scientists are close to finalising a drilling location deep in the frozen continent’s interior that could reveal a continuous record of the Earth’s climate going back 1.5 million years. After almost a decade of work, scientists at the Australian Antarctic Division are close to pinpointing a place to drill an ice core almost 3,000-metres deep. A successful mission would give scientists a reliable record of the Earth’s ancient climate.
Ice cores have been a key tool for the worldâs climate scientists to understand what has happened to the Earthâs climate in the past and what could happen in the future as greenhouse gas levels from fossil fuel burning continue to rise.
The area around Little Dome C is about 40 kilometres away from Dome C â also known as Dome Concordia â which is the site of the longest continuous ice core record so far, going back about 800,000 years.
A Europe-backed effort that has worked closely with the Australian team has already pinpointed a drill site in the same Little Dome C region.
Written by Neil Pagulayan
Tired of being locked indoors? Maybe it’s time to go car camping.
The popularity of the mid-sized SUV and pickup amid the COVID pandemic has helped boost the popularity of an age-old recreational activity, camping. Camping is has inextricably tied itself to wheeled vehicles since the days of the wild-west where covered wagons were circled with a roaring fire in the center to cook food while keeping the cowboys warm.
Since travel to many holiday destinations is prohibited, the outdoors have beckoned. After all, off-roading and camping have peaked as one activity you can do with friends while keeping socially distanced from each other.