Scientists take AI to Antarctica to examine ancient life

Source: Australian and New Zealand International Drilling Consortium

One of the world’s newest technologies is heading to the coldest laboratory on Earth to help scientists examine traces of ancient ecosystems buried for centuries beneath Antarctica’s ice sheets.

The goal?  To learn how stable the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in a warming world.

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