La USAL participa en la expedición científica internacional ‘SWAIS2C’ que estudia la alteración de la Antártida por el calentamiento global

Source: Universidad de Salamanca

La ambiciosa misión recupera registros geológicos para estimar la futura subida del nivel del mar y entender la temperatura crítica que podría soportar la plataforma de hielo del Mar de Ross antes de colapsar.

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Carlota Escutia y Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo, científicos del Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT-CSIC)
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Deepest-ever rock core extracted from under Antarctic ice sheet

Deepest-ever rock core extracted from under Antarctic ice sheet

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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

Scientists Drilled Into Antarctic Ice Until They Met Bedrock, Then Got A 228-Meter Sample Of Sediment

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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.

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