The mission to search out an Antarctic ice core courting again one million years won’t solely educate us about our surroundings’s historical past however assist us adapt to the long run.
Australia’s 2022-23 Antarctic season has formally launched with a mission to discover a million-year-old ice core. The “deep-field science” drill (a complete 2800 metres deep) on the Antarctica plateau is one in every of two tasks introduced by the Australian Antarctic Program in a bid to raised perceive local weather change previous and future.
“That is science on a grand scale and so important to know, not simply our local weather historical past, however how we adapt and reply to the long run atmosphere,” Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) Common Supervisor Charlton Clark advised a press convention on Tuesday.
It’s been dubbed essentially the most formidable Australian endeavor in 20 years nevertheless it’s not Australia-exclusive. Different international locations — together with Japan, Russia, China, the US, South Korea, and a consortium of countries within the EU bloc — are additionally trying to land a deep ice core with one million years to its identify. So is Australia enjoying singles or sharing the science?
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