University of Washington: NSF-Funded Deep Ice Core to Be Drilled at Hercules Dome, Antarctica
December 09, 2020
December 09, 2020
SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 9 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release on Dec. 8:
Antarctica's next deep ice core, drilling down to ice from 130,000 years ago, will be carried out by a multi-institutional U.S. team at Hercules Dome, a location hundreds of miles from today's coastline and a promising site to provide key evidence about the possible last collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
The National Science Foundation has funded th . . .
Antarctica's next deep ice core, drilling down to ice from 130,000 years ago, will be carried out by a multi-institutional U.S. team at Hercules Dome, a location hundreds of miles from today's coastline and a promising site to provide key evidence about the possible last collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
The National Science Foundation has funded th . . .