New Zealand scientists are planning to drill nearly a kilometre through Antarctic ice and into the earth below, in a bid to answer how much warming the ice sheet can withstand.
Kiwi scientists involved in drill to uncover secrets of Antarctica's past
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Deepest-ever rock core extracted from under Antarctic ice sheet
18 February 2026
Analyses will help to reveal how far the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated in the past — and what it might do in the future.
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Scientists Drilled Into Antarctic Ice Until They Met Bedrock, Then Got A 228-Meter Sample Of Sediment
18 February 2026
Scientists have just got their hands on a 228-metre (748-foot) core sample from the muddy bedrock beneath West Antarctica’s chunky ice sheets. Inside the record-breaking sample, they discovered fossils of marine organisms that date from a time when this area was an open, ice-free ocean.